Dweller in the Underground

[ Affiliations ] [ G ] [ Complete ] [ Dec. 20, 2006 ]
Summary:

"You were born 'Aragorn', your father was Arathorn, and through him, you are the Heir of Isildur—the last of your line."

But the last no longer...

[ Best-loved Sons ] [ R ] [ Complete ] [ Jun. 13, 2006 ]
Summary: This is a set of fics written by Isabeau of Greenlea, Altariel, and myself, all of them dealing with Boromir's character and the events that played into his departure from Gondor as written by Isabeau.

All fics are listed as chapters under this story arc, and Isabeau's are listed first. Altariel's and mine come later, in the order that they were written, and where necessary, have notes on where these fics belong in the internal story arc chronology. All fics hosted with permission�thank you Isabeau and Altariel for letting me join the fun and play in this universe a bit!

[ Birthday Drabbles ] [ G ] [ Work in Progress ] [ May. 31, 2010 ]
Summary: HASA has a forum called "Birthday Cards", where members write drabbles tailored to the requests of members whose birthdays fall within a given month. These are all the drabbles I've written so far. New drabbles will be added as often as possible, though not necessarily in a timely fashion.

[ Bitter Springs ] [ G ] [ Complete ] [ Feb. 26, 2007 ]
Summary: Allies can disappoint. Boromir and Théodred watch it all fall apart.(Written for the HA Boromir Memorial Day challenge and for the HASA Ides of March Quickie.)

[ Both Beholden ] [ G ] [ Complete ] [ Jul. 24, 2005 ]
Summary: The first step in any journey is letting go of what you're holding onto. Fortunately, it's a step that need not be taken alone. Pre-quest Boromir, a dark and stormy night, and a lot of conversation.

[ Civitas Mundi ] [ G ] [ Complete ] [ Dec. 7, 2004 ]
Summary: A quintet of drabbles held together loosely by the theme of civil strife and the view from the losing side. Such is the way of the world, that all endeavors undermine themselves in the end, and not simply for lack of good will...

Melkor, Manwë, Ornendil, Miriel, Aranarth, Eärnur, a humble cobbler, and gratuitous philosophical evocations—five hundred words by Dwimordene.

Read Altariel's response,Gloria Mundi.

[ Dol Amroth Dip-tych ] [ G ] [ Complete ] [ May. 16, 2010 ]
Summary: A paired set of vignettes written for two B2MEM 2009 prompts.

Andrahar discovers that friendship will take you where you never - ever - wanted to go...

Sketching the bounds of a certain notorious reluctance.

[ Dragonfall ] [ G ] [ Complete ] [ Aug. 12, 2006 ]
Summary: In Dale, the day of the dragon's fall is a day of celebration. Even strangers are not unwelcome.

[ Ficlets ] [ PG-13 ] [ Work in Progress ] [ Aug. 15, 2005 ]
Summary: These are entries into HASA onlist challenges, which run from 500-1,000 words. I'm entering them as separate chapters here, with a brief explanation of each challenge tacked onto the front.

[ Filk Parodies ] [ PG ] [ Complete ] [ Sep. 11, 2005 ]
Summary: A set of filk-parodies written for the International Legolas Month Song Parody Palooza at Henneth Ann�n.

New filks, brought to you by another filk challenge: this time, songs from musicals and movies only.

[ Friendship of Their Kind ] [ PG-13 ] [ Complete ] [ Mar. 5, 2007 ]
Summary: It's a dirty job, but somebody has to do it. Three Rangers go on the hunt for some of the Enemy's fiercest creatures, and find both more and less than expected.

[ Gastings Night ] [ G ] [ Complete ] [ Mar. 23, 2003 ]
Summary: In response to the HASA "Show Me Fear!" challenge, I present you with a Harrowdale Halloween. Háma learns the meaning of some old tales....

