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A Song across the Sea by WilSasa
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
17 Nov 2025
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Year 800 of the Second Age. Maglor still wanders Middle-earth's shores, tormented by grief and the sea's cruel promises. Each attempt to end his suffering fails. The Sea always spits him back out, offering only fleeting moments of the Music of the Ainur.
During his latest attempt to end his life, he hears a familiar voice singing in the depths.
Meanwhile, in Valinor, Finrod, newly re-embodied, struggles with feeling like a stranger in his homeland, with guilt over past choices, the weight of being among the first to return from Beleriand, and the fear that he might have lost Amarië’s love.
After a disastrous breakfast with new and old family members, he finds himself at the haven of Alqualondë, where he pours his sorrow into a Song of Power, unaware that his song reaches his cousin for a few precious seconds.