Aldwen

I am a long-time Tolkien fan, and my great love is 'The Silmarillion'. As my life is very much related to facts and figures (I work in science), I started writing in 2018 to challenge myself creatively, and it has been a lot of fun. English is not my native language, and therefore some grammar-awkwardness is inevitable, especially in the use of articles and prepositions, and maybe also strange sentence structure. Also, I consciously avoid modernisms and attempt to use older words at times, probably with varying degree of success. My work is mostly canon-compliant, aiming to fill gaps in the story in a plausible way, as well as to explore the characters and their relationships. Currently all my published stories are set in the First Age, and they are consistent with one another. Their order (according to chronology of events) is following: The Steel, Ashes, The Silence, The Brink, Darkness, The Stronghold, Adrift, Autumn, The Last Story, Stay. If more are to follow, the list will be updated.

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• Stay

  The time of the Elves in Middle-Earth is over, and the Straight Road is calling. But is there peace and healing for everyone in Valinor? An AU-ish piece, set in the beginning of the Fourth Age, written from the point of view of several narrators, indicated in the beginning of each chapter.

  PG · 12 chapters · Complete · Published 23 October 2023 · Updated 2 November 2023 · Reviews (28)

• The Light is still there

  Do wars start with the first fired arrow and end with the last? Or maybe they start already with the realization that they need to be fought? And never truly end, as long as the memory of them haunts those who took part? Arafinwë’s story of the War of Wrath.

  PG-13 · 31 chapters · Complete · Published 24 July 2022 · Updated 20 August 2022 · Reviews (3)

• The Last Story

  Only stones now remember the Elves or Eregion… Is it true? A Silvan Elf learns better as he listens to the story of an ancient holly-tree.

  G · 1 chapter · Complete · Published 4 June 2022 · Updated 4 June 2022 · Reviews (7)

• The Steel

  Some things seem strange to Aldanwë as he visits his friend Fëanor in Formenos, still a mere country house, not a fortress. But there are secrets now. And there are locked doors. Why would someone lock doors in the Blessed Realm? This is Aldanwë’s story, from the end of the Noontide of Valinor.

  PG · 7 chapters · Complete · Published 22 October 2021 · Updated 4 November 2021 · Reviews (2)

• The Brink

  Smoke rises over the Havens of Sirion. The Silmaril is lost at Sea, and the shadow of the Third Kinslaying lies heavily on the hearts of those who committed it. Has that shadow taken over? Or maybe atonement is still possible? This is Maglor’s story of those days.

  G · 6 chapters · Complete · Published 21 May 2021 · Updated 31 May 2021 · Reviews (7)

• The Stronghold

  After receiving disturbing news, Celebrimbor travels to Himring. But he finds there something he did not expect.

  G · 12 chapters · Complete · Published 20 March 2021 · Updated 1 April 2021 · Reviews (10)

• The Silence

  Young Celebrimbor's story of the time after the return of the Noldor to Middle-earth for the Silmarils and during their abiding by the Lake Mithrim. A story of sorrow and despair, but also a story of hope. Canonic gap-filler.

  PG-13 · 20 chapters · Complete · Published 1 February 2021 · Updated 11 February 2021 · Reviews (10)