In the beginning Eru, the One, who in the Elvish tongue is named Ilúvatar, made the Ainur of his thought; and they made a great Music before him.  In this Music the World was begun, for Ilúvatar made visible the song of the Ainur, and they beheld it as a light in the darkness.  Therefore Ilúvatar gave to their vision Being, and set it amid the Void, and the Secret Fire was sent to burn at the heart of the World; and it was called Eä.

-- J.R.R. Tolkien


Máravë omentaina!

Elen síla lúmenn' omentielvo!

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For those unfamiliar with Quenya, one of Professor Tolkien's elvish languages, "Well met!  A star shines upon the hour of our meeting!"  And welcome to Quenta Endórë, the newest addition to the Archives of Nymuë.  Most of the stories (unless otherwise marked) here and those to come will be alternate universe, deviating from book and film canon, but still within the realm of possibility.  

General Stories

Storms of Life [R] In Progress 

Gilraen and Elrond share a son with a ghost, but that's not all that defines their relationship.  A spectre of things past still resonates throughout the Last Homely House, and as it drives two people to the edge of endurance the outcome will determine the path of a little boy's life.

And Now For Something Completely Different! [PG13] Coming February 2006

A thousand years after the destruction of the One Ring: Gandalf sighs in longing (but not like that ... get your mind out of the gutter), Elu Thingol and Melian are reunited (but still unhappy), Elrond throws the hissy fit to end all hissy fits (move over Fëanor) ... and Aman will never be the same.  Who knew Ilúvatar was into gratuitous wish fulfillment?

The Children of Fate 

Prologue -- Father & Son [G]

Because all tales have a beginning ... 

Of Kith and Kin [R] 

Might it be possible for Aragorn be as long-lived as the Eldar while still being the Heir of Isildur?  The past as it could have been.  Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales and ROTK Appendices knowledge is helpful, but notes have been provided. 

Hope Rising [PG13] In Progress

Estel's childhood and youth; of Gilraen's struggle to raise a half-elven child to be a leader of men, of Elrond's uncertainty and temptation and the meeting of Hope and Evenstar ... and of the strange tidings brought by a wandering Maia.  

The Long Twilight Struggle Projected Title

From Eriador to Dale, from Rohan to Gondor to Harad ... of Aragorn's long years of struggle and the bittersweet prize that may await him.

Heir of Kings  Projected Title

Frodo leaves the Shire, the War of the Ring begins and events unfold a little differently.