Release - Linda Hoyland

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Title: Release

Author Name: Linda Hoyland

Prompt: Feet in Chains

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Summary: Who were the galley slaves whom Aragorn freed?

Rating: PG13

Warnings: implied violence

Beta: none

Author's Notes: 500 word FLF

Disclaimer: The characters are the property of the Tolkien Estate. No profit has been, nor will be made from this story.

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"Lead me to the Dark" by mangacrack

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Title: Lead me to the Dark
Artist Name: mangacrack or JuMclia
Prompt: "They came at unawares in the middle of winter." (The Silmarillion, "Of the Ruin of Doriath"). Write a story or create art where betrayal and revenge play a central role.
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Violence
Description: ...and Celegorm stirred up his brothers to prepare assault upon Doriath.
Artist's Notes: In case the picture is too small, go here to see in full size.

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"Leaving home" by hrymfaxe

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Title: Leaving home
Artist Name: hrymfaxe
Prompt:"There came a time of winter, when night was dark and without moon; and the wide plain of Ard-galen stretched dim beneath the cold stars, from the hill-forts of the Noldor to the feet of Thangorodrim. The watch-fires burned low, and the guards were few; on the plain few were waking in the camps of the horsemen of Hithlum." (The Silmarillion, "Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin")
Write a story or create art from the point of view of the foot soldiers or horsemen who participated in any of the battles in Middle-earth.
Description: The soldiers in Sauron's army leaving home for the faraway lands to the north and the west. I was greatly inspired by the thought of Sam Gamgee in Ithilien: "He wondered what the man's name was and where he came from; and if he was really evil of heart, or what lies or threats had led him on the long march from his home; and if he would not really rather have stayed there in peace-all in a flash of thought which was quickly driven from his mind." And so I have tried to imagine a few soldiers at the start of their journey.
Rating: General
Warnings: None
Artist's Notes: Watercolor on hot press 300 gms paper, 46x61 cm

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