Conquistadora

Conquistadora was previously known as Coriel. Much of her posted work was written while finishing high school and attending college. Several years have passed during which she sadly has had little time to update her tattered masterpieces, but recently her muse seems to have recovered himself enough to press on. Now she finds herself married with kids and still trying to find time to finish that excessively grandiose Thranduil series she started almost twenty years ago. o_0

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• We Were Young Once ~ III

  BOOK III ~ ARAN ~ The War of the Last Alliance destroyed his army and killed his father, but it made Thranduil King in Eryn Galen and afforded his people a thousand years of peace. But a new enemy (or perhaps an old one) plants himself on Amon Lanc and begins poisoning the forest. As life becomes darker and more dangerous, King Thranduil must discover whether he has the strength to stand between the Wood-elves of Greenwood and the nameless Necromancer of Dol Guldur.

  PG-13 · 52 chapters · In progress · Published 28 August 2006 · Updated 31 December 2023 · Reviews (196)

• Swan Song

  King Elessar has planned an elaborate New Year's celebration to reunite the free peoples of Middle-earth and the heroes of the War of the Ring, but unrest in Gondor and an ambitious new enemy in the south threaten much more than the festivities. Prince Imrahil joins forces with Gondor's newest allies to protect their hard-won peace against enemies both within and without. ((An ongoing collaboration with my husband, the Imrahil fan.))

  PG-13 · 19 chapters · In progress · Published 29 June 2014 · Updated 20 May 2020 · Reviews (83)

• Moonstone

  A young boy in Dale finds hope in some unlikely places.

  G · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 25 December 2016 · Updated 25 December 2016 · Reviews (10)

• Seeds of Greatness

  Master Beleg Cúthalion sees a great deal of potential in some of the young nobility he mentors, but they seem fatally distracted by the vanities of court life in Menegroth. There may yet be a way to teach the best among them compassion and responsibility. ((An origin story for "We Were Young Once."))

  G · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 2 March 2016 · Updated 2 March 2016 · Reviews (3)

• Sons of Fellowship

  The homeward journey for Legolas and Gimli, from Gondor to Greenwood and beyond, and their subsequent efforts to achieve acceptance in opposing worlds. (Author's Note updated.)

  G · 40 chapters · Complete · Published 22 December 2003 · Updated 25 January 2016 · Reviews (443)

• The Red Winter

  Doriath prepares for some Yultide festivity, but the events of this winter will not soon be forgotten. A Thranduil story.

  PG · 4 chapters · In progress · Published 22 December 2011 · Updated 4 May 2014 · Reviews (21)

• We Were Young Once ~ II

  BOOK II ~ ERNIL ~ Thranduil's father is now King of Eryn Galen in the east, the idyllic woodland paradise of their dreams, far removed from the troubles which may beset the rest of Middle-earth. However, they have new neighbors in Eregion, and it may be that the Second Age will not be as tranquil as they expected.

  PG-13 · 26 chapters · Complete · Published 25 July 2005 · Updated 27 August 2006 · Reviews (168)

• Upon the Edge of a Knife

  As the Ring attempts to destroy the Fellowship, new understandings and friendships arise in spite of it. On the bleak winter plains of Eregion, a lonely captain of Gondor realizes that he does not face either his temptation or the great war alone.

  G · 2 chapters · Complete · Published 20 June 2006 · Updated 20 June 2006 · Reviews (3)

• We Were Young Once ~ I

  BOOK I ~ EDLEDHRON ~ As the First Age is ending, young Thranduil finds himself and his family adrift in a hostile world, survivors of the ruin of Doriath relentlessly hunted by the sons of Fëanor. With no home, no lords, few kinsmen and no purpose, they must reinvent themselves to survive in a changed world. Rated for mature themes.

  PG-13 · 18 chapters · Complete · Published 3 April 2004 · Updated 22 July 2005 · Reviews (146)

• Broken Glass

  I suppose you could say this is something like my own edition of Unfinished Tales, full of story fragments and character studies that really don't go much of anywhere, but involved too much work and thought for me to just delete them and be done with it. Until now they've been simply gathering virtual dust in the depths of my computer files, but now I bring them out into the light of day in the hopes that someone might enjoy them.

  G · 4 chapters · Complete · Published 3 May 2005 · Updated 1 June 2005 · Reviews (17)

• A Case of Mistaken Identity

  The True Colors of Thranduil as Shown and Proven in Canon: a short essay. I don't know if this kind of thing is usually posted at this site, but I got so fed up that I had to say something. I shan't keep you long.

  G · 11 chapters · Complete · Published 12 February 2004 · Updated 12 February 2004 · Reviews (67)