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cardamom wine by mossbard
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
23 Dec 2025
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It’s Sam’s first Yuletide upon returning from Mordor, he thinks it best to spend it with Frodo.
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a cut of cloth by mossbard
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
17 Dec 2025
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Frodo can’t handle certain types of fabrics—Sam weaves together a handmade tunic for the one fabric he can.
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- Part 5 of blurbs
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he who pours by mossbard
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
17 Dec 2025
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Celebrian walks in the tides of Valinor.
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- Part 4 of blurbs
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 378
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 7
- Hits:
- 45
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i am home by mossbard
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
17 Dec 2025
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Maglor reminisces.
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- Part 3 of blurbs
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 312
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 9
- Hits:
- 82
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in this passing wood by mossbard
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
17 Dec 2025
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Gimli snores, Legolas grows soft, Aragorn teases.
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- Part 2 of blurbs
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a dwarvish delight by mossbard
Fandoms: The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
07 Nov 2025
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He had felt the burn of warg teeth in his skin, the bite of metal reforged slicing through tendons, the feel of fire lapping at every inch of his body. He had felt fear. He had felt sorrow, woe, grief upon grief. Mirrored anger and fear bursting within him. A lifetime of worries numbered only by streaks of grey and lines like cracks in stone.
The one thing Thorin Oakenshield had never worried about, was the particular rise of his focaccia. And yet, it was the single most hair-raising experience of his long, bitter life.
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Bilbo and Thorin join in on Hobbiton's Annual Autumn Bake-off, but first they must collect the ingredients necessary for their recipes.
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caught bone by mossbard
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
30 Oct 2025
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On Maedhros' first night in Angband he meets Morgoth’s most esteemed servant.
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with limbs like veins by mossbard
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
27 Oct 2025
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Half a moon later, Orn speaks. Gravely, his voice faded from disuse and perpetually laced with something raw and rotten. “Elves,” he says to the guards standing tall and lithe, fading in and out of the moonlight he hadn’t the heart to praise. “I am ready to tell my tale.
“The trees awoke. At daylight, just when the sun widens at the earth’s border, just as the morning wind rattles against the mountain ridges. Just when the world grew white like sinew and our eyes opened bleary like a calf’s. We heard the rattling, the stretch and creak of wood as if it was in the fire...
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vocal rest by mossbard
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
08 Sep 2025
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Maglor is on vocal rest. Elrond and Elros attempt everything to get him to talk, even enlisting Maedhros’ help.
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such breathless eyes by mossbard
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
18 Aug 2025
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It is in the whispers of her love, in the sweet taste of the horse-maiden, that Arwen finds the most divinity. Here, more than in any prayer, is she dizzy with it.
This, she thinks, is how Varda must have felt creating the stars.
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shiny, mirrored blades by mossbard
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
18 Jul 2025
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Rot had no place in Valinor, Elrond thought. So why is it in me?
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- Part 2 of pebbled white beaches
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of mending and strawberry jam by mossbard
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
08 Jul 2025
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Sam keeps returning to Bag End with ripped trousers and loose threads, Frodo starts to suspect these clothing mishaps aren't accidents.
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a blue kind of love by mossbard
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
06 Jul 2025
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Early morning in the Gamgee household rarely sees peace, unless of course, Samwise and Frodo hide out a little longer.
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and the ivy grew like tender echos through his veins by mossbard
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
04 Jul 2025
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“I do not think that I have been saved. And I fear it is too late for it.”
Sam sucked in a deep breath, shaky as it came in. Softly, he moved his hands around Frodo’s featherlight shoulders and pulled him deeper in, until he rested in the crook of his neck. His hair sat tussled beneath Sam’s nose, and he breathed in the scent of sleep and warmth.
It took him a bit before the right words came to mind, and even then, they strayed out his mouth like a fox from a trap. “I carried you once, Mr. Frodo and I’ll do it again. To wherever safety may lie.”
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Sometimes healing is best done in the garden, under sunbeams and a close friend's comfort.
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marigolds can, in fact, grow in stone (but only if you're part green wizard) by mossbard
Fandoms: The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien
02 Jun 2025
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In Erebor, King Thorin and King Consort Bilbo work on their green thumbs.
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a night's unfurling by mossbard
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
19 May 2025
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Nerdanel mourns alone in Formenos.
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- Part 1 of blurbs
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the elderly are never truly old by mossbard
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
14 May 2025
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In Valinor, Bilbo regains some semblance of youth and explores the beauty of the white shores—much to Elrond's chagrin.
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Bilbo and Elrond bond in Valinor. The Peredhel family grows.
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- Part 1 of pebbled white beaches
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an anomaly on the bruinen by mossbard
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
09 May 2025
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By the first sprigs of spring, Elrond had memorized the tune–Celebrían's melody. It seemed as though a part of her still resided in the valley and in the water. Wading through the Ainur’s song, interjecting with her own hymn.
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A grieving Elrond experiences strange encounters in Imladris.
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the diabolical acts of sibling love by mossbard
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
02 May 2025
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In the womb Elrond had nearly succumbed to the desperate pull of sharing. He had come out a mere child able to fit in his father's hand, swallowing his cries in place for searching the room with a barely unglued gaze. Elros had come out first, devouring the air with piercing screams, full-bodied and angel faced. Even then, amidst the chaos of birth, Elrond and Elros found their markers. One was destined for want, for desire and need. The other was there to watch.
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Elrond deals with Elros' choice in a peculiar manner. Once, he was not so wise.
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the reddening of the leaves by mossbard
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
29 Apr 2025
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(this is not death but the beginning of a second life)
A lightning storm leaves a mortal, Mairwen Cotterill, with the confusing ability to communicate and aid the growing earth. A wicked Elf called Aberoth tears apart every village he can find with his grotesque corruptions. Gandalf has his theories and even more questions, and he loops in Elrond, who just wants to live peacefully in his valley.
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Or, Lord Elrond of Imladris is cornered into housing a young woman with an incredible gift and discovers just how much love can be had in such a short time.