Pen Name:Raksha06
Joined:Jan 17,2006
E-Mail:Raksha06

Bio: I'm a diehard Faramirist, but I sometimes write other characters. I favor the bookverse, but have been known to occasionally stray into the movieverse.

20 PUBLISHED STORIES:

Gamesmanship
General Rated:Teens
Éomer and Faramir face peril at sea. (originally written for Branwyn's birthday)
Updated:Sep 20,2009 Chapters:1 Words:3309 Reviews: 2


The Temptation of Hope
Action Rated:All
Ecthelion’s favored Captain Thorongil must make a choice that would alter the path of two realms as well as his own destiny and the fates of Denethor, Finduilas and Arwen. Complete.
Updated:May 21,2009 Chapters:1 Words:2062 Reviews: 2


Chrysalids
General Rated:All
As the Fourth Age dawns, three unusual visitors bring blessings to Bag End and provoke a fateful choice. Complete.
Updated:Feb 22,2009 Chapters:1 Words:2177 Reviews: 2


Sundry Scrolls II
General Rated:Teens
Another compilation of vignettes of less than 1000 words. Most, but not all, are fixed-length ficlets. Here you will see Faramir at different points in his life, a young and hopeful Aragorn, three POVs of a day of destiny, and a hobbit preparing for almost certain death. Complete.
Updated:Dec 26,2008 Chapters:12 Words:6607 Reviews: 7


Divers Drabbles II
General Rated:Teens
"We in the house of Denethor know much ancient lore by long tradition, and there are moreover in our treasuries many things preserved: books and tablets writ on withered parchments, yea, and on stone, and on leaves of silver and of gold, in divers characters." Faramir, The Two Towers


Here there be dragons, Dunedain, orcs and ladies, an Elf, a hobbit, princes and warriors, all in ficlets that are written in multiples of 100 words. There will be 14 chapters when all are posted.
Updated:Dec 25,2008 Chapters:14 Words:7310 Reviews: 4


For The King Who Has Everything
General Rated:All
Faramir and Eowyn ponder a question crucial to holiday shoppers throughout the Ages.
Updated:Dec 20,2008 Chapters:1 Words:2211 Reviews: 1


Sundry Scrolls
General Rated:Teens
Another compilation of my shorter works, usually fixed-length ficlets and featuring Elves, Dunedain (mostly Faramir, but there's one Aragorn drabble) - beginning with a morning after a great celebration, and ending with a passage...Complete.
Updated:Apr 23,2008 Chapters:9 Words:3849 Reviews: 4


Scholarship
General Rated:Teens
The prosperity of the Fourth Age can spur all kinds of commerce, in trade and in knowledge. What lessons will the heir of Ithilien learn?

Written for Branwyn's birthday.
Updated:Dec 30,2007 Chapters:1 Words:892 Reviews: 1


Winter Candles
General Rated:All
Faramir and Eowyn resolve some bad weather blues - written for all who have waited for a loved one returning late from holiday shopping.
Updated:Dec 26,2007 Chapters:1 Words:1143 Reviews: 1


Seeing Stars
General Rated:All
In the hours after the birth of his heir, Faramir has much to celebrate. Old ties are remembered, new ties are deepened, and, Faramir being Faramir even when somewhat inebriated, history is considered. Written in honor of Linda Hoyland's birthday. Complete.
Updated:Sep 15,2007 Chapters:1 Words:1315 Reviews: 3


The Eagle's Gift
General Rated:All
While awaiting entry to Finduilas' bridal bed, Denethor receives an unwelcome visitor. Domestic comedy/drama, with two Numenorean alpha males, meditations on the nature of superstition and virility and things, and conditions, that are not as they appear to be.
Updated:Jul 11,2007 Chapters:1 Words:2985 Reviews: 1


Rest and Recreation
General Rated:All
Imladris is a place of refuge; of quiet contemplation for weary travelers. But alas, it doesn't suit the Captain-General of Gondor very well. What's a bored Boromir to do in the tranquil Elvish haven?
Updated:Apr 10,2007 Chapters:1 Words:1248 Reviews: 2


Fire and Flowering
General Rated:Adult
A series of standalone fixed-length bookverse ficlets spotlighting different stages in Faramir and Eowyn's love life. Some eroticism and explicit sex.

First Place, 2006 MEFA Awards, Genres: Romance: Incomplete

The author thanks Branwyn, best Beta in the Reunited Kingdom, for editorial assistance.
Updated:Apr 10,2007 Chapters:6 Words:3473 Reviews: 0


The Burning of the Year
General Rated:All
Faramir and Denethor lead the rites of the year's end as Minas Tirith celebrates the last night of 3018. Complete. Winner, First Place, MEFA 2007 (Late Third Age 3018-3022 Gondor).

(with thanks to Branwyn, and lindahoyland, for beta assistance)
Updated:Jan 5,2007 Chapters:1 Words:2073 Reviews: 3


Luck From the Ashes
General Rated:All
In the autumn after Sauron's Fall, Aragorn and Faramir make an unexpected discovery in the rubble of the House of the Stewards.
Updated:Nov 27,2006 Chapters:1 Words:1279 Reviews: 1


Marking Fours
Action Rated:All
Time and grief do not always run their course in tandem. Faramir learns that change can be a distraction as well as a deliverance. Four linked drabbles, written in honor of the fourth anniversary of the HASA/Henneth Annun online communities.

Winner, MEFA 2007 - Times: Multi-Age: Fixed-Length Ficlet
Updated:Nov 27,2006 Chapters:1 Words:412 Reviews: 2


Offerings
General Rated:All
Multi-generational meditations on fathers and sons in the House of the Stewards on Rath Dinen, told in two parts, one very short story. Finalist, 2005 Mithril Awards. Honorable Mention, 2005 MEFA Awards
Updated:Sep 2,2006 Chapters:1 Words:592 Reviews: 1


Divers Drabbles
General Rated:Teens
"We in the house of Denethor know much ancient lore by long tradition, and there are moreover in our treasuries many things preserved: books and tablets writ on withered parchments, yea, and on stone, and on leaves of silver and of gold, in divers characters."

This is a compilation of my drabbles and mega-drabbles, all in multiples of 100 words as counted by MS Works. Here there be dragons (well, just one), Elves, and werewolves, and a great-hearted hound, not to mention various Men (and women)of Gondor and Rohan, enchantment of divers kinds, sorrow and joy, birth and old age, and one musing wizard. There will be twenty-five chapters in all, the first seven are Silmarillion-based.

Beta'd by Branwyn. Previously posted at StoriesofArda.com.
Updated:Aug 3,2006 Chapters:23 Words:8751 Reviews: 14


The Falcon and the Star
General Rated:All
It is March 15, 3019. After the longest week in his life, Aragorn is called by Gandalf on an errand of mercy. One weary warrior meets another in the Houses of Healing and other, farther places; and their lives will never be the same. Most of the story (but not all) from Aragorn's POV. Some dialogue unavoidably quoted and paraphrased from Return of the King. Bookverse.

First Place, 2006 MEFA Awards, Times: The Great Years: Gondor
Updated:Aug 1,2006 Chapters:5 Words:12660 Reviews: 10


Comfort Me Not With Cookies
Erotica Rated:Teens
An AU movieverse fanfic parody written as a rough draft of a story I would never write, created for the HASA Confessions Of A Dangerous Minds challenge. Faramir angst! Nasty Denethor! A plucky OFC! And of course, Legolas.
Updated:Jan 17,2006 Chapters:1 Words:2308 Reviews: 1