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Fair Folk and Foul (222): Adaneth
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?stid=6566
Mature, Reason for Rating: Graphic description of combat; insinuations
of sexual conduct.
Romance Partners: N/A
Fell fiends still prowl the mountains, and now there is an elven ship
offshore. Will Saelon and the remnants of the Dúnedain of Srathen
Brethil find refuge near the sea, or will they be forced to seek
vengeance in alliance with the Dwarves, to return to their homes in
safety?

Rock and Hawk (221): Adaneth
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?stid=6389
Mature, Reason for Rating: Some scenes vividly describe the aftermath
of combat, including medical procedures. It may not be graphic enough
to deserve Mature, but I erred on the side of caution.
Romance Partners: N/A
Fell things prey on the Dúnedain and Dwarves of the Ered Luin. What
can one woman do?

Beneath a Gibbous Moon (4): Bodkin
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=5077
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
A man and an elf converse on a dark night as the world comes close to
ending. As three ages draw to their close, the heirs of two families
find their lives intertwined.

A New Reckoning (308): Dreamflower
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=1843
Teen, Reason for Rating: Brief descriptions of violence.
Romance Partners: Sam/Rose, Merry/Estella, Tom/Marigold
One year after the destruction of the Ring, delegations arrive with
news from Gondor and Rohan, and edicts from the High King, to be
ratified by the leaders of the Shire. This is the story of the Shire's
reactions, and of friendships renewed and formed. But not everyone is
pleased about it…


An Alphabet for Middle-earth (231): Dreamflower
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=5282
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
This is an anthology of ficlets, drabbles, dribbles, vignettes and
poetry, created for the LJ community "There 'n' Back" using a prompt
for each letter of the alphabet.

The Beginning of a Wonderful Friendship (629): Imhiriel
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?stid=6665
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
Elu Thingol gives a ball in honour of the visit of his Noldorin kin.
But not everything is flowing smoothly when a prince of the Sindar
overhears a conversation between brother and sister.

Strange Stars (120): Jael
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?stid=6954
Mature, Reason for Rating: Rated 'Mature' for graphic depictions of
male/female and male/male sexuality. Yes, folks, that means slash.
Also some coercion/debatable consent and recreational drug use on the
part of an OC.
Romance Partners: Legolas/OFC; Legolas/OMC
Gondor has no harlots; Gondor needs no harlots! But when Gondor finds
itself in need of a harlot, who is Aragorn going to call? Legolas
journeys to Harad on a very sensitive diplomatic mission. How far will
he go in the interests of peace?

Tamer's Tale (41): juno_magic
URL: http://www.tolkienfanfiction.com/Story_Read_Head.php?STid=441
Mature, Reason for Rating: I rate this mature because of non-graphic
sexual content.
Romance Partners: Gandalf/OFC
A story about the island of Himling, a wizard and a woman.

Tolkien wrote in his essay "Osanwe Kenta" that wearing the raiment of
a body and enjoying the functions of a body changed a maia. This story
is an Alternative Universe glimpse at how and why Gandalf might have
been affected by his guise as man in Middle-earth.

Yes: this is a serious Gandalf romance!

The Most Beautiful (508): Meril
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?STID=6777
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
Melian sometimes wishes she could lose herself in the Song again, be
taken up by that swirl of light and music that enfolds her with a
whispered, 'Welcome home, My child...'

Requiem (280): Rhapsody
URL: http://www.scribeoz.com/fanfic/story.php?no=2646
Teen, Reason for Rating: Angst, character death (canon), grief, battle
scenes.
Romance Partners: n/a
Celegorm and Huan: once companions until Huan left his side. Requiem
tells the tale after what happened after Huan's passing. This is a
story about pain and grief, forgiveness and redemption.

Property Rights (74): Salsify
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=5403
General, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: n/a
A bit of ancient history haunts the dealings between Bard and Thorin
before the Battle of Five Armies.

Ever in your Arms (668): White Gull
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=5108
Mature, Reason for Rating: Some explicit sexual content.
Romance Partners: Frodo Baggins/OFC
Frodo Baggins sails west and life in the Shire continues. But perhaps,
not quite as one might expect.



SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Drabble

The Horses of Eorl (477): Branwyn
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=4652&cid=22376
General, Reason for Rating:
Romance Partners: N/A
After the war, some prisoners return from long captivity in Mordor.

Maiden Voyage (654): Fawsley
URL: http://community.livejournal.com/tolkien_weekly/355819.html
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: n/a
'When King Elessar gave up his life Legolas followed at last the
desire of his heart and sailed over the sea...he took Gimli Glóin's
son with him because of their great friendship, greater than any that
has been between Elf and Dwarf.' JRRT

The Right Choice (437): Linda hoyland
URL:
http://www.tolkienfanfiction.com/Story_Read_Chapter.php?CHid=3326&PHPSESSID=6ec17400d8ffd4a62a5274875d0974aa
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: Aragorn and Arwen
Arwen remembers her mother and ponders the choices she has made.

