I love the Ainulindalë.

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Túrin and Finduilas by ekukanova

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Míriel Journal by Achen089

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enmeshed in Nan Elmoth

Glorfindel by CG-Warrior

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“Thus [Fingolfin] came alone to Angband’s gates, and he sounded his horn, and smote once more upon the brazen doors, and challenged Morgoth to come forth in single combat. And Morgoth came.

That was the last time in those wars that he passed the doors of his stronghold, and it is said that he took not the challenge willingly; for though his might was greatest of all things in the world, alone of the Valar he knew fear.”

J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

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…for she met her grief in silence and coldness of heart.

-The Children of Húrin
Morwen by ekukanova 

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I wish people would approach The Silmarillion less as a LotR/The Hobbit-style storybook and more as collection of mythological and historical tales; they’d find it much more interesting and easier to get into that way.

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Melian by ekukanova

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Amarië by tuuliky

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It ends in flame  &  In pain and regret
Gold-Seven 

Brothers in Beleriand by daLomacchi

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“Of the Kinslaying at Alqualondë more is told in that lament which is named Noldolantë, the fall of the Noldor, that Maglor made ere he was lost…”

heartisenheart:

The death of Glaurung by ekukanova