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[Myr]

They are starting to really put together some interesting things.  This came up on my feed today.

 

[William King]

Reminded me of a story I wrote years ago for a competition on another site that no longer exists. I guess you'd call it fanfic, maybe I should publish it here, although it's not a finished story.

Chapter One – The Chase.

Beyond Mirkwood at the far reaches of the Celduin, where the great river empties into the Sea of Rhûn, lies a forest and a land unknown to man. Legend has it that a desert of endless sand stretches forever to a city talked about only by travellers, but seldom has a person visited such a place. The rumours are both dark and mysterious, to be believed or dismissed as pure invention. That city however, has a name, Assakia, and a history, but we will come to that in due time.

The peace of the land is a precious gift, a jewel that shines on all the people of every country, both near and far. There is another jewel, less ephemeral that the storytellers say resides in that unknown city. That gem also has a name, the Goldamîr. It’s light, if you would believe the tales, is reflected in the sun and guides or blinds those who would seek to cross that endless desert.

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“We've been here for days and nothing is moving in or out of the forest.”

“Patience Johan, the talk in the tavern was of a caravan going east.”

“The talk. There is always talk. Talk and drink, and nonsense.”

“The disappearances are not nonsense. Children don’t just vanish.”

“They run away... Sometimes. Often?”

From where they were camped they could see anything that came out of the forest on the path running next to the River Celduin. It was true this was an unenviable task, sitting and waiting.

“Aerandir and Círdan will join us in a day from now. Then you can go down into the forest.”

“But there’s nothing. I am sure the rumours are no more than repeated drunken gossip.”

“Perhaps.” 

Eldon settled back against the tree stump and lit his pipe. He didn't like being here anymore than Johan. Worse, the cold and damp made his old bones ache. They could not light a fire because the smoke would easily be seen and give them away. Although he too wondered if anyone was really coming through the forest, he remained silent.

As the sun went down, the mist engulfed the river and hid the edge of the forest. If the caravan arrived in the night it would pass them by unseen. Eldon made up his mind, if the others were not here tomorrow, he would send Johan down to the river to check for signs. They could not afford to miss the caravan.

[Myr]

1 hour ago, William King said:

guess you'd call it fanfic, maybe I should publish it here, although it's not a finished story.

We do have a fanfiction category you can post in and assign fandoms to it.

[ChromedOutCortex]

On 1/25/2026 at 10:05 AM, Myr said:

They are starting to really put together some interesting things.  This came up on my feed today.

 

I've seen some really cool ones on Reddit.

This isn't a trailer but you should checkout gossipgoblin on TT or YT (https://www.youtube.com/@Gossip.Goblin) - absolutely amazing work that they've done!

Here is a taste... but he goes into more extremes of human evolution.