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B2MeM Prompt, Card and Number: G48: Agitation- lavender (7. Apothecary Garden), G48: Butter (32. Color Burst 3 - Yellow), G48: Rían of Dor-lómin (133. Mortal Women), N42: I'm writing you a poem. - Dean, Tam Lin (114. Last Lines)
Format: ficlet
Genre: vignette, (emotional) hurt/comfort
Rating: PG (lower Teens)
Warnings: reference to canonical death of a child; grief
Characters: Rían of Dor-lómin
Pairings: n/a
Creator’s Notes (optional): This piece draws on material found in the Unfinished Tales (or in The Children of Hurin), but I think it is possible to follow without having read all the canon. Rian came to Dor-lómin as an exile; she makes up songs.
Summary: A glimpse of Rian after Lalaith, the little daughter of her cousin Morwen, died from a plague sent by the Enemy.



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B2MeM Challenge:
I just read Robinka's new bio of Huor and was struck by the following quotation about Rian: "she was a singer and a maker of songs".
I'd like to see a story that features Rian as maker of songs.
Bonus points for including anything about her relationship with Huor.
Robinka's bio (with her thoughts about Huor and Rian as a couple) is here:
http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/reference/characterofthemonth/huor.php [my own prompt]
Format: short story (c.1800 words); poem
Genre: character study, romance
Rating: PG
Warnings: mild angst, reference to canonical battle and death
Characters: Huor, Hurin, Morwen, Rian [there appear to be no "huor" or "rian" tags yet?]
Pairings: Huor/Rian
Creators' Notes (optional):  Although I bought my own prompt and filled it, I can imagine very different fills for this prompt and still hope to see them! My own fill was inspired by other parts of Robinka's bio of Huor as well as the one I quoted in the prompt and is written from Huor's POV, so naturally it is dedicated to binkaslibrary. The title is a quotation taken from Huor's words to King Turgon just before his death.
Summary: Trying to settle back into his old life after his return from the hidden city of Gondolin, Huor of Dor-lomin meets his future wife Rian of the House of Beor for the first time.

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