At the Sign of the Prancing Pony (163): Marta
URL: http://martal0712.livejournal.com/28298.html
General, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: n/a
Even in Middle-earth they have first days on the job. And Nob had to
start working at the Pony sometime....

Pour Me One More (402): Marta
URL: http://martal0712.livejournal.com/51737.html
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: n/a
In which two teenagers prove that cultural differences should never
trump an opportunity for good fun. Set approximately fifteen years
after the events of _The Hobbit_ and involving original characters
from my story Stock and Stone
(http://henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?stid=5067).

In Body and Mind (759): Nessime
URL: http://www.tolkienfanfiction.com/Story_Print_Chapter.php?CHid=3625
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: m/f
Nearly an age after the War of the Alliance an elf encounters someone
she thought long dead - or does she?

Pest Control (697): Tanaqui
URL: http://tanaquilotr.livejournal.com/25967.html
Teen, Reason for Rating: Implied violence and death
Romance Partners: N/A
An Entwife has her first encounter with Orcs.

Tradition (691): Tanaqui
URL: http://tanaquilotr.livejournal.com/16003.html#cutid2
Teen, Reason for Rating: References to character death
Romance Partners: N/A
Éowyn helps Faramir understand one of the traditions of Rohan.



SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Gondor

Counsel (292): Alassiel
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=5068&cid=20760
General, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: N/A
On the night before his coronation, Aragorn receives advice from
someone who ought to know.

Multicultural Interactions (18): annmarwalk
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=4850
General, Reason for Rating:
Romance Partners: n/a
An accidental encounter at midnight under the White Tree leads to
friendship between Faramir's son and Sam's daughter.

Tea and Seedcake and the Influence of Hobbits (492): Baggins Babe
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=4357&cid=17250
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
A merchant from Lebennin visits Minas Tirith four years after the Ring
War, discovers how things have changed since the days of the Stewards
and has several surprising encounters.

Time (414): Bodkin
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=5431&cid=22766
General, Reason for Rating:
Romance Partners: N/A
Legolas develops a curiosity about those who once dwelt in Ithilien
and seeks to discover what he can.

Dissonance (450): EdorasLass
URL: http://edoraslass.livejournal.com/77396.html
General, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: n/a
A worker in the Houses of Healing is shocked to discover who's being
kept isolated from the rest of the patients. Valacar is Aliana's
creation, and used with permission.

Adolescence (143): Larner
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=5058&cid=22193
General, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: Aragorn/Arwen; Sam/Rosie
Adolescent daughters sometimes seek to avoid restrictions set on them.

Set the year Sam and Rosie visited Gondor with Elanor.


The Bearing of Burdens (792): Larner
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=3966&cid=21100
General, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: n/a
Faramir, Prince of Ithilien and Steward of Gondor, learns how burdens
can be lightened in an interview with Samwise Gamgee.


Once Upon a Strongbow (685): Legolass
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=3904
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
In a series of bedtime stories told by a father and grandfather, young
ones learn that a strong friendship between an Elf and a Man may be
found in different Ages. Inspired by a recurrent and fascinating theme
in Tolkien's writings - the great love between elven and human
companions - the story draws from The Lord of the Rings and The
Silmarillion, and features Aragorn as a grandfather.

Sunshine and Roses (531): shirelinghpc
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=1456&cid=6033
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
As Faramir observes the Hobbits recovering in Minas Tirith he
recognises that one of their number is becoming increasingly
distressed, a fact that is missed by the other members of the
Fellowship. He takes it upon himself to aid the stricken Hobbit.



SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: Incomplete

The Adventures of Frodo Gardner (25): Dreamdeer
URL: http://www.dreamdeer.grailmedia.com/tolkien/index.html
Teen, Reason for Rating: Mordor setting--adult situations implicit.
Violence at network television level. 3rd party references to rape.
Suicide. Mental illness. Chemical abuse. Demonic/fallen maia activity.
"Rat" as ethnic slur for hobbits.
Romance Partners: Frodo Gardner and Original Character
When the King asked Mayor Gamgee for an agricultural advisor, to save
the ex-slaves of Mordor from starvation and ecological collapse, Sam
sends the best--his eldest son, Frodo. But young Frodo has more to
worry about than drought and poisoned soil. For the War of the Ring
did indeed destroy Sauron--destroyed him, but did not slay him. The
erstwhile Dark Lord has no power left, and gnaws at himself in the
dark. However, if he can persuade you to loan him just a little bit of
yours...

The Tenant from Staddle (408): Larner
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=4997
General, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: n/a
When Frodo Baggins and Samwise Gamgee were ennobled on the Field of
Cormallen, Gondor and Arnor granted them lands held in the King's name
for their maintenance in keeping with the customs of the lands. And
now a farmer formerly from Staddle learns he must have permission from
the Lord Iorhael in order to remain where he has begun excavating a
new smial and setting up a farm for himself and his family.

A Middle-earth Mary Sue Tragedy (595): Lily Baggins
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/928683/1/
Teen, Reason for Rating: Some mild references to slash, some sexual
suggestion (but no sex), non-sexual nudity, and some mild profanity.
Romance Partners: N/A
The author of the story makes a very disgraceful Mary Sue, humiliating
herself in the process.

