Pen Name:Altariel
Joined:Jun 2,2004

64 PUBLISHED STORIES:

The Lady That Dies Not
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What did she say to you, the Lady That Dies Not? Faramir and Galadriel in Minas Tirith.
Updated:Jul 21,2018 Chapters:1 Words:516 Reviews: 1


What We Leave Behind
General Rated:Teens
The New Year is here. What will it bring?
Updated:Jul 10,2018 Chapters:2 Words:2893 Reviews: 2


Farsightedness
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A palantír in the family.
Updated:Jan 20,2013 Chapters:1 Words:322 Reviews: 1


Come athelas
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The new captain made little impression.
Updated:Jan 20,2013 Chapters:1 Words:106 Reviews: 2


B2MeM 2012 (Mostly) Drabbles
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Drabbles written for the B2MeM Bingo Challenge.
Updated:Apr 18,2012 Chapters:43 Words:4412 Reviews: 0


Old Soldiers
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Chess, cousins, and children. Amrothos and Faramir play a game or two.
Updated:Sep 29,2011 Chapters:1 Words:3287 Reviews: 1


Love Among the Ruins
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Meanwhile, in the Houses of Healing...
Updated:Aug 30,2011 Chapters:1 Words:1492 Reviews: 3


Five Moves that Denethor and Faramir Never Made
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A drabble series.
Updated:Aug 29,2011 Chapters:1 Words:525 Reviews: 1


Garden of Gondor
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A place to collect drabbles and other pieces from the Fourth Age, involving the Prince of Ithilien and his family.
Updated:May 26,2011 Chapters:10 Words:1092 Reviews: 1


By Sad Waters We Sat Down and Wept
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“And the slaves of Mordor he released and gave to them all the lands about Lake Núrnen to be their own.” The King of Gondor receives an ambassador. For Dwimordene.
Updated:May 25,2011 Chapters:1 Words:819 Reviews: 2


Drabbles
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Collected drabbles.
Updated:May 23,2011 Chapters:18 Words:1862 Reviews: 8


Ariel
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Finduilas is made of air. A tiny ghost story.
Updated:May 18,2011 Chapters:1 Words:104 Reviews: 1


Bequests
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Some drabbles from Ithilien, on the theme of bequests.
Updated:May 14,2011 Chapters:1 Words:431 Reviews: 5


The Case of the Silver Letters
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If you have ever longed to read a Holmes pastiche set in Ithilien after the Ring War - you can now.
Updated:May 10,2011 Chapters:1 Words:11452 Reviews: 1


Mothers' Night
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Faramir and Eowyn in Ithilien, weaving new traditions from old.
Updated:May 3,2011 Chapters:1 Words:1241 Reviews: 3


The Use of Memory
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Memory is not what the heart desires. Faramir and Arwen.
Updated:Apr 6,2011 Chapters:1 Words:607 Reviews: 4


Five Things that Faramir Never Said to Andrahar
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Sometimes words are hard to find.
Updated:Apr 3,2011 Chapters:1 Words:546 Reviews: 3


Proof
Action Rated:Teens
How to win friends and influence people. Faramir and the Ithilien Rangers.

Mithril Awards, 2004:
Finalist - Best drama
Updated:Mar 31,2011 Chapters:4 Words:5166 Reviews: 4


Foundered Land
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In the dark times, will we be singing?
Yes, we'll be singing of the dark times.
Updated:Mar 24,2011 Chapters:1 Words:949 Reviews: 0


A woman's history of the world
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In nine drabbles.
Updated:Oct 3,2010 Chapters:1 Words:943 Reviews: 3


Withered Tree
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A penny for the Old Guy...

An e-book of this story is available (.mobi and .epub formats). See here.
Updated:Sep 8,2010 Chapters:10 Words:16426 Reviews: 4


Horses and Verses
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After Theoden's funeral, Eomer and Faramir have a little chat.
Updated:Oct 25,2007 Chapters:1 Words:7068 Reviews: 2


In Passing
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"Then let us cross the River and in happier days let us dwell in fair Ithilien and there make a garden..."

