John Ronald Reuel Tolkien - the creator of Middle-earth and a devoted
linguist... Let us dedicate this month's topic to the thing that stood at the
cradle of this wonderful fantasy world - Languages. Indeed it was Tolkien's love
for languages and their construction that compelled him to create an entire
world where these languages would be alive - because a language without history
is just a collection of words and grammar rules.
That is not the case of Middle-earth though, and we are thankful to Tolkien that
he didn't only create Quenya and Sindarin, but also the mighty and beautiful
Elves whose voices rise to the stars as they sing in a nightly forest, that with
Adunaic he created the Men of Numenor, the Sea-kings whose glory was as high as
the depth of their fall and with Khuzdul the Dwarves who create wonderful things
in their halls deep under the mountains while the deep song of their voices
sounds with their hammers. And the list goes on: there is Valarin, the language
of the Powers residing in Aman, the speech of Rohirrim, based on old
Anglo-Saxon, the Black Speech that sounds through Mordor, Entish, where only
what is worth a long speech is said, and of course Westron, the Common speech..
There is a saying in Slovak "how many languages you know, so many times you are
a person". Learning languages is as important in Middle-earth as in our world,
especially for travellers, like Aragorn was, and for every educated person in
general. You can write/draw a picture about Aragorn or Legolas learning a new
language, or, in the contrary, having trouble because they don't know the
language of some poeple they meet. Put them into a situation where they language
skills are tested, maybe even save their life. Just write your story in English,
please, because not all of us are fluent in Quenya or Khuzdul ;)
The deadline for this challenge is June 25th.
For writers: send your stories to <teitho.contest@...>. As usually, the
contest is anonymous and the story can't be posted publicaly until the results
of the challenge are announced.
For artists: Submit your picture into the Teitho gallery folder of Arda-Inspired
at deviantArt: <http://arda-inspired.deviantart.com>. The picture should be new,
drawn specifically for the challenge. State that you are submitting it to the
contest in the artist's comments.
Happy writing and drawing!
Your Teitho-moderators,
nautika, StarLight, and Mirach
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She who my wound
will finally close,
like a hero approaches,
she approaches to heal me!
Die mir die Wunde
ewig schliesse, -
sie naht wie ein Held,
sie naht mir zum Heil! Tristan und Isolde - Wagner
These characters all belong to the estate of J.R.R. Tolkien. This story was written for pleasure and not for financial gain.
With thanks to Raksha
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A/n This story was written for the Teitho "Animals" challenge where it was placed equal second.
Manners maketh man. William of Wykeham
These characters all belong to the estate of J.R.R. Tolkien. This story was written for pleasure and not for financial gain.
With thanks to Raksha
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I can't think of any sorrow in the world that a hot bath wouldn't help, just a little bit.
Susan Glaspell, The Visioning, 1911
Rated PG13
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Author: Linda Hoyland
Characters/Pairing: Faramir/Eowyn
Rating: PG
Warnings: mild sexual content
Word count: 100
Book/Source: LOTR book-verse
Disclaimer - These characters all belong to the estate of J.R.R. Tolkien. This story was written for pleasure and not for financial gain.
Faramir had laughed when he heard his comrades boast that the earth had moved for them the night before. Surely the ground could not appear to shake, however enchanting the intimacies of marriage might be?
No longer an innocent, but now a happily married man, he discovered his fellows had but hinted at the delights he was now privileged to enjoy.
Faramir awoke at dawn and turned to gaze at his peacefully sleeping wife. A smile played on his lips when he recalled the blissful night before. Not only had the earth moved, it had shaken in a veritable earthquake!
There are 4 stories and 3 pictures this month! You can find them here:
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You can send your votes for your top three stories and pictures (they are separate voting cathegories, you can vote for both cathegories or just for one) until May 11th. Happy reading!
Your Teitho-moderators,
nautika, StarLight, and Mirach
These characters all belong to the estate of J.R.R. Tolkien. This story was written for pleasure and not for financial gain.
Walk on walk on with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone - R. Rogers/O. Hammerstein II
Rated PG13
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Author: Linda Hoyland
Characters/Pairing: Aragorn/ Arwen
Rating: PG
Warnings: mild sexual content
Word count: 100
Book/Source: LOTR book-verse
Disclaimer - These characters all belong to the estate of J.R.R. Tolkien. This story was written for pleasure and not for financial gain.
By day she filled his thoughts. Nightly she would visit him in dreams and he would enjoy her caresses. Phantom like, she vanished with the sunrise, leaving him aching, in body and soul alike.
There were women in plenty who were eager to satisfy his every need, but Aragorn heeded them not. He would have Arwen or forever walk alone, though their brief meetings provided but meagre crumbs.
Still Aragorn lived in hope. After so long a famine, surely a feast would follow? Not that his need for Arwen would ever be sated through they be wed a hundred years.
Author: Linda Hoyland
Characters/Pairing: Aragorn, Fellowship
Rating: PG
Warnings: character death
Word count: 100
Book/Source: LOTR book-verse
Disclaimer - These characters all belong to the estate of J.R.R. Tolkien. This story was written for pleasure and not for financial gain.