Falling Into Shadow (205): Marigold
URL: http://talechallenge38.livejournal.com/4054.html#cutid1
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
In which the third time very nearly pays for all. When the hobbits
arrive in Rivendell with Aragorn and Glorfindel it isn't just Frodo
who must fight for his life.

Divine Intervention (68): Meril
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?stid=5559
General, Reason for Rating: There's nothing objectionable here! Some
Valarin cattiness, but otherwise... ;)
Romance Partners: N/A
"For you are goddesses, inside on everything, know everything. But we
mortals hear only the news, and know nothing at all." -Homer

Freeverse poetry.



SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: The Fellowship

Steward and Thain (87): agape4gondor
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=5319
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
A short story of a growing friendship between two heirs on the road to
Mordor.

The Green Hill (562): Baranduin
URL: http://community.livejournal.com/baranduinfics/20655.html
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: Aragorn/Arwen (implied)
Frodo and Aragorn revisit Cerin Amroth during their stay in Lothlorien.

Tell This Mortal (611): Chathol-linn
URL: http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter.cfm?stid=3909
Teen, Reason for Rating: Tell This Mortal involves violent responses,
both physical and emotional, when Elves, Orcs, and Mortals intersect.
Romance Partners: Thranduil and his wife, secondary characters
How Legolas left Middle-earth; what he felt, and why. The story
explores the nature of the sea longing, how Legolas knew about ships,
why Thranduil stayed behind, why we never hear about Thranduil's
queen, and other mysteries. The story is not movie-verse. Nor is it
AU, exactly. It attempts to fill a gap in the canon.

The Rose in the Courtyard (560): claudia6032000
URL: http://claudia603.livejournal.com/1473268.html
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
Frodo meets one of the Gondorian Rangers in the Houses of Healing
after the War. The Ranger feels guilt over his treatment of Frodo.

An Apple for Your Thoughts? (716): Demus
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3574988/1/An_Apple_for_Your_Thoughts
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
During a peaceful interval, Frodo and Boromir share a glimpse into
each other's cultures for the price of an apple, accompanied by the
delightful soundtrack of cousins at war.

It Is Custom (820): Mar'isu
URL:
http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter_view.cfm?stid=5935&SPOrdinal=1
Teen, Reason for Rating:
Romance Partners: N/A
A stray comment by Boromir leads to the Fellowship discussing ways of
finding comfort.

Concerning the Curious Healing Properties of Soup (571): pipkinsweetgrass
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=5092&cid=21643
General, Reason for Rating: Squeaky clean. Unless you count warm and
fuzzy. It's lousy with warm and fuzzy.
Romance Partners: n/a
In which Pippin is ill and the Fellowship make soup. Songs are sung,
ruffled feathers are smoothed and future memories are made along with
the bonds of friendship.

Mettare (732): rhyselle
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3298056/1/Mettare
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
In the last few days before the Fellowship leaves Rivendell, Boromir
shares a Yule custom with Pippin and Merry. Happy Yule!



SubCategory: Races: Cross-Cultural: With Pippin

Pippin's Little Experiment (291): Budgielover
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=762
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
Just arrived at The Prancing Pony in Bree, the hobbits are relaxing
after dinner when Frodo makes an unpleasant discovery and Pippin tries
to help, but gets side-tracked by his curiosity about Men.

Shadowfax, Lord of all Horses (597): grey_wonderer
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=4097
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
Shadowfax takes Pippin for a ride through the streets of Minas Tirith
and everyone in the White City turns out to watch.

Alone, Yourself and Nameless (434): Pearl Took
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=4170&cid=22176
General, Reason for Rating:
Romance Partners: N/A
Pippin gains some interesting insights during the hobbits' last night
in the house of Tom Bombadil.

Healing Lessons (296): Pearl Took
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=4170&cid=21724
General, Reason for Rating:
Romance Partners: N/A
Pippin is getting better after having the troll fall on him, but he's
having a rough day. He gets care and healing from an unexpected
source. Story includes Parsow, my Gondorian healer OC.

Shells (506): pipkinsweetgrass
URL: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3261282/1/
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
Set in Minas Tirith after the Ring War. Pippin is ill and ordered to
stay in bed. He is visited by Ioreth, who tells him a story about
Boromir and Faramir after their mother had died. The importance of
shells and outward appearances...

Woven in Friendship (290): SlightlyTookish
URL: http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterlistview.asp?SID=4233
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
Sometimes what is wanted and what is needed are the same. In Edoras
just before Theoden's funeral, Pippin and Eowyn admire a tapestry and
discuss friendship - and Merry.

If I Keep You Beside Me (548): sophinisba solis
URL: http://community.livejournal.com/waymeet/69174.html
General, Reason for Rating: A tiny bit dark.
Romance Partners: N/A
While serving Denethor in Minas Tirith, Pippin remembers the stories
he and Boromir told each other on the quest.

Lost in Translation (31): sophinisba solis
URL: http://sophinisba.livejournal.com/59626.html
General, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
At Rivendell, Pippin wishes he could understand the Elvish language.