[ Hard Sailing ] [ PG ] [ Complete ] [ Jun. 27, 2009 ]
Summary: The best laid plans of mice and men do sometimes go wrong. In war, plans laid less well cost lives. Imrahil and his oath-brother Andrahar face the consequences of one such.

[ Heirs of Isildur ] [ G ] [ Complete ] [ Mar. 23, 2003 ]
Summary: A brief fic with Halbarad and Aragorn that deals with dynastic considerations. Somewhat humorous, though with a certain point to it. Also might work as a reverse "Mary Sue" for the Mary Sue Challenge at HASA.

[ Ides of March ] [ G ] [ Complete ] [ Mar. 23, 2003 ]
Summary: Under one page! "Ides of March" done Middle-earth style, because you know Tolkien didn't just *happen* to arrange a major upset victory for the forces of good on March 15th for no reason. Based on "Dynasty", though it doesn't quite fit my timeline in terms of character-development: Nharadh explains the significance of the Ides of March to Bergil.

[ In the Cards ] [ PG-13 ] [ Work in Progress ] [ Jun. 8, 2010 ]
Summary: For the 2009 Advent Calendar at There 'n' Back Again.
Four lives and five journeys in twenty-five cards.

[ Kin-strife for Christmas ] [ R ] [ Complete ] [ Dec. 24, 2008 ]
Summary: All I want for Christmas are 24 drabbles on the Kin-strife. And victory over the incredibly difficult format Juno and Aranel have chosen.

The road to power is not paved with good intentions. Here are all twenty-four Kin-strife drabbles for the 2008 There and Back Again Advent Calendar.

[ Kinsmen ] [ PG ] [ Complete ] [ Jun. 10, 2004 ]
Summary: From father to son, the line of Isildur has remained unbroken through many long years of toil and peril. Of the names of the Chieftains recorded, a full quarter died untimely, but passed their title on to their sons. This is a tale of the Dúnedain, and of keeping the line alive at all costs, as seen through the eyes of two mothers.

[ Midsummer's Eve ] [ PG-13 ] [ Complete ] [ Sep. 17, 2006 ]
Summary:

And on the evening of Midsummer Aragorn, Arathorn's son, and Arwen daughter of Elrond went to the fair hill, Cerin Amroth, in the midst of the land, and they walked unshod on the undying grass with elanor and niphredil about their feet. And there upon that hill they looked east to the Shadow and west to the Twilight, and they plighted their troth and were glad.—'The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen,' Appendix A, ROTK, 386.

Four drabbles for Arwen, for being quartered on choice... and desire.

[ Noms de guerre ] [ G ] [ Complete ] [ May. 27, 2010 ]
Summary: What's in a name, after all? Love and loathing, as two young Rangers discover. A humorous story, told in a drabble and a tribble.

[ Not In Our Stars ] [ R ] [ Complete ] [ Mar. 23, 2003 ]
Summary: "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves."--Shakespeare, "Julius Caesar," Act I.2

Slash story. An attempt to explore the sexual mores of Rangers and the problems inherent in being in the minority in a small town. Warning: If you like the Halbarad I've written before, and don't want to think him otherwise on account of something *else* I've written, then please do not read because you won't enjoy it. Explicit (but not graphic) sex, prostitution, and a look at Halbarad's friendship with Aragorn. An alternative interpretation, stands alone and apart from the "Star and Stone" continuum.

[ On Cerin Amroth ] [ G ] [ Complete ] [ May. 4, 2004 ]
Summary: The journey of Aragorn and Arwen towards Cerin Amroth, heart of Lórien.

[ On Far Fields ] [ PG ] [ Complete ] [ Oct. 22, 2005 ]
Summary: They fought for Sauron, died for folly, but above all, they stood for honor... The enemy dead of Pelennor fields get their elegy, and Andrahar of Dol Amroth faces an array of private demons.

[ Resurrection ] [ G ] [ Complete ] [ Mar. 8, 2007 ]
Summary: Sometimes foresight is false. After Pelennor, the new lease on life is but the beginning. Halbarad, Aragorn, and the journey towards healing. AU.

