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I promised Tarion a while back that--no matter when AMC finally ended--that I would have a Friday posting for her until she left school to go home. Since AMC ended last week and Tarion has one Friday left before going home, I have decided to share the first five pages or so of my novella-in-progress "He Came Home."
I started this project--and it was only to be a short story then--in answer to the![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
silwritersguild's "Strong Women of Arda" challenge that asked for stories centered on canon women serving in pivotal roles in the history of Arda. Prior to this, I had been pondering the notion of Arafinwë's (Finarfin's) role in securing peace and safety for the Noldor as the first High King to rule after the Darkening of the Trees. I've always believed that this was no easy task, but the canon does not speak of it, leaving my imagination to play freely. Chief of the accomplishments of the Noldor in this time, I think, was restoring peaceful relations with the Teleri following the Kinslaying. This could not have been easy: The agony and mistrust between these people must have been great, especially considering that of the 10% of the Noldor who remained, some had forsaken the journey after the Kinslaying (as Arafinwë himself had done) and so may have played a role. So even of those who remained in Valinor, all were not guiltless.
And that formed the premise of this story: How did Arafinwë--who never expected to be king--rise to the task and also accomplish the difficult ordeal of restoring trust between the Noldor and the Teleri? In the Felak!verse, Eärwen had a lot to do with both of these.
This story remains unfinished and will most likely be one of the projects on which I am going to focus as soon as I finished Alina's novella. The complete story is obviously an unhappy tale in places and will carry an adult rating, though more for violence and horror elements than sexuality. (Although there will be that too.) This early bit, though, carries a fairly safe general rating.
I will not be sharing more of this story, likely, until it is closer to completion. I have nineteen pages written; this is five of those nineteen pages. So if you are one of those who can't bear to wait to see how a story ends, you might want to sit tight until I start posting chapters on a regular basis.
I should also mention that, while HoMe suggests that Fingolfin's wife Anairë left the journey to Beleriand only after the Kinslaying, I have twisted this idea to suit my own purposes and have her never departing with the Noldor at all. So please understand that this "canon" violation (if HoMe can be considered such) is intentional and central to the story.
As always, feedback of all sorts is more than welcome!
( He Came Home )
I started this project--and it was only to be a short story then--in answer to the
silwritersguild's "Strong Women of Arda" challenge that asked for stories centered on canon women serving in pivotal roles in the history of Arda. Prior to this, I had been pondering the notion of Arafinwë's (Finarfin's) role in securing peace and safety for the Noldor as the first High King to rule after the Darkening of the Trees. I've always believed that this was no easy task, but the canon does not speak of it, leaving my imagination to play freely. Chief of the accomplishments of the Noldor in this time, I think, was restoring peaceful relations with the Teleri following the Kinslaying. This could not have been easy: The agony and mistrust between these people must have been great, especially considering that of the 10% of the Noldor who remained, some had forsaken the journey after the Kinslaying (as Arafinwë himself had done) and so may have played a role. So even of those who remained in Valinor, all were not guiltless.And that formed the premise of this story: How did Arafinwë--who never expected to be king--rise to the task and also accomplish the difficult ordeal of restoring trust between the Noldor and the Teleri? In the Felak!verse, Eärwen had a lot to do with both of these.
This story remains unfinished and will most likely be one of the projects on which I am going to focus as soon as I finished Alina's novella. The complete story is obviously an unhappy tale in places and will carry an adult rating, though more for violence and horror elements than sexuality. (Although there will be that too.) This early bit, though, carries a fairly safe general rating.
I will not be sharing more of this story, likely, until it is closer to completion. I have nineteen pages written; this is five of those nineteen pages. So if you are one of those who can't bear to wait to see how a story ends, you might want to sit tight until I start posting chapters on a regular basis.
I should also mention that, while HoMe suggests that Fingolfin's wife Anairë left the journey to Beleriand only after the Kinslaying, I have twisted this idea to suit my own purposes and have her never departing with the Noldor at all. So please understand that this "canon" violation (if HoMe can be considered such) is intentional and central to the story.
As always, feedback of all sorts is more than welcome!
( He Came Home )
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