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Biography:   My stories are about Aragorn (strictly bookverse, but not always canon). I'm an old-time Tolkien fan from the 1960s.

Please leave me a review! My stories that do not meet SoA requirements, like "The Sword of Elendil," can be found at HASA.

Food for thought:

"Purists might wish for a corpus with fewer contradictions, a canon less amorphous - one that allows them to declare, without equivocation, 'Thus saith Tolkien.' Yet, perhaps the good professor did not intend it to be so....the mythologies of our ancestors are not received in tidy, set form. They are based on oral traditions that took on new flavor as they passed from bard to bard, hamlet to hamlet. Over time, stories changed to reflect the needs and challenges of their tellers. Tolkien knew this; perhaps his greatest gift to us lies in all those unfinished manuscripts, for what we have is a fictional legendry that truly resembles the myths of the real world. And perhaps the greatest tribute to his work is the humble fan's attempt to add her vision to that legendry, for by her efforts, Tolkien's dream of an enduring mythology proves not so fanciful after all."

--erunyauve (erunyauve at lycos.com), 2004

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bullet The Wizard and the Ranger by Gandalfs apprentice Last Updated: 5/30/2010
Tolkien tells us in the Tale of Years that Aragorn and Gandalf met in 2956, when Aragorn was 25 years old, but he does not tell us how it happened. Maybe the real story was not solemn enough for the official annals of the history of Middle-earth.
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 5/30/2010
bullet More Drabbles and Short Pieces by Gandalfs apprentice Last Updated: 2/10/2007
A miscellany of short pieces, be they drabbles, poems or small tales. NEW: "The Legend of Narsil"; "Differences": Pippin wants to know why Elves and Dwarves don't get along; "Beren and the Troll Hag": the Hobbits have Beren's story quite mixed up.
Rating: G Reviews Status: In Progress Chapters: 3 Published: 2/10/2007
bullet Drabbles, Vignettes and Such by Gandalfs apprentice Last Updated: 1/8/2007
NEWEST: Chapter 42, "Clothes Make the Man": Aragorn arrives in Lorien. Chapter 43, "Incarnation": Pippin annoys Gandalf, again.

Shorter fiction, drabbles, vignettes, mostly about Aragorn at various stages of his life, but also about Dwarves and Elves, Hobbits and Wizards, and Eagles and Horses. The first set is the Aragorn-centric series, arranged in order as they would fall in his lifetime. Beginning with chapter 30 you will find other miscellaneous drabbles and short pieces.
Rating: G Reviews Status: In Progress Chapters: 39 Published: 7/3/2005
bullet Green Magic by Gandalfs apprentice Last Updated: 10/8/2006
A mother has a strange experience in the California woods.
Rating: PG Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 10/8/2006
bullet Pipeweed by Gandalfs apprentice Last Updated: 7/16/2006
At the Prancing Pony, Gandalf has a question for Aragorn. Part of my Aragorn "short pieces" series.
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 7/16/2006
bullet Hobbits and Husbands by Gandalfs apprentice Last Updated: 7/4/2006
Aragorn meets with Halbarad before he leaves on the hunt for Gollum. Part of my Aragorn "short pieces" series.
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 7/4/2006
bullet Theme and Variations by Gandalfs apprentice Last Updated: 12/1/2005
Tolkien meets Jane Austen. Marriage is in the air in Minas Tirith. Faramir contends with his small-minded aunt and a fusty chamberlain, and finds out he has to organize the King's wedding. Pippin, Sam, Elladan and Elrohir and some Northern Rangers tell tales over a barrel of ale and some meat pies. MEFAwards 2006--FIRST PLACE--HUMOR--BEST GONDOR
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 12/1/2005
bullet Contrapunto by Gandalfs apprentice Last Updated: 7/3/2005
Captain Thorongil does not bring out Denethor's best side, and he has mixed feelings himself about the Steward's heir.
Rating: PG Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 2 Published: 7/3/2005
bullet The Summons by Gandalfs apprentice Last Updated: 7/3/2005
Three vignettes from the journey of the Fellowship about the choices Aragorn must make: The Heir of Isildur discusses the Denethor situation with Gandalf; Boromir makes a discovery about a hero from Gondor's past; death takes a son of Gondor. MEFAwards 2006--FIRST PLACE--THE GREAT YEARS--BEST FELLOWSHIP
Rating: G Reviews Status: Complete Chapters: 1 Published: 7/3/2005