[ River Flowing ] [ PG ] [ Complete ] [ Mar. 23, 2003 ]
Summary: Isabeau's B-day fic.

[ Semper Fidelis ] [ R ] [ Complete ] [ Jun. 15, 2004 ]
Summary: "[N]ot every action or feeling admits of the mean... We cannot do them well or not well—by committing adultery, for instance, with the right woman at the right time in the right way."--Aristotle, Nichomachean Ethics, Bk II.6, 1107a 10-15.

A sequel to "Not In Our Stars" (though you need not read this for that story to be complete) in which I try to deal with the ins and outs of temptation, love, commitment, indiscretions, and authority among Rangers and their community. Turns on the standard slash h/c scenario while attempting to undermine it. Needless to say, given that, it's very angsty. Sex is explicit.

[ She Who Weeps ] [ G ] [ Complete ] [ Jan. 25, 2009 ]
Summary: "Not all tears are evil..."

Gandalf, Return of the King, "The Grey Havens"

[ Sometime Ever After ] [ G ] [ Complete ] [ Apr. 2, 2007 ]
Summary: Summary: It is the Fourth Age, and the magic is fading, leaving everything a great deal more ambiguous – sometimes happily so. Aragorn and a very old friend meet up one last time.

[ Spartan Letters ] [ G ] [ Complete ] [ Jun. 13, 2006 ]
Summary: Men of war would be wise to leave nothing undone. Please find enclosed Faramir's last letter to Denethor.

[ Star and Stone ] [ R ] [ Work in Progress ] [ Aug. 14, 2005 ]
Summary:

From she who brought you "From the Other River Bank," another high-angst slash fic.

New chapter, "Low Places", has been added.

[ The Edge of the Knife ] [ PG ] [ Complete ] [ Nov. 21, 2005 ]
Summary: "Stray but a little and it will fail, to the ruin of all." What was said to the Fellowship holds equally for the man to whom the Quest owed its existence.

[ The Gift-giving of Celeborn ] [ G ] [ Complete ] [ Jan. 26, 2006 ]
Summary: Even the wise must make amends.

[ The Hamster ] [ G ] [ Complete ] [ Sep. 2, 2003 ]
Summary: Poe pastische silliness on a level never seen before. In trying to write the animals of Middle-earth, some smarty pants tossed off the line "Give Denethor a hamster named Thorongil." It's been a running joke ever since, and so you may blame it for this.

Without further ado: obsession and the care and dealing with hamsters collide—welcome to Denethor's world!

[ The Making of Boys ] [ G ] [ Complete ] [ May. 11, 2004 ]
Summary: The men and women of the Houses of Healing prepare themselves and their young charges for war as best they can. Ioreth, Bergil, and the boys of Minas Tirith.

[ The Roses of Imloth Melui ] [ PG ] [ Complete ] [ Jun. 4, 2006 ]
Summary: Everything begins with a first kiss. Ioreth/OFC.

[ There and Back Again 2006 Advent Drabbles ] [ G ] [ Work in Progress ] [ Dec. 26, 2006 ]
Summary: Drabbles based on the prompts for the There and Back Again LJ community's Advent calendar.

[ Tolerances ] [ PG-13 ] [ Complete ] [ Jul. 6, 2010 ]
Summary: A story about allowances. Features Peloren, Andrahar, Imrahil, Aldan, and Elethil.

Star Wars

[ Star Wars: The Character Review ] [ G ] [ Complete ] [ Jun. 1, 2005 ]
Summary: Review of "Revenge of the Sith", straight from the horses' mouths: the exclusive interview with the characters. George, babe, I kid because I love... the originals.

The Bible

[ In the Eyes of Men ] [ PG ] [ Complete ] [ Mar. 23, 2003 ]
Summary: Among women, the line between heroine and traitor is thin indeed. A conversation piece between Deborah and Jael of the Old Testament.