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  1. Public Bookmark 53

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    When the forge was empty, and she was alone, Galadriel emptied the contents onto the table.

    A full suit of armor.  Glistening silver and with accents of gold, still untarnished after centuries of abandonment.

    She’d known him as Halbrand then, and he’d made it for her in Numenor, the night before they sailed for Middle Earth.  When she still thought of him as a friend.

    She’d worn it on the battlefield as they’d fought side by side against their shared enemy.  As they’d made a vow to each other before Valar.

    “If I could keep it with me always…”

    “I felt it too.”

    As they’d bound themselves together in eternity.

    Little did she know at the time, Sauron had made it for his queen.  Absent malice or cruelty, he forged it with what little power his human form had with only one purpose.  To protect her.

    She may have refused his ring, but she’d taken the armor.  And it held a power greater than anything he’d ever forged, before or since.

    His love.

    And she was going to destroy it.

    -or- Galadriel looks into her Mirror for the first time, and finds out why it's important not to touch the water.

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    02 Oct 2023

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    "When Galadriel moved into her new apartment, she quickly discovered that her landlord’s laidback approach to 'a bit of noise' during 'acceptable hours' was a double-edged sword. You didn’t just get away with playing the piano for four hours in the morning—you also got away with spending just as many hours on whatever it was that her neighbor was doing to his obnoxiously loud bass every night."

    Galadriel leaves a note on Halbrand’s door and unintentionally starts a war.

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    08 Aug 2023

  3. Public Bookmark 29

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    When Galadriel accuses Halbrand of being the Dark Lord, he does the only thing he can think of: knocks her down and runs away. Now he's wandering the wilds with some new companions (who also think he's Sauron). Meanwhile, Celeborn finally makes his return from captivity and of course he'll help his wife track down her nemesis. It's just that, well, who they find doesn't seem to match up with the Sauron he knows... Posted as part of Haladriel Week 2023.

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    24 May 2023

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    “Perhaps I was always meant to ruin this.” He grabbed her arms and spun her around to face him so fast it dizzied her. “I was greedier in my youth. If I’d known you back then, I’d have stolen you away. A treasure no Silmaril could compare to.”

     

    In which Galadriel's attempt to assassinate Sauron in his war tent doesn't go quite as she planned.
    Or does it?

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    23 May 2023

  5. Public Bookmark 15

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    When both Halbrand and Galadriel find themselves imprisoned whilst in Númenor, things take a surprising and heated turn…

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    23 May 2023