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  1. Public Bookmark 38

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    Halbrand makes Galadriel's armour in Armenelos.

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    “I asked for a handsome reward in exchange for Finrod Felagund’s life,” the man called out across the distance. He was tall, though not as tall as her brother, and dressed in swathes of black and grey, a loose hood shielding most of his face and hair from sight. “What do you bring me in exchange for him?”

    “Galadriel, no—” Finrod began, but Galadriel cut him off.

    “—Myself,” she answered his call, though it did not sound as assuring out loud as it had sounded to her before she left her home to make this perilous journey to come save her brother.

    The black-robed figure chuckled in response. It started low, but it reached the distance all the way toward her. He grasped Finrod by the neck of his tunic, yanking him back. “What would I do with you?” he threw back at her. “You’re hardly a fair exchange for the warrior I hold in my grasp.”

    During the First Age, the War of Wrath changes course. On the island of Tol-in-Gaurhoth, the Isle of Werewolves and one of Sauron’s former strongholds, is the seat of the Necromancer’s power. Instead of sending his wolves out to kill Finrod after capturing Felagund in his dungeons, Sauron demands an exchange for his life. Galadriel offers herself.

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  3. Public Bookmark 31

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    Sauron.

    She found herself unable to say the name as she used to, hissing at some disembodied darkness far away. Now the name tangled with the memory of hazel eyes and a deep laugh that made her ears prick.
    The seasons changed, and she was able to build around that feeling. Galadriel was a fortress to protect herself. The bridge to her pale heart was drawn, and she gave her joy sparingly.

    So, when he wretched her from her walls in the dark of night, the shock thundered around her like crumbling stone.

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    Sauron infiltrates one of Galadriel’s dreams, and presses her for information. Things don’t go as planned.
    (Takes place a few months after the ending of season one of The Rings of Power.)

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    08 Nov 2022

  4. Public Bookmark 75

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    Perhaps if he had not waited he would have made it. Instead a gauntlet fist grabbed his arm.

    “What did that man just give you?”

    Waldreg never makes it to the Tower and the Southlanders are saved. No volcano erupts and peace is allowed to form.
    Halbrand goes about forging his new kingdom, his identity secret for now. Given this chance to rebuild what will he chose.
    An exploration of his attempt at redemption, his blossoming romance with Galadriel and the very different middle earth that may have formed as a result.

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    28 Oct 2022

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    He was silent for a moment. She heard his cloak rustle, the sound of his hand grasp one of the bars. The gentle tap of his rings against the metal filled her ears, and she shut her eyes.

    “When you denied an alliance with me, I found other means of quenching my thirst.”

    “For violence and depravity?” she shot back.

    “For vengeance,” he hissed. “Just as you sought yours. Keep your righteousness to yourself. I care not for it. These Men, these Númenóreans, fought against me in the Great War. Slew countless lives. With their pride and their arrogance in their mighty goodness. They thought they were better than the rest of us as you yourself believed you were better than me.” His voice dropped to a whisper. “I wanted to see them suffer. I have achieved so much more than that.”

    Written for an anonymous tumblr prompt: During Ar-Pharazôn’s rule of Númenor when Sauron holds the position of the High Priest of Melkor, Galadriel is captured in the middle of a war, imprisoned, and handed over to him as a sacrifice to be made in the Temple of the High Priest, but Sauron has other plans. From Akallabêth to the founding of Gondor, unlikely allies are forged.

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