An audio version of this story can be downloaded from here.
Updated:Sep 19,2007 Chapters:1 Words:1205 Reviews: 4


Wizards' Pupils
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On teaching, tutors, and the importance of honest debate.
Updated:Sep 5,2007 Chapters:1 Words:4906 Reviews: 8


Journey's End
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Inns, beer, and folk songs.
Updated:Jun 14,2007 Chapters:1 Words:1717 Reviews: 15


In the Waiting
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"F like... a fearful Faramir." Written for the B2MEM alphabet challenge at the LJ community there_n_back.
Updated:Mar 11,2007 Chapters:1 Words:562 Reviews: 1


The Turn of the Tide
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Éowyn in the Houses of Healing. A short AU.
Updated:Nov 23,2006 Chapters:1 Words:2562 Reviews: 5


Red River
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Faramir and Aragorn in a short fable of globalization.
Updated:Apr 6,2006 Chapters:1 Words:1748 Reviews: 7


The Burial of the Dead
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Denethor remembers the dead and the dying - Boromir, Faramir, and Finduilas.
Updated:Dec 11,2005 Chapters:1 Words:1498 Reviews: 0


Death by Water
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Faramir and Denethor await news of Boromir, and Faramir dreams of water.
Updated:Dec 11,2005 Chapters:4 Words:5789 Reviews: 1


What the Thunder Said
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Faramir's thoughts during the defence of Minas Tirith. A sequel to Death by Water.
Updated:Dec 11,2005 Chapters:3 Words:3320 Reviews: 1


The Fire Sermon
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Faramir and Eowyn in the Houses of Healing. A sequel to What the Thunder Said.
Updated:Dec 11,2005 Chapters:5 Words:8008 Reviews: 1


The Eagle and the Swan
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Two linked vignettes: Faramir and Boromir learn about the stars.
Updated:Dec 11,2005 Chapters:2 Words:3338 Reviews: 0


Black Captain
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Office politics in Minas Tirith.
Updated:Dec 11,2005 Chapters:1 Words:780 Reviews: 0


The King is Dead
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Denethor teaches a young Faramir the game of chess.
Updated:Dec 11,2005 Chapters:1 Words:1361 Reviews: 0


Late Fragment
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For Isabeau; who, for her birthday, asked for a story about Faramir and Hethlin.
Updated:Dec 11,2005 Chapters:1 Words:2016 Reviews: 1


Adrift
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It's about a dinner party. Read chapter 12 of Captain My Captain and Motherless by Isabeau, and then you have some hope of this making sense!

Adrift Again: A week later.
Updated:Dec 11,2005 Chapters:2 Words:7899 Reviews: 0


In A Stone City
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For Dwimordene, a spin-off from A Game of Chess, set just after Faramir's trip to Edoras (chapter 15), and with flashbacks to earlier in that story.
Updated:Dec 11,2005 Chapters:1 Words:2646 Reviews: 0


Memorial
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Remembering the Pelennor; Faramir and Eowyn.
Updated:Dec 11,2005 Chapters:1 Words:364 Reviews: 1


Fear of Flying
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A moment in the Houses of Healing; written in response to a challenge to write about a Middle-earth superstition.
Updated:Dec 11,2005 Chapters:1 Words:407 Reviews: 0


The Key
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Denethor seeks knowledge of Faramir, but a key alone cannot unlock it. Based on Dwimordene's story That Which Remains Us.
Updated:Dec 11,2005 Chapters:1 Words:642 Reviews: 0


In Memoriam
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Faramir, ten years after Boromir's death (following on from Dwimordene's story In Extremis, Isabeau's story Discovery and my Disclosure).
Updated:Dec 11,2005 Chapters:1 Words:2003 Reviews: 1


Disclosure
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Faramir's perspective on the events of Isabeau's story Discovery.
Updated:Dec 11,2005 Chapters:1 Words:3174 Reviews: 0


The Permanent Stars
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A short piece about starlight and dreams, written for a Mother's Day challenge.
Updated:Dec 7,2005 Chapters:1 Words:624 Reviews: 0


Lady of Silences
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Finduilas, Faramir, Boromir, Denethor: a very bleak vignette.
Updated:Dec 7,2005 Chapters:1 Words:1329 Reviews: 1


A Kind of Valediction
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Ten years after the pyre. A Minas Tirith ghost story.

