In Fair Lothlorien

Welcome, travelers, to my collection of stories and tales from Middle-earth. I am Ciendriel, elf of a long lost woodland realm, she of the vivid imagination and spinner of dreams. Take off your cloak, put up your feet, and relax. This is a place of wicked enchantment, and all stories will be labeled so you know into which part of the wood you are wandering. Please, enjoy them, and then tell me what you think. Truly do I value your comments.

First Created: May 27, 2003
Latest Update: July 28, 2003

A Brief Sojourn...

The Golden Summer

Rated: General (Nothing Offensive)

Characters: Orophin, Éowyn, Wormtongue, Theoden

Notes: Het Romance

Summer of Hate

Rated: General (Nothing Offensive)

Characters: Rúmil, Arwen, Haldir, Elrond, Erestor

Notes: Het Romance

Lady of Darkness

Rated: General (Nothing Offensive)

Characters: Arwen, Elrond, Aragorn, Council Members

Notes: A/U What if Arwen got the One Ring? Written for Parma Eruseen Fiction Challenge #3

A Longer Stay...

The Lost King

Currently Rated: PG-13 (Sexual Situations -- General Slashiness -- Orc Violence)

Characters: Orophin, Rúmil, Amroth, Galadriel, Celeborn, Haldir, Elrond, Arwen, Erestor, Legolas, Thranduil, Nimrodel. Special guest appearance by Fereveldir & family -- with art & gallery (see below.)

Notes: This is going to be a long serial. Check back for frequent updates. I will change the rating as necessary. This story contains both het and slash romance. It takes place in the Third Age sometime before the birth of Aragorn.

Part One: Following Orders

Part Two: The Elf who Drowned

Part Three: The Marchwarden

Part Four: The Ponderings of Orophin

Part Five: Messages in the Mirror

Part Six: Reflections and Warnings

Part Seven: A Bad Day for Rúmil

Part Eight: Memories and Desires

Part Nine: A Stroll by the Water

Part Ten: Offerings and Demands

Part Eleven: The Impatience of the Evenstar

Part Twelve: New Arrivals

Part Thirteen: Rivals over Rúmil

Part Fourteen: A Council of Elders

Part Fifteen: The Truth in a Bottle

Part Sixteen: Troubles of the Heart

Part Seventeen: The Turmoils of Elrond

Part Eighteen: The Morning After

Part Nineteen: Where Rúmil Goes, Trouble Follows

Part Twenty: Hidden Secrets of the Heart

Part Twenty-One: The Mad Marchwarden

Part Twenty-Two: Dreams Before Dinner

Part Twenty-Three: Song of the Evenstar

Part Twenty-Four: Regrets and Predictions

Part Twenty-Five: The Wrongs and Rights of Rúmil

Part Twenty-Six: The Journey Begins To Begin

Part Twenty-Seven: A Father's Blessing

Part Twenty-Eight: Under Attack

Part Twenty-Nine: Taking a Chance

Part Thirty: The Healing of Wounds

Part Thirty-One: Engagement?

Part Thirty-Two: Morning Mysteries

Part Thirty-Three: Visions and Revelations

Part Thirty-Four: Following a Spirit

Part Thirty-Five: Demanding Dreams

Part Thirty-Six: Beginnings and Endings -- the end

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Disclaimer:

Most characters in these tales belong to JRR Tolkien. This site is not for profit, and no infringement is intended. Any original characters are my creation and should not be used without permission in other fanfics.

A few notes of import...

I am often asked about the source of my name, Ciendriel. The short answer is that I made it up for the fic "Hobbit Trollop" (link below) and decided that I liked it enough to adopt as my own Elvish moniker. That fic was written while I was still in the process of learning about Tolkien and his world and languages, something I am still doing.

Although there is no "soft c" sound in the Sindarin tongue, the pronunciation is meant to be "See-EN-dree-el." The character was meant to be from a lost village so I maintain that her people had a slightly different Elvish dialect. There was never any direct translation for the name.

Recently a little bird (a Nightingale, to be exact) told me this:

"Cien" in Spanish means one-hundred, the number 100. In the High-elven speech -riel means 'garlanded maiden'. So, to me Ciendriel means 'maiden garlanded with a hundred tales'.

I truly loved this definition, so I shall let that be the official one, even if Spanish is not strictly a Middle-earth tongue.

Use of the word 'Galadhrim'

The word Galadhrim ("tree-people") refers in general to all of the elves of Lórien. It is a plural word, and includes more than just the warriors of the Golden Wood. In my stories, I have generally used it as both singular (shortened to mean "of the Galadhrim") and plural, the plural referring only to the elves under Haldir's command. Please forgive this liberal interpretation -- I'm still learning, and I'm not entirely certain this usage is incorrect. The meaning should be clear in the stories from the context.