Title: Fool’s Gold
Word Count: 3,700
Characters: Denethor, Aragorn
Summary: While Ecthelion prepares to preside over a season of festivities, Denethor reflects that all that glitters is not gold.
Rating: K+ for mentions of battle, non-graphic injuries
A/N: This was written for the Teitho Challenge “Holidays,” where it tied for third. It is ( Read more... )

Title: Shadows Lengthen Ere Close of Day
Word Count: 3,500
Rating: T for dark themes
Summary: Not everyone was ready to follow the heir of Isildur to certain death. On the road to the Black Gates, a common soldier wrestles with fear and struggles to decide where his loyalties lie.

A/N: This story was written for the October, 2013 Teitho ( Read more... )

Title: Fire in the Sky
Word Count: 3,000
Rating: K
Summary: The Rangers enjoy Bilbo’s party, though only from a distance.
A/N: Written for the September Teitho Challenge “Magic,” where it tied for third. It is unbetaed, though this version is slightly edited.

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Title: Hunting Alone
Word Count: 4,300
Rating: K+ for brief violence
Summary: The age old story of a wolf, a man, and a mountain.
Author’s Note: This was written for the Teitho Challenge “Mountains” where it placed third. Huge thanks to Cairistiona for her hard work as beta.

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Title: A Scion of Eärendil’s House
Rating: K+
Word Count: 3,000
Summary: Elladan and Elrohir think it’s time their brother saw more of the world. Elrond distrusts their motives-and his own.
Author’s Note: This was written for the Teitho Challenge “Weapons.” I somehow forgot to cross-post it before now. It is unbetaed.
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Title: The Cruelest Kindness
Chapter Title: Nursery Rhymes
Word Count: 3,700
Rating: T
Warnings: Violence, dark themes
Summary: When he captures a young raider in Gondor, Aragorn’s concepts of duty and mercy are put to the test.

Previous Chapter: Chapter One: Mercy Strokes

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Title: The Cruelest Kindness
Chapter Title: Mercy Strokes
Word Count: 3,000 (this part)
Rating: T
Warnings: Violence, violence against children, depiction of battle and its aftermath, dark themes
Summary: When he captures a young raider in Gondor, Aragorn’s concepts of duty and mercy are put to the test.

A/N: This was written for the May ( Read more... )

Title: The Ragged Edge of Legend
Characters: Aragorn, Éomer
Word Count: 1,500
Rating: T (for the aftermath of battle, dark themes)
Summary: Sauron has fallen, but as he waits for Gandalf’s return, Aragorn isn’t ready to celebrate. Written for the April Teitho Challenge “Smells,” where it placed first.

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Title: Talismans
Rating: T for depictions of battle
Word Count: 3,700
Summary: Five years after the battle of Osgiliath, Faramir broods over a promise his brother made.
Author’s Note: This was written for the Teitho challenge “Promises,” where it tied for third. It has been edited slightly from the version that appeared in the contest. The ( Read more... )