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Author has written 25 stories for Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion, Collateral, Old Kingdom Trilogy, Pirates of the Caribbean, Forgotten Realms, Harry Potter, Repo! The Genetic Opera, Buffy: The Vampire Slayer, and House, M.D.. 1 September 2009 The newest chapter of my most recent work-in-progress, Invictus, is going but going slowly. I have every intention of seeing this story to its completion. However, real life has been hammering me with rather a lot of changes lately, one of which being I have far much less time to devote to writing than I would like. Thank you to all my readers and especially my reviewers from the bottom of my heart for your boundless patience while I scramble after Aragorn, Haldir, Elrohir and Elladan. Most of the following tales are novel-length with a few short stories sprinkled liberally in. They are based around the largely speculative friendship between Aragorn and Haldir, my concept of which is eternally evolving. A few vignettes from other fandoms are thrown in for flavor as well. (Chronologically listed) Agar Saer (Bitter Blood) Cost of Blood Nighttime Wanderings (Mellon Chronicals Best Story of Elrond/Estel Nominee) First Name Terms (Middle-Earth Fanfiction Award nominee) A Warrior’s Experience Agarwaen (Bloodstained) (My Precious Fanfiction Award 2007 Nominee) Dwimmerlaik Invictus (Newest novel length work-in-progress) A Difficult Conversation A Beautiful Night for Dancing (Teitho's August 2007 Challenge "Skills" First Place) A Cruel Mercy (Teitho's March 2008 Challenge "Good vs. Evil" Second Place) Uncovered Night (Teitho's June 2008 Challenge "Dark Places" and MC Awards Nominee) Upon the Road of No Returning (Teitho's September 2008 Challenge "Love" Second Place) Silmarillion The Bitterness of the Rose Swayed Falls Within a Dark Wood (Teitho's September 2009 Challenge "Elven Realms" First Place) Misc: Force Majeure—Pirates of the Caribbean Red Light—Collateral Everything Fades Away—Sabriel by Garth Nix Ties That Bind--Forgotten Realms by Elaine Cunningham The Only One She Ever Feared--Harry Potter I am a proud though infrequent member of the Aragorn Angst Yahoo Group where my shorter stories are posted. Novel-length stories are exclusively posted here because all that copying and pasting is really too much bother. My inspiration for Haldir as drawn by the extraordinarily gifted Ebe Kastein who also provided the avatar: | |||||||||
1. Within a Dark Wood reviews“The tale of Túrin is known to many of this company… but…tonight is not the night to tell it. So I will tell you another tale. One that, perhaps, not even the eldest amongst our little company has yet heard.” So the storyteller began…Silmarillion - Rated: T - English - Drama/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 8,707 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 9-15-09 - Complete2. Afflicted reviewsDrabble. The piano does not speak of the secrets it knows.House, M.D. - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 127 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-27-09 - G. House3. Aftermath reviewsAn unfortunate accident strains Buffy's and Giles' relationship. An exercise in dialogue.Buffy: The Vampire Slayer - Rated: K - English - Humor/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 115 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 4-12-09 - Buffy S. & R. Giles - Complete4. In Bondage reviewsDrabble. We lock our doors upon ourselves.Repo! The Genetic Opera - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/General - Chapters: 1 - Words: 150 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-12-09 - Complete5. Invictus » reviewsOut of the Night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever Gods may be for my unconquerable soul.Lord of the Rings - Rated: M - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 8 - Words: 68,605 - Reviews: 81 - Updated: 3-15-09 - Published: 6-13-08 - Elrohir/Elladan & Haldir6. Upon the Road of No Returning reviews“Farewell” is the hardest word to acknowledge between friends because you know you don’t want them to fare anywhere without you. Aragorn and Haldir part in Lothlórien as the War of the Ring darkens their horizons.Lord of the Rings - Rated: T - English - Drama/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,926 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 10-14-08 - Haldir & Aragorn - Complete7. Uncovered Night reviewsSupposedly safe at last within the boundaries of Lothlórien, Aragorn stands vigil over his sleeping Fellowship and struggles with the unacknowledged darkness in his soul.Lord of the Rings - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,681 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 8-1-08 - Aragorn & Haldir - Complete8. A Cruel Mercy reviewsA ranger and a captain must commit evil for the sake of good. But is it worth it?Lord of the Rings - Rated: T - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,136 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 3-22-08 - Aragorn - Complete9. A Difficult Conversation reviewsAragorn and Haldir have one of the more difficult conversations that can happen between men.Lord of the Rings - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,607 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 1-24-08 - Aragorn & Haldir - Complete10. Dwimmerlaik » reviewsWhen Haldir fails to return from a seemingly short reconnaissance north of Rivendell, Aragorn, haunted by nagging unease, sets out with a Dúnedain contingent to find him. What awaits plunges them into grave peril and the deepest