Summary: This is Book II of my LOTR series Faded Light. The story mostly takes place about a hundred years of so before the War of the Ring. There are two main settings in Books I and II, Mirkwood and Far Harad, where Legolas has been living as a slave courtesan for many years. Everyone in Mirkwood believes he was killed years ago when as a young warrior his patrol was ambushed and massacred by Men. He was taken south as a slave and sold to a cruel whoremaster. In Book I, he is mute as a result of everything he has gone through and becomes known to the Haradrim as Dafi, which means mute one. After a war in Harad, he and the daughter he has while a slave are bought by Javad, the King of Far Harad.

Meanwhile, in Mirkwood, Thranduil has been slowly fading out of grief over losing his son, but Elrond has managed to keep him alive.

And Legolas’ cousin, Leralonde, who is now Thranduil’s heir, has been having a secret affair with Saelbeth, one of the court advisors. He and Saelbeth have kept the relationship secret for years because they know Leralonde’s father, Ruthlagor, would react really (really) badly to knowing his son is in love with a male Elf.

Saelbeth gets pregnant much to his and Leralonde’s surprise. They know that if it is a boy, the child would be in line to the throne of Mirkwood, so they won’t be able to keep their secret much longer. But while traveling to Rivendell, Saelbeth’s escort falls into an Orc ambush. He survives, barely, and Leralonde rushes to Rivendell to be with him and their unborn child. (End of Book I.)

Book II picks up several years later, Legolas and his daughter, Mel, have been living under the protection of the Haradrim King, and Legolas has become the King’s favorite courtesan and been drawn into the intrigues of Menah, chief priest of Sauron’s temple in Far Harad.

Also, Legolas' adopted older brother, Feredir, who was mentioned several times in Book I is finally introduced here. He has been away from Mirkwood for years, looking for any trace of Legolas, which he has so far not found.

Those are the main points so far, so if you want to jump into the story from here, be my guest...
Category: Fiction
Characters: Celeborn, Elrond, Erestor, Galadriel, Haldir, Legolas, OFC, OMC, Orophin, Rúmil, Thranduil
Content: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU, Drama, Explicit Sex, Hurt/Comfort, Incest, Mpreg, Rape/Non-con, Romance, Slash
Challenge: None
Series: None
Chapters: 2 | Completed: No | Word count: 7405 | Read count: 281

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Published: May 08, 2013 | Updated: May 14, 2013

Summary: After the events of Arcane Land, Legolas recovers as he plans the union of Elvendom. Gildor finds his purpose, Galadriel learns a little more of herself, and Thranduil will reveal himself for the first time in over two thousand years.
Category: Fiction
Characters: Arwen, Celeborn, Elladan, Elrohir, Elrond, Erestor, Galadriel, Gandalf, Gildor, Glorfindel, Haldir, Legolas, OFC, OMC, Radagast, Rúmil, Thranduil
Content: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU, Drama, Erotica, Explicit Sex, Het, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Slash
Challenge: None
Series: The Protege
Chapters: 12 | Completed: No | Word count: 64298 | Read count: 5670

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Published: June 21, 2012 | Updated: May 05, 2013

Summary:

How Liltafinwë Tyelkormion lost his father and became Gildor Inglorion.

Category: Fiction
Characters: Celeborn, Celegorm, Galadriel, Gildor, OFC, OMC
Content: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU, Character Death, Drama, Gen, Hurt/Comfort
Challenge: None
Series: Sleeping Amber through Darkened Doorways
Chapters: 3 | Completed: Yes | Word count: 6583 | Read count: 441

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Published: March 30, 2013 | Updated: March 31, 2013

Summary:

Galadriel keeps her brother's letters. His words are like pearls. Gildor is married. His love for his wives keeps him breathing. 

Category: Fiction
Characters: Celeborn, Galadriel, Gildor, OFC
Content: Angst, AU, Drama, Gen, Het, Humor, Hurt/Comfort, Romance, Vignette
Challenge: None
Series: Sleeping Amber through Darkened Doorways
Chapters: 2 | Completed: No | Word count: 14963 | Read count: 446

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Published: August 04, 2012 | Updated: February 28, 2013

Summary: This story is part of the Melpomaen the Elfling universe.

Ereolas is the reborn King Oropher. He is one hundred years old and is married to Cirdan. They live in Mithlond. He has decided to write his memoirs of when he was King of the Greenwood and also record the details of his life in Mithlond in anecdotal, diary form.

To familiarise yourself with the characters you could read Melpomaen the Elfling first, but it is not necessary.

Here is a brief synopsis of the events leading up to this story:

Melpomaen and Ereolas are Erestor and Legolas’ elflings. Ereolas is King Oropher reborn and so Legolas actually gave birth to his grand ada in the form of a small baby. Ereolas is able to speak, read, write, be a pain in the ass, as soon as he is born. Shortly after his birth, he demands his old throne back. His parents and the Valar, who prefer Thranduil as king, resist him. Ereolas accepts, in the end, that he will never be a king again and adopts a new hobby: researching and imposing the rules of etiquette. He terrorises everyone with etiquette.

