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1. I could be your king by cliffdiving

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

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   24 Sep 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Galadriel | Artanis/Halbrand (The Rings of Power)
   • Galadriel | Artanis/Sauron | Mairon
   • Galadriel/Sauron (Tolkien)
   • Galadriel | Artanis
   • Sauron | Mairon
   • Enemies to Lovers
   • Betrayal
   • Angst and Feels
   • Drama & Romance
   • battle and war
   • Fate & Destiny
   • What if they really fall in love
   • Sexual Tension
   • Eventual Smut
   • Season 1 and beyond arc
   • Missing Scenes
   • Eventual Happy Ending
   • after endless angst and betrayal
   • Sauron redemption arc - sort of
   • she becomes a little darker
   • he becomes a little lighter
   • do not get into a pissing contest with a Palantir
   • you will loose
   • Galadriel gets herself in constant trouble
   • Somehow the Dark Lord always saves her
   • The Palantiri ship it your honor
   • The most complicated on-off relationship in the history of Middle-earth
   • Fix-It of Sorts
   • AU from Chapter 4 onwards
   • Dancing
   • Sparring
   • Kissing
   • Chapter 7: NSFW
   • Lawful evil/chaotic good dynamics
   • they make each other better but first they make each other worse
   • Only canon as long as it floats the raft
   • Chapter 9 NSFW
   • Chapter 10 NSFw
   • Chapter 11 NSFW
   • Chapter 13 NSFW
   • Orc Culture
   • Chapter 21 NSFW
   • Chapter 29 NSFW
   • Chapter 31 NSFW
   • Chapter 37 NSFW
   • Not Season 2 Compliant

   Summary

   “Come on. Give me your hand.”
   There is wild desperation in Galadriel’s voice, the words piercing through Halbrand like a fierce battle cry.
   “Bind yourself to me.“

    

   For one endless moment, she is all he can see in the tempest threatening to swallow them whole.

    

   Reaching out to him.

    

   Determined to save the darkness she has vowed to destroy.

    

   Foolish little elf.

    

   And still… he wants to take her hand.

    

   The mysterious workings of fate bring two bitter enemies together during their darkest hour, igniting a flame that will not be extinguished all that easily.

   A reimagining of Season 1 of The Rings of Power and beyond in which the bond between Galadriel and Sauron has already become unbreakable chains when she finds out who he really is.

   After witnessing a harrowing vision regarding her future in the Palantir Galadriel’s reckless actions unwittingly drag her and her reluctant companion unto a path of fate previously untravelled.

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