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Our Lady of Perpetual Compassion, She of Sorrows and Succor by HerenorThereNearnorFar
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
31 Jan 2019
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"Few stories were told of Nienna, not because she was not loved, but because she was loved too much. Those elves who dwelled in Valinor knew her sorrows and did not pry at them. Her part in the stories of others was glossed over, her name whispered gently, her tale left unspoken and unrecorded. Such was the respect given to her, for all people might need pity some day.
If an exile from over the sea needed to learn, or a new child asked, they were shared only snippets of thought, memories, echoes of what was told perhaps only once long ago.
These were the things that were not said."
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02 Jul 2026
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The Hearth that Chose Her by Lunamoth2326
Fandoms: A Song of Ice and Fire - George R. R. Martin, old valyria - Fandom
27 Jan 2026
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Before the Doom, Valyria was not yet a grave.
Aelyxāra Maelythrys is born into one of the forty ruling blood-houses of the Freehold—a child marked early for prophecy, blood magic, and use. Chosen not by conquest but by recognition, she is claimed in infancy by Vermithraēx, a near-grown dragon who becomes her guardian, her hearth, her mother in fire and scale.
Raised within a house that treats women as vessels and wombs as ritual ground, Aelyxāra is trained as a priestess of Maelys and subjected to rites meant to force legacy from flesh. She survives—but survival is not the same as obedience.
When Daenys the Dreamer arrives astride Balerion, the fire begins to speak too clearly to ignore.
Aelyxāra will not stop the Doom.
She will anchor it—through a blood rite that fractures dragonkind itself, leaving echoes that surface centuries later in Aerea Targaryen, Rhaenyra’s stillborn daughter, Helaena’s visions, and Daenerys Stormborn.This is a story about a dragon who mothered, a girl who listened, and a legacy that burns quietly in confused instincts, broken bonds, and the long, painful healing of dragons who remember how to care.
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20 Jun 2026
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In a world where Renly Baratheon accidentally spent the War of Four Kings on vacation in Dorne, surviving King Stannis's small council meetings takes a clear understanding of people and politics. Luckily, he's here to provide both... or so he thinks.
[Second half finally up. Welcome to the North.]
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16 May 2026
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A Brief Introduction To Arda, End Of The Second Age, With Helpful FAQ by ClingingBlossoms
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
15 May 2026
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The Last Alliance of Elves and Men has formed. Sauron threatens all of Middle-Earth, and the free peoples must come together and fight in the face of this threat.
But... for the average Mannish footsoldier, it's not quite clear what's going on here.
Maglor has composed a little letter to help orient people.
Or just confuse them more.
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16 May 2026
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The Dispossessed Reclaiming What Was Theirs by Irnina
Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien
08 Aug 2025
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Elrond looks back at his upbringing.
The twins had been loved, fiercely, but that does not mean their childhood was in any way healthy.
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12 May 2026