Remember: Folktales from Angband's Mines
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The Elf-maid's Song by potatoesanddreams for Fialleril
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
16 Jan 2022
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There was an elf-maid with a voice like a clear-running stream. Orcs took her prisoner one day as she was singing, and they chained her and branded her and sent her to the mines. But she would not stop singing.
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A folktale from the mines of Angband. Where do the thralls get their hope?
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- Part 1 of Remember: Folktales from Angband's Mines
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The Twins Who Sought the Stars by potatoesanddreams
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
16 Jan 2022
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There were a pair of twins, an elf-maid and her brother. Orcs caught their mother while she was carrying them, and they took her to the mines; so the twins were born in the dark, and in the dark they remained. But their mother told them tales of the sky all bright with stars, and those tales found place in their hearts and rooted there, and grew.
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A folktale from the mines of Angband. What can freedom cost, and what does freedom mean?
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- Part 2 of Remember: Folktales from Angband's Mines
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The Siblings Who Were Parted by potatoesanddreams
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
16 Jan 2022
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There were an elder brother and a younger sister caught by orcs, and each thought the other had been slain. And elsewhere there were an elder sister and a younger brother caught, and each thought the other slain. But all lived and were taken to the mines.
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A folktale from the mines of Angband. What can one do who has lost all their loved ones?
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- Part 3 of Remember: Folktales from Angband's Mines
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The Three Free Brothers by potatoesanddreams
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
26 Oct 2024
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There were three brothers who lived free together in a great forest. Orcs hunted there, and worse things, and long ago every other free elf had abandoned the place, but the brothers loved their home too dearly to leave it behind.
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A folktale from the mines of Angband. Is loyalty to others worth the cost?
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- Part 4 of Remember: Folktales from Angband's Mines