An audio version of this story can be downloaded from here.
Updated:Nov 11,2005 Chapters:3 Words:5311 Reviews: 3


The Lost
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A sequel to Isabeau's story "Noble Jewel": Faramir comes face to face with Brand.
Updated:Jun 28,2005 Chapters:1 Words:8320 Reviews: 11


Through A Glass
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Faramir's answer to the challenge question: Éowyn, heroine or deserter?
Updated:May 25,2005 Chapters:1 Words:1215 Reviews: 3


A Pale Light Lingering
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The old year ends, and Faramir makes the journey from Minas Tirith to Ithilien.
Updated:Dec 22,2004 Chapters:1 Words:2433 Reviews: 1


Gloria Mundi
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A series of drabbles, in response to Dwimordene's series 'Civitas Mundi'.
Updated:Nov 29,2004 Chapters:1 Words:526 Reviews: 0


Ainulindalë
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The Ainulindalë drabbled.
Updated:Nov 3,2004 Chapters:1 Words:110 Reviews: 2


Five Things That Never Happened to Faramir and Éowyn
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Five things that never happened to Faramir and Éowyn; a drabble series.
Updated:Oct 21,2004 Chapters:1 Words:504 Reviews: 5


The King's Shilling
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A sequel to 'Possessions'. A final parting near Edoras.
Updated:Aug 16,2004 Chapters:1 Words:919 Reviews: 1


Possessions
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In the vaults of the library in Minas Tirith, Gandalf makes a new friend.
Updated:Aug 16,2004 Chapters:1 Words:1623 Reviews: 0


Moss and Stone
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A final parting near the Old Forest. Gandalf leaves his charges behind in safe hands.
Updated:Aug 9,2004 Chapters:1 Words:648 Reviews: 1


He Who Laughs
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Could Túrin ever be happy?
Updated:Aug 9,2004 Chapters:1 Words:223 Reviews: 1


Ring of Water
Poetry Rated:Teens
Throughout the ages of her exile, Galadriel remembers her lost love.
Updated:Aug 9,2004 Chapters:1 Words:509 Reviews: 0


Flowers of the Forest
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Reflections on the war to end all wars.

Audio version of this story available here.
Updated:Jul 29,2004 Chapters:1 Words:486 Reviews: 1


The Machine That Changed the World
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Hidden in a cellar in Minas Tirith, a new invention is about to make its mark upon the world...
Updated:Jul 6,2004 Chapters:1 Words:2682 Reviews: 3


Fair Game
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In which people go bird-watching and find their courage. Set a little while after the events of A Game of Chess.

Mithril Awards, 2004:
Semi-finalist - Best action/adventure
Semi-finalist - Best characterization (original)
Updated:Jul 4,2004 Chapters:1 Words:8384 Reviews: 4


Flame of the West
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In the Houses of Healing, a steward and a king.

Mithril Awards, 2004:
Semi-finalist - Best characterization (Tolkien)
Updated:Jul 4,2004 Chapters:1 Words:1416 Reviews: 5


Spirits of the House
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The old year ends, Boromir has not returned, and Denethor contemplates mortality.

Mithril Awards, 2004
Runner-up: Best crossover or AU
Updated:Jul 4,2004 Chapters:5 Words:6955 Reviews: 3


The Sickle of the Valar
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Denethor listens to a lesson about the stars.

Mithril Awards, 2004:
Semi-finalist - Best story focusing on Men
Finalist - Best vignette or short story
Updated:Jul 4,2004 Chapters:1 Words:647 Reviews: 0


At Sea
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Denethor poses an important question - at sea.

Mithril Awards, 2004
Runner-up: Voter's Choice
Best romance/erotica (het)
Updated:Jul 4,2004 Chapters:1 Words:1000 Reviews: 1