B2MeM Day Fourteen: Armenelos

[dawn_felagund]

Photo courtesy of Vladimir Fofanov, Gerhard Taatgen jr. and chris1961.

March 14: Armenelos

Always wanted to visit the City of Kings and relive the Golden Age of the Edain? Look no further, for Armenelos offers it all! Ideally situated in east-central Númenor in the district called Arandor-–also named the Kingsland--daily excursions can be booked to Meneltarma, or take a tour around the city with a guide. Marvel at the beauty of Nimloth in the The King's Court, and visit the King's House for its exhibition of the rise and fall of Mairon the Admirable. If longevity studies holds your interest, the department of Immunology at the University of Armenelos will offer lectures on this in the Tar-Minyatur Library. From the nearby haven of Rómenna, the Amandil Company offers cruises to travel around Númenor, Tol Eressëa or Valinor.

Today's Challenge:
Write a story or create a piece of art centred on freedom of religion (or lack thereof), heresy, and/or religious rites.

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Today's destination is the last stop from among the locations for the Second Age and earlier! Tomorrow, we will start on destinations from the Third Age.

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Comments

[engarian.livejournal.com]

Just got Day 13 posted and am ready to tackle Day 14. Whee......

- Erulisse (one L)

[surgicalsteel.livejournal.com]

Done!

Tolerance (http://surgsteelfic.livejournal.com/134419.html).

[azalaisdep.livejournal.com]

Sheesh, you nearly floored me this time. I was stuck all day. Religion, in Middle-earth? Given that I'm writing Fourth Age Legolas-and-Gimli, and so Numenor was right out? But OK:

The Making of Things (http://azalaisdep.livejournal.com/79049.html)

[esteliel.livejournal.com]

My contribution for today: Peace (http://esteliel.livejournal.com/406337.html)

[dreamflower]

Here is my entry for March 14:

Bilbo has Aunt Dora over for dinner and Disturbing Conversation...
A Question of Gratitude

Armenelos - False Fire by Dwimordene

[(Anonymous)]

Title: False Fire

Summary: Sectarianism and misunderstanding, Unabeauverse style. Somebody has to pray for Denethor. It might as well be someone who knows the difference between what he did, and what (some) Haradrim (sometimes) do.

URL: http://www.tolkienfanfiction.com/Story_Read_Chapter.php?CHid=5219

[labourslamp.livejournal.com]

Here, and stretching it, as one must when one is writing about a society which explicitly has no religion...

Ignore the part where dreamflower02 managed to pull it off with flying colors.

http://www.lotrgfic.com/viewstory.php?sid=1377

All I can say is that there had better be some Third Age location prompts which are more incompatible with Silm!fic. *harrumphs* :)

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Here is my response to this prompt.

http://lindahoyland.livejournal.com/268619.html

Starlight's story

[(Anonymous)]

Here's mine :-)
Bending the Laws
http://www.henneth-annun.net/stories/chapter_view.cfm?stid=8612&spordinal=5
Anarion/OFC

Re: Starlight's story

[dawn_felagund]

I was wondering if any of our AinA authors from two years ago would run with this theme! I was really excited to see that you did! :D This will definitely be on my reading list for when I'm done my internship and have reading time again.

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

You can find day 14's offering, The Warning, here:

http://www.lotrgfic.com/viewstory.php?sid=1327&warning=3

[kayleelupin.livejournal.com]

"Gratitude" is up at MPTT :)

Kaylee Arafinwiel

Jackal and Lion by Mirach

[(Anonymous)]

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6794887/14/
or
http://www.storiesofarda.com/chapterview.asp?sid=6779&cid=29504

[alphien.livejournal.com]

My contribution:

Title: Shrine of the Nightingale
Link: http://alphien.livejournal.com/34129.html

[telperion1.livejournal.com]

Title: "Things Unseen"
Characters: Ar-Pharazon, Elendil
Link: http://archiveofourown.org/works/172516

[aearwen2.livejournal.com]

Finished and up for concrit & comment at the Lizard Council.

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

Written, though it's yet another part of the as-of-yet untitled and unposted WiP - as mentioned before, I'll be sure to mark this as a B2MeM contribution in the author's note. :)

[nelyo-russandol.livejournal.com]

Chapter titled "Time" of my current WIP - next to be posted in a few days, I hope, will be a mixture of this prompt and also Day 19 Rivendell (meetings). Can I claim two stamps, please? :o)

[rhapsody11.livejournal.com]

Sure thing! I am currently tracking down the new stamps requests and I jotted these down as well!

[arwen75]

Written this one as of yesterday - took me a while to find an idea that worked.