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melodious membranes by mossbard
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
26 Apr 2026
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Maglor decides to explore music in his new form with the help of his father.
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- Part 3 of pebbled white beaches
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brightest star, would I were stedfast as thou by mossbard
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
18 Apr 2026
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Celebrían sails to Valinor and though the air is like silver she finds she is bare and fearful; grasped by a world she has only heard of in whispers and her mother's history tales, she spends an absorbing amount of time cracking open the layer of mystery that lays upon the land of the undying.
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Or, Celebrían goes full detective as a post-trauma healing hobby.
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come, gather in my shadow by mossbard
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
07 Apr 2026
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Some mothers seem made of bone, but even that is ground to dust eventually.
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fallow by mossbard
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
19 Mar 2026
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"I spent all my hope on the wish that we'd both return home, Sam, alive and well. And I left none for the dream that you'd return my affections."
Sam let out something like a sob and a laugh. "Begging your pardon, Mr. Frodo, but you are a right fool."
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Rosie's wedding stirs up a myriad of emotions. -
there in the swallow by mossbard
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
28 Feb 2026
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“You must have longed for the sea? To sail, did you not?”
Maglor laughs, it is far too like a bark for his liking. “I longed too much.” This he says bitterly and what is left of his tears coat his skin like sea-spray. “I longed too much for the sea that it was placed within me and not I in it.”
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There is a dark beach somewhere in Valinor where the lights of Tirion fail to reach and the seabed shapes itself thick like a scar. There are darker souls that walk that length, that dive into that cold, wine-dark sea, tending to their lightless, crashing shadows.One bore himself a new skin the day he seemed to die.
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sorrows of the son by mossbard
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
24 Feb 2026
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Sam returns from the war of the ring. Hamfast sees that he isn’t truly home yet.
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- Part 8 of blurbs
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 155
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 6
- Hits:
- 36
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carrion in the water by mossbard
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
22 Feb 2026
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Elwing dreams. It is a horrid, lulling thing.
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- Part 7 of blurbs
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far off yet is his doom by mossbard
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
23 Jan 2026
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A young Eowyn hears of a prophecy she will one day fulfill
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- Part 6 of blurbs
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last night i dreamt of embers by mossbard
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Children of Húrin
09 Jan 2026
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What do I know? Silence. What have I known? A roar. It is all Niënor can whisper to herself, wisps of shadows sharing her mind–taking up space along the walls of her skull. Something knocks against that door. What will I know?
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Cast aside in a dark oblivion Niënor has a moment of reprieve from the doom that is her birthright. -
cardamom wine by mossbard
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
23 Dec 2025
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It’s Sam’s first Yuletide upon returning from Mordor, he thinks it best to spend it with Frodo.
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a cut of cloth by mossbard
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
17 Dec 2025
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Frodo can’t handle certain types of fabrics—Sam weaves together a handmade tunic for the one fabric he can.
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- Part 5 of blurbs
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he who pours by mossbard
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
17 Dec 2025
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Celebrian walks in the tides of Valinor.
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- Part 4 of blurbs
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 378
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 9
- Hits:
- 75
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i am home by mossbard
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
17 Dec 2025
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Maglor reminisces.
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- Part 3 of blurbs
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 312
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 11
- Hits:
- 138
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in this passing wood by mossbard
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
17 Dec 2025
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Gimli snores, Legolas grows soft, Aragorn teases.
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- Part 2 of blurbs
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a dwarvish delight by mossbard
Fandoms: The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
08 Nov 2025
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He had felt the burn of warg teeth in his skin, the bite of metal reforged slicing through tendons, the feel of fire lapping at every inch of his body. He had felt fear. He had felt sorrow, woe, grief upon grief. Mirrored anger and fear bursting within him. A lifetime of worries numbered only by streaks of grey and lines like cracks in stone.
The one thing Thorin Oakenshield had never worried about, was the particular rise of his focaccia. And yet, it was the single most hair-raising experience of his long, bitter life.
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Bilbo and Thorin join in on Hobbiton's Annual Autumn Bake-off, but first they must collect the ingredients necessary for their recipes.
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caught bone by mossbard
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
30 Oct 2025
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On Maedhros' first night in Angband he meets Morgoth’s most esteemed servant.
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with limbs like veins by mossbard
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
27 Oct 2025
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Half a moon later, Orn speaks. Gravely, his voice faded from disuse and perpetually laced with something raw and rotten. “Elves,” he says to the guards standing tall and lithe, fading in and out of the moonlight he hadn’t the heart to praise. “I am ready to tell my tale.
“The trees awoke. At daylight, just when the sun widens at the earth’s border, just as the morning wind rattles against the mountain ridges. Just when the world grew white like sinew and our eyes opened bleary like a calf’s. We heard the rattling, the stretch and creak of wood as if it was in the fire...
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vocal rest by mossbard
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
08 Sep 2025
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Maglor is on vocal rest. Elrond and Elros attempt everything to get him to talk, even enlisting Maedhros’ help.
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such breathless eyes by mossbard
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
18 Aug 2025
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It is in the whispers of her love, in the sweet taste of the horse-maiden, that Arwen finds the most divinity. Here, more than in any prayer, is she dizzy with it.
This, she thinks, is how Varda must have felt creating the stars.
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shiny, mirrored blades by mossbard
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
18 Jul 2025
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Rot had no place in Valinor, Elrond thought. So why is it in me?
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- Part 2 of pebbled white beaches