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    Chains of Light and Shadow by

    Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - All Media Types, The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022)  

    06 Mar 2026

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    Freed after three ages in chains, Melkor returns to Valinor cloaked in false penitence, sowing discord among the Noldor. Yet as his gaze falls upon Lady Artanis - not yet Galadriel - his hunger for light stretches beyond the Silmarils.

    His plan is set: destroy the Two Trees, steal the Silmarils, and take her with them.

    Yet in the depths of Angband, it is Sauron, Melkor’s most trusted servant, who becomes her jailor. To him, she is a contradiction he cannot resolve - and in time, both a reflection of all he has lost and a vision of what he might still claim.

    Caught between Melkor’s shadow and Sauron’s relentless design, she must face a terrible choice: surrender her light, or let it burn brighter than ever. Even if it consumes her.

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    OR: a First Age AU where Melkor covets not only the Silmarils, but the Elf whose hair inspired their creation.

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