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1. Shadow-Bride by eye_of_a_cat

   Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022)  

   • Explicit
   • Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Complete Work

   28 Aug 2024

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Galadriel | Artanis/Halbrand (The Rings of Power)
   • Galadriel | Artanis/Sauron | Mairon
   • Galadriel | Artanis
   • Sauron | Mairon
   • Halbrand (The Rings of Power)
   • Elrond Peredhel
   • Ereinion Gil-galad
   • Arondir (The Rings of Power)
   • Bronwyn (The Rings of Power)
   • Gandalf | Mithrandir
   • Oropher (Tolkien)
   • Saruman | Curunír
   • Rómestámo (Tolkien)
   • Celebrimbor | Telperinquar
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Dubious Consent
   • Forced Marriage
   • Fairy Tale Elements
   • sex as distraction from evil schemes
   • shifting pov
   • Non-Linear Narrative
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • minor galadriel/celeborn
   • Past Rape/Non-con
   • brief description of rape/non-con
   • Slow Burn
   • minor Morgoth/Sauron
   • minor Arondir/Bronwyn
   • Pelargir
   • power of storytelling
   • slow burn emotionally but not physically
   • story spans a long period of time
   • King and Queen of the Southlands
   • various thoughts on what repentance means for Sauron
   • various thoughts on what exile of the Noldor means for Galadriel
   • Mentions of Pregnancy
   • References to the First Age of Arda (Tolkien)

   Summary

   "Once upon a time there was a soldier, a great warrior of the elves. The youngest child and only daughter of a mighty family. And there was… what am I in this story? The monster, the king?”

   In trying to convince Halbrand to leave Númenor and take his place as king of the Southlands, Galadriel swears an oath to stand by him no matter what his past holds. This changes the history of Middle-earth for many centuries to come.

   [This is linked to the other stories in this collection - it's an expansion of one of the scenarios in the 5+1 story 'Five times Halbrand's secret got revealed' - but it's a standalone fic that should make sense by itself.]

   Series

   • Part 3 of Five things plus one

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   English

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