Nine had set out, now only three remained. Boromir lay dead beside him, and who knew what fate had befallen the Hobbits?
Aragorn wept. For Boromir, for Gandalf, for the Hobbits, for his hopes and dreams, now as broken as the fellowship. The tears overwhelmed him, falling in a great flood across Boromir’s lifeless features.
Legolas’ and Gimli’s words roused him to his senses. Aragorn released Boromir’s hand and rose to his feet. The time for tears was past. They would consign Boromir to the river; allow the flood to bear him away. Aragorn would fight to save the Hobbits.
They are just things. A ring like any other, a sword like many other swords. What makes them so special, then? It is their history - the hands that touched them, the kings and heroes who owned them. They are heirlooms, given from a father to son, from mother to daughter for generations. And Heirlooms are the theme for this month's challenge. Thanks to WhiteGloves for the suggestion!
When we think of heirlooms in Middle-earth, we think first of Barahir and The-Sword-that-was-Broken, but Tolkien mentioned others as well. When Gimli asked Galadriel for a single strand of her hair, he said he would have it encased in imperishable crystal and it would become an heirloom of his house. Eowyn gifted Merry a small horn - made by the Dwarves - that Eorl the Young brought from the North. They are not only things, but symbols. They can be connected to the status of the line that owns them, to lordship or even kingship. They can be a precious memory that should be preserved for the next generations.
But not only objects can be inherited. An heirloom can also be a secret knowledge or advice, a song, a tale, a name, or even some special talent... You can write about or draw both of them - material or immaterial heirlooms, about their history, how they were acquired by our heroes, or how they were passed on.
The deadline for this challenge is May 25th.
For writers: send your stories to teitho.contest@gmail.com. As usually, the contest is anonymous and the story can't be published publicly until the results of the challenge are posted.
For ye shall go out with joy, and be led forth with peace: the mountains and the hills shall break forth before you into singing, and all the trees of the field shall clap their hands. The Bible- Isaiah 52.12
These characters all belong to the estate of J.R.R. Tolkien. This story was written for pleasure and not for financial gain.
With thanks to Raksha and Virtuella.
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A/n. A big thank you to everyone who has supported this story. I hope you have enjoyed it. I began posting on St George's Day two years ago and this seemed a good day to end it too.
Check out Google's search page today for a smile.
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even if you only read the challenges rather than write for them!
Come on, folks, we need a lot more bunnies! We have several hobbit bunnies,
but only one First Age bunny, and one Gondorian bunny. Please all you
Elf-friends and Silm-writers, I am sure you have some ideas! And how about
you Rohirrim fanciers, and those of you who are fond of Dwarves? And we
could, perhaps use some Quest bunnies as well...
Please take your ideas and comment to THIS
POSTon LJ!
http://lotr-community.livejournal.com/18
And you
can submit more than one idea!
Thanks!
Dreamflower
Author: Linda Hoyland
Characters/Pairing: Aragorn
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Word count: 100
Book/Source: LOTR book-verse
Disclaimer - These characters all belong to the estate of J.R.R. Tolkien. This story was written for pleasure and not for financial gain.
As far as the eye could see the earth lay parched and cracked. Leaves withered on stubby trees, rivers became dry chasms and the grass was long since shrivelled.
Aragorn lifted his water bottle to his parched lips and took a few sips of the precious liquid.
He closed his eyes and thought longingly of his northern homeland where the grass grew green and the rivers flowed abundantly.
He scooped up a handful of dust and let it trickle through his fingers. In the heart of Sauron’s realm there was nought but dust and ashes.
One day rain must fall.
Title: Heart of Gondor
Rating: G
Theme: Beauty of Arda
Elements: fair, bare
Author's Notes:
Summary: Reflections on the the White Tree
Word Count: 119
Long years the tree stood, dead and crumbling,
Bare branches diminishing, snapping in the wind.
No tender care could halt the ravages of time.
Deep darkness fell and fierce fire blazed.
The City crumbled even as the tree.
Then light returned and a fresh breeze blew.
From the North, he came, Envinyatar;
Fierce flashed his sword felling his foes.
Afterwards, his hands brought healing.
For the tree, though; its time was past.
Tenderly he planted it, scion of Nimloth, even as he was scion of Kings.
Long had it awaited his coming, buried deep in the earth.
Swiftly it grew and put forth fair blossoms.
In the moonlight shining bright as stars.
Blessings had come again upon the land.
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Author: Linda Hoyland
Characters/Pairing: Denethor
Rating: PG
Warnings: none
Word count: 100
Book/Source: LOTR book-verse
Disclaimer - These characters all belong to the estate of J.R.R. Tolkien. This story was written for pleasure and not for financial gain.
The City was burning. Denethor’s City, which he was born and bred to rule over. Fire consumed the stones, flesh of his flesh and bone of his bones, burning, burning!
Water had taken his son and heir, Boromir the beloved; fire from within now consumed the other.
There were worse things than fire. Flames have no malice. In their dance of destruction, they swiftly consume their prey.
He would embrace the fire and die the slave of none.
Let flames take him and Faramir too! Earth, air, fire and water; all would become one. Fire would purify and grant release.
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