Words in the Heroes' Tongue

Here is Chapter 2 of my BtVS/Forgotten Realms crossover Into The Fire (sequel to Les Morts Dansant).

Summary: Liriel Baenre follows Laelryne's example and flees from Faerûn, but she doesn't go to Middle Earth. Instead she comes to Earth, to a place called ‘Sunnydale’, arriving in Season 7 during ‘Bring on the Night’. How will the presence of a Drow wizard and her Elf friends affect things on the Hellmouth – and how will someone who has all too many dead friends in her past cope with the mind games of the First Evil? 7,200 words, rating 15.

( Into The Fire Chapter 2: Of Pizza and Vampires )

This is a sequel to LES MORTS DANSANT. It’s a Buffy the Vampire Slayer/Forgotten Realms crossover. Don’t shout at me for starting a new story when I’ve so many others on the go; I need another BtVS crossover at Twisting The Hellmouth so that I can start posting ‘The Dark Companion’ there while still staying within the ‘at least 50% BtVS Crossovers’ rule. One day I’ll work out a way of posting TDC on LiveJournal despite its colossal chapter lengths…

Summary: Liriel Baenre follows Laelryne's example and flees from Faerûn, but she doesn't go to Middle Earth. Instead she comes to Earth, to a place called ‘Sunnydale’, arriving in Season 7 during ‘Bring on the Night’. How will the presence of a Drow wizard and her Elf friends affect things on the Hellmouth – and how will the First Evil affect someone who has all too many dead friends in her past? 5,200 words, rating 15.

( Into The Fire Chapter 1 )

Here, as requested by several reviewers on other sites, is a drabble postscipt to the Epilogue to my ‘Lord of the Rings’/‘Forgotten Realms’ crossover story LES MORTS DANSANT. A glimpse of Cierre's activities in the Undying Lands. 100 words, rating R.

( What Cierre Did Next )

Here is the Epilogue to my ‘Lord of the Rings’/‘Forgotten Realms’ crossover story ‘Les Morts Dansant. Previous parts can be found HERE.

Crossover between ‘The Lord of the Rings’ (Book-verse) and the ‘Forgotten Realms’ stories set in the ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ game-world of Faerûn – the canon Forgotten Realms, in which ‘Tabula Avatar’ and its sequels never took place, and terrible things happened instead.

Summary: following the death of Eilistraee, goddess of the good Drow, a few of her worshippers decide to flee from Faerûn and find a way of reaching another world; Middle Earth, shortly after the end of the Ring War, during Éomer King’s courtship of Princess Lothíriel of Dol Amroth. When a vengeful Haradrim warlord carries out a devastating attack the Drow get caught up in it. After the battle Legolas has to deal with unexpected feelings and situations… 8,125 words. Rating R.

( Les Morts Dansant: Epilogue )

Here is the next chapter of my ‘Lord of the Rings’/‘Forgotten Realms’ crossover story ‘Les Morts Dansant. Previous parts can be found HERE.

Crossover between ‘The Lord of the Rings’ (Book-verse) and the ‘Forgotten Realms’ stories set in the ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ game-world of Faerûn – the canon Forgotten Realms, in which ‘Tabula Avatar’ and its sequels never took place, and terrible things happened instead.

Summary: following the death of Eilistraee, goddess of the good Drow, a few of her worshippers decide to flee from Faerûn and find a way of reaching another world; Middle Earth, shortly after the end of the Ring War, during Éomer King’s courtship of Princess Lothíriel of Dol Amroth. When a vengeful Haradrim warlord carries out a devastating attack the Drow get caught up in it. In a world where ‘black’ is almost a synonym for evil can the Drow win friendship and respect? First they have to survive a brutal siege where they are heavily outnumbered… Warnings: extreme violence and multiple deaths. 8,800 words. Rating R.

( Les Morts Dansant: Part 4 )

A year ago today my beloved cat Shaka died. I still miss him very much.

While he was ill I started writing a rather sad ‘Lord of the Rings’/’Forgotten Realms’ crossover story called ‘Les Morts Dansant. I stopped writing it when he died but recently I picked it up again and I’ve now finished it. This isn’t the final part but I’ll post the concluding chapter, and then a short Epilogue, over the next few days. Previous parts can be found HERE.

Crossover between ‘The Lord of the Rings’ (Book-verse) and the ‘Forgotten Realms’ stories set in the ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ game-world of Faerûn – the canon Forgotten Realms, in which ‘Tabula Avatar’ and its sequels never happened, and terrible things happened instead.

