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1. The key unturned by mostlyclouds

   Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022), The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   15 Feb 2023

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Galadriel | Artanis/Halbrand (The Rings of Power)
   • Galadriel | Artanis/Sauron | Mairon
   • Isildur/Isildur's Wife
   • Arondir/Bronwyn (The Rings of Power)
   • Halbrand (The Rings of Power)
   • Sauron | Mairon
   • Tar-Míriel
   • Isildur (Tolkien)
   • Bronwyn (The Rings of Power)
   • Galadriel | Artanis
   • Arondir (The Rings of Power)
   • Original Númenórean Character(s)
   • Original Southlanders
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • or giving a name and backstory of an already existing female character
   • who may show up later on?
   • but i get to play around
   • Waldreg
   • Adar (The Rings of Power)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • What if Mount Doom never exploded
   • Halbrand keeps his cover
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Lovers to Enemies
   • enemies to ????
   • Not sure where this plot is going
   • King Halbrand
   • Freeform
   • probably
   • I haven't written them yet
   • depictions of violence
   • Execution
   • Eventual Smut
   • Diplomacy
   • Dream Sex
   • tags likely to change

   Summary

   Perhaps if he had not waited he would have made it. Instead a gauntlet fist grabbed his arm.

   “What did that man just give you?”

   Waldreg never makes it to the Tower and the Southlanders are saved. No volcano erupts and peace is allowed to form.
   Halbrand goes about forging his new kingdom, his identity secret for now. Given this chance to rebuild what will he chose.
   An exploration of his attempt at redemption, his blossoming romance with Galadriel and the very different middle earth that may have formed as a result.

   Tags likely to change

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