I will be celebrated

After the Battle of the Five Armies and return to home, Bilbo feels strangely restless. Well, the way his family tries to marry him off might be contributing to this. The One Ring decides it needs to understand its bearer better in order to properly manipulate him - the hobbit is proving unexpectedly good at resisting its influence. The road to East is long and this was never supposed to happen, but violence was never Bilbo's preference when it came to solving problems - whether he was aware that a problem existed or not. The Wise and the Mighty might say that everything has already been tried against Sauron, but Good Hobbit Sense and actually communicating somehow hadn't made that list.

So I have a prompt list. Several actually. And every day I write a short story based off my prompt word/phrase of the day. All of them are Silmarillion-related (dips into The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings here and there). Expect everything ranging from utterly cliche romance to mildly explicit gore and horror. No one ever said Arda was a nice place. But do note that I won't be posting any smut here. Prompts are meaningful snapshots, and unless the sex is really important, I'll be skipping it to get to the point.

1. A Kingly Gift - Gimli is the only one in the Fellowship who knows the real meaning of the mithril shirt.2. Tattoo - After the quest, Bilbo and the Dwarves get tattoos done to mark them forever as a Company.3. The King's Jewel - Thranduil recognises the Arkenstone, and that's why he doesn't help.4. Illiterate - Ori writes; Dori reviews.5. Untitled - The princes make hair braiding indecent.6. Blue - The hobbits discuss the colour of Legolas' eyes. Only Gimli knows how wrong they are.7. An Awfully Big Adventure - Legolas and Gimli discuss the nature of mortality.8. Homemaking - Once the dwarves have built the world anew, one builds a home for his lover and waits for him to be reborn.9. Purple-Tinted Spectacles - A gift from Gimli gives Legolas the clarity he has long desired.10. Iron Clasps - Celebrimbor has asked Narvi to braid his hair; Narvi isn't dim enough to think he doesn't know what it means11. Narvi and the Holly King - A Dwarvish fairy tale12. Woodland Feast - Legolas' on-the-road snacking draws attention13. Dust and Starlight - Bard discovers something unexpected

When Shadow returned to Arda marred, it fell upon a land long accustomed to living beneath a veil of darkness. The light of its people was never one so easily dimmed, you see . . . A collection of ficlets and drabbles. Next up: The survivors of Doriath, and the spring.

Maedhros and Maglor regain the Silmarils, and much more.