Summary: following the death of Eilistraee, goddess of the good Drow, a few of her worshippers decide to flee from Faerûn and find a way of reaching another world; Middle Earth, shortly after the end of the Ring War, during Éomer King’s courtship of Princess Lothíriel of Dol Amroth. When a vengeful Haradrim warlord carries out a devastating attack the Drow get caught up in it. In a world where ‘black’ is almost a synonym for evil can the Drow win friendship and respect? First they have to survive a brutal siege where they are heavily outnumbered…

9,725 words. Rating R.

( Les Morts Dansant: Part 3 )

Here is Part Two of my ‘Lord of the Rings’/’Forgotten Realms’ crossover ‘Les Morts Dansant. The first part was a mighty 12,200 words but this is a more modest 4,300 words. PG. Part One is HERE.

Crossover between ‘The Lord of the Rings’ (Book-verse) and the ‘Forgotten Realms’ stories set in the ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ game-world of Faerûn – the canon Forgotten Realms, in which ‘Tabula Avatar’ and its sequels never happened, and very bad things happened instead.

Summary: following the death of Eilistraee, goddess of the good Drow, a few of her worshippers decide to flee from Faerûn and find a way of reaching another world; Middle Earth, shortly after the end of the Ring War, where King Éomer is courting Princess Lothíriel of Dol Amroth and a vengeful Haradrim warlord carries out a devastating attack. Can the Drow, caught up in a fight they don’t understand, survive in a world where ‘black’ is almost a synonym for ‘evil’?

( Les Morts Dansant: Part 2 )

A couple of months ago, led astray by the Wombat’s Lord of the Rings obsession, I began re-reading all the Éomer/Lothíriel stories at the Pit of Voles and a few other archives. One outcome of that was the Winnie the Pooh/Lord of the Rings crossover story, told in drabble form, posted here recently. The other outcome, alas, had a much more drastic impact upon my fic writing.

I was smitten, once again, with the desire to write my own Éomer/Lothíriel tale. Of course I don’t write straightforward romances, and most of the possible twists have already been covered by lialathuveril with a skill and flair that would be almost impossible to match. And so what burned its way into my brain, and absolutely refused to get out until I started writing the story, was a crossover scenario. I’m afraid I’ve been writing this when I really should have been working on the WIPs for which readers are waiting; I just couldn’t resist.

Here is Part One: a massive 12,200 words. Rating PG13 bordering on R. Crossover between ‘The Lord of the Rings’ (Book-verse) and the ‘Forgotten Realms’ stories set in the ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ game-world of Faerûn. This is the canon Forgotten Realms, in which ‘Tabula Avatar’ and its sequels never happened, and very bad things happened instead.

Summary: the good Drow goddess Eilistraee killed her brother Vhaeraun and then was slain herself. The headquarters of Eilistraee’s religion was overrun and her worshippers massacred. In the aftermath some of the survivors decide to flee to another world and discover a way of reaching Middle Earth. Meanwhile Éomer of Rohan is carrying on a promising romance with Princess Lothíriel of Dol Amroth; however a vengeful Haradrim warlord plans a devastating attack. The Drow refugees arrive just in time to get involved. Unfortunately in Middle Earth ‘black’ is almost a synonym for ‘evil’…

( Les Morts Dansant: Part One )

A couple of months ago, led astray by the Wombat’s Lord of the Rings obsession, I began re-reading all the Éomer/Lothíriel stories at the Pit of Voles and a few other archives. One outcome of that was the Winnie the Pooh/Lord of the Rings crossover story, told in drabble form, posted here recently. The other outcome, alas, had a much more drastic impact upon my fic writing.

I was smitten, once again, by the desire to write my own Éomer/Lothíriel tale. I don’t write straightforward romances, and most of the possible twists have already been covered by lialathuveril with a skill and flair that would be almost impossible to match, and so what came to mind was a crossover scenario. I’m afraid I’ve been writing this when I really should have been working on the WIPs for which readers are waiting; I just couldn’t resist.

Here is Part One: a massive 12,200 words, too large to post on LJ in one go. It’s all one chapter, with no natural break point before the end, and so I’m posting it as Parts 1A and 1B. Rating PG13.

Crossover between ‘The Lord of the Rings’ (Book-verse) and the ‘Forgotten Realms’ stories set in the ‘Dungeons and Dragons’ game-world of Faerûn. This is the canon Forgotten Realms, in which ‘Tabula Avatar’ and its sequels never happened, and very bad things happened instead. Features Cierre as she might have been if she had never met Jack O’Neill. I’ve fudged Tolkien’s chronology, assuming that dates during the Age of the Trees are unreliable, to fit the purposes of the story.

Summary: following the death of Eilistraee, goddess of the good Drow, a few of her worshippers decide to flee from Faerûn and find a way of reaching another world; Middle Earth, shortly after the end of the Ring War, where King Éomer is courting Princess Lothíriