Plot bunnies. Nuzgul. DUCK!!

[thrihyrne]

EDIT. I'm an idiot. Have fixed this post.

I have two lingering Ardaverse stories that I'm working on. I feel as though I've abandoned Middle-Earth for Harry Potterdom, and then, on around the fiftieth time I've listened to "Steer by the Stars" on [no surprise] one of Jen's compilation CDs, I realized that there's a story there, inspired by it. From either Tar-Meneldur's son's POV (Aldarion), or his daughter-in-law Erendis, the focus of the first part of 'Celestial Quartet' that I wrote last fall. All Tolkien Unfinished Tales, all the way. Bound to be bleak, as he (the son) keeps leaving Numenor to go sailing to M-E, but if anyone were to sail by the stars, and it not be King Elentirmo, it would be his Aldarion who leaves his very resentful wife behind. Her choice, though, as he keeps inviting her along, and she keeps resisting.

*intrigued*

Ugh. Off to write.

BTW, the lovely writer llembas, used to go by palarran, the ship built by Aldarion.

Really off to write now.

Instead had long, drawn-out conversation with Mr. Thev about how my life is a mess. No writing. Took today off.

Dedicated to Jen. Who is fabulous.

(and she still is)

Comments

[fileg.livejournal.com]

thanks, ness. this is the part of the history I am the least familiar with (I guess it will have to be my next place) I remember looking for it when I was writing All These - but I was specifically looking for bosts named for wings, and that must be why I chose it.

[edrys.livejournal.com]

I found a line that I'd overlooked before. After Aldarion returned from that first voyage with Vëantur, it states:

Vëantur did not again voyage from Númenor; but the Númerrámar he gave in gift to Aldarion.

So you were right too. I had totally forgotten that Vëantur had given the Númerrámar to Aldarion. The building of the Eämbar (btw UT's index says that [the] name doubtless means 'Sea-dwelling') came sometime after Aldarion's thirty-ninth year, and the Palarran came later.