Oropher’s soul mate was Cirdan and when he is reborn as Ereolas he is still his soul mate, so when he reaches his majority he marries Cirdan and moves to Mithlond with him. Recently, Ereolas has expanded his interests to include hunting down all written works about Oropher and correcting them. He also carries the curse of Legolas.
Category: Fiction
Characters: Amras, Amrod, Aredhel, Arwen, Aulë, Celeborn, Celebrían, Círdan, Elladan, Elrohir, Elrond, Erestor, Estë, Fëanor, Galadriel, Galdor, Gandalf, Gil-galad, Gildor, Glorfindel, Gwindor, Haldir, Irmo/Lórien, Legolas, Lindir, Maedhros, Maglor, Mandos/Námo, Manwë, Melian, Melpomaen/Figwit, Míriel, Nienna, OFC, Orc, Oromë, Oropher, Orophin, Rúmil, Saruman, Sauron, Thranduil, Tulkas, Ulmo, Uruk-Hai, Vairë, Vána, Varda/Elbereth, Yavanna
Content: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU, Character Death, Drama, Dubcon, Erotica, Explicit Sex, Gen, Het, Horror, Humor, Hurt/Comfort, Kink, Mpreg, Mystery, Rape/Non-con, Romance, Slash
Challenge: None
Series: The Melpomaen the Elfling Universe Story Collection
Chapters: 37 | Completed: No | Word count: 135225 | Read count: 13260

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Published: January 22, 2012 | Updated: February 16, 2013

Summary: Celeborn find Galadriel in a most expected place
Category: Fiction
Characters: Celeborn, Galadriel
Content: Gen, Vignette
Challenge: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 | Completed: Yes | Word count: 303 | Read count: 306

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Published: December 08, 2012 | Updated: December 08, 2012

Summary: A very young Gilraen is injured and brought to Imladris for healing.
Category: Fiction
Characters: Celeborn, Círdan, Elladan, Elrohir, Elrond, Erestor, Galadriel, Gandalf, Gilraen, Glorfindel, Haldir
Content: Gen
Challenge: None
Series: None
Chapters: 9 | Completed: No | Word count: 12628 | Read count: 4327

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Published: April 29, 2012 | Updated: August 17, 2012

Summary:

Oropher assists Finrod Felagund in a hunt for a saboteur who has prevented spring from coming to Doriath. A Sherlock Holmes style mystery, with a twist - or two.

Category: Fiction
Characters: Celeborn, Daeron, Elu Thingol, Finrod, Galadriel, Melian, OMC, Oropher
Content: Action/Adventure, Erotica, Mystery, Romance, Slash
Challenge: None
Series: None
Chapters: 5 | Completed: Yes | Word count: 24717 | Read count: 1008

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Published: July 30, 2012 | Updated: August 02, 2012

Summary: After Galadriel sails, the world seems just a bit darker to Celeborn who has remained behind. He revisits his realm and makes a decision to visit an old friend.
Category: Fiction
Characters: Celeborn, Elladan, Elrohir, Thranduil
Content: Drama
Challenge: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 | Completed: Yes | Word count: 3560 | Read count: 373

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Published: July 19, 2012 | Updated: July 19, 2012

Summary:

A very long time before Master Samwise, hithlain rope already had its fans.

Category: Fiction
Characters: Celeborn, Galadriel
Content: Gen, Humor, Romance, Vignette
Challenge: None
Series: None
Chapters: 1 | Completed: Yes | Word count: 197 | Read count: 493

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Published: May 19, 2012 | Updated: May 19, 2012

Summary: A simple accident leaves Elladan coping with life in Fourth Age Middle Earth without his twin.

Not a Returnverse story, although there is an idea in it that was in the plot line for that series right from the beginning. But once the first lines of this came into my head, it took my life over for a month or two until I wrote it... and writing it was a bit like giving birth - very painful.

It won 1st place in the Elves; Elrond's family, section of the 2012 MEFAs.
Category: Fiction
Characters: Aragorn, Arwen, Celeborn, Celebrían, Eldarion, Elladan, Elrohir, Elrond, Galadriel, Gimli, Glorfindel, Legolas
Content: Angst, Character Death
Challenge: None
Series: None
Chapters: 3 | Completed: Yes | Word count: 7227 | Read count: 1718

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Published: April 19, 2012 | Updated: April 26, 2012

Summary:

She was a cop in her world, cursed & banished, she ends up in ME. Now she finds herself traveling with the Fellowship & struggling to adapt to a strange world & trying not to change it. Can she find her way home & when the time comes, will she want to?

Category: Fiction
Characters: Aragorn, Boromir, Celeborn, Frodo, Galadriel, Gandalf, Gimli, Haldir, Legolas, Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck, Orophin, Peregrin "Pippin" Took, Rúmil, Samwise "Sam" Gamgee, Sauron
Content: Action/Adventure, Angst, AU, Character Death, Drama, Het, Romance
Challenge: None
Series: Protect and Serve
Chapters: 16 | Completed: Yes | Word count: 77819 | Read count: 9374

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Published: December 25, 2011 | Updated: March 08, 2012