heart of darkness.Lord of the Rings - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Friendship - Chapters: 16 - Words: 109,464 - Reviews: 168 - Updated: 12-31-07 - Published: 7-1-07 - Aragorn & Haldir - Complete11. A Beautiful Night for Dancing reviewsAragorn finds himself in a quandary with a summer festival approaching. Hoping to attract the woman he loves, he enlists the slightly unwilling help of an old friend to teach him a new skill.Lord of the Rings - Rated: K - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 3,193 - Reviews: 21 - Published: 9-13-07 - Aragorn & Haldir - Complete12. The Only One She Ever Feared reviewsSPOILERS for the last book. Estranged old friends draw new boundaries and renew old ones in their relationship as the season wanes. A year before her death, Lily Potter and Severus Snape finally reach their permanent parting of the ways.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Friendship - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,339 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 8-2-07 - Lily Evans P. & Severus S. - Complete13. Nighttime Wanderings reviewsA very young Estel wakens from a nightmare. Uncertain of his standing with his new family, he seeks out an unlikely person for comfort and not only Elrond and the twins learn the little adan is special among his kindred.Lord of the Rings - Rated: K - English - Hurt/Comfort/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,753 - Reviews: 23 - Published: 7-15-07 - Aragorn & Elrond - Complete14. Ties That Bind reviewsNot all ties are of love, obedience and friendship. Sometimes those of mutual hatred and betrayal can bind two people together with more power than any other force. An orphaned halfelf confronts her past and her old mentor for the last time.Forgotten Realms - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,084 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 6-30-07 - Arilyn M. - Complete15. Agarwaen » reviewsWhen an old friend and a new enemy resurfaces, Aragorn uncovers more of the marchwarden’s evasive past than is wise. Trying to protect him and his own secrets at all costs, Haldir will end up risking more than his safety for the young ranger.Lord of the Rings - Rated: M - English - Suspense/Drama - Chapters: 22 - Words: 126,141 - Reviews: 229 - Updated: 6-9-07 - Published: 1-22-07 - Haldir & Aragorn - Complete16. Falls reviewsThe captain of Thingol stands upon the brink and wonders where Teiglin has taken the last of Húrin’s children.Silmarillion - Rated: K - English - Angst/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 108 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 6-8-07 - Complete17. Swayed reviewsMablung, chief captain of Thingol, regrets what he did not do.Silmarillion - Rated: K - English - Drama/Angst - Chapters: 1 - Words: 215 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 5-29-07 - Complete18. First Name Terms » reviewsInjured in a fog ridden ravine near Lothlórien, Aragorn struggles to win the confidence of a Galadhrim patrol—particularly that of their mocking commander whose little fondness for humans rears when they offer him reluctant succor.Lord of the Rings - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Drama - Chapters: 4 - Words: 12,645 - Reviews: 33 - Updated: 1-20-07 - Published: 11-29-06 - Aragorn & Haldir - Complete19. A Warrior's Experience » reviewsCurious about the terse warrior who saved his life, Aragorn tries questioning Haldir in an effort to draw him out, meeting resistance. It takes an encounter with poachers in Lothlórien's woods to tease forth the first tentative blossoms of friendship.Lord of the Rings - Rated: T - English - Drama/Suspense - Chapters: 4 - Words: 16,811 - Reviews: 33 - Updated: 1-3-07 - Published: 12-25-06 - Haldir & Aragorn - Complete20. Force Majeure reviewsA midnight conversation. Moonlight. And the everpresent sea…Pirates of the Caribbean - Rated: K+ - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,019 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 7-15-06 - Complete21. The Cost of Blood » reviewsA terrible encounter with men leaves Haldir physically and emotionally scarred. Goaded by his maverick commander who has his own reasons for hating men, he falls onto a dark and twisting path that threatens to break his very spirit.Lord of the Rings - Rated: T - English - Adventure/Angst - Chapters: 21 - Words: 138,865 - Reviews: 177 - Updated: 7-7-06 - Published: 7-31-05 - Haldir - Complete22. Everything Fades Away reviewsA reflective piece at the end of Sabriel. The last moments of Terciel: the fifty second Abhorsen, Sabriel’s father and hero.Old Kingdom Trilogy - Rated: K - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,838 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 8-14-05 - Complete23. Agar Saer » reviewsVictimized by his estranged and abusive uncle, Legolas doesn’t know where to turn for help. With his father’s kingdom falling into darkness, he finds comforting support in a young Lothlórien officer who may be the only one to aid the Greenwood.Lord of the Rings - Rated: M - English - Drama/Suspense - Chapters: 32 - Words: 164,251 - Reviews: 326 - Updated: 6-23-05 - Published: 8-4-04 - Legolas & Haldir - Complete24. Red Light reviewsA murder on the MTA…Collateral - Rated: K+ - English - Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,701 - Reviews: 13 - Published: 2-5-05 - Complete25. The Bitterness of the Rose reviewsThe last hours of the Dark Elf, Eöl.Silmarillion - Rated: K - English - Angst/Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,590 - Reviews: 14 - Published: 9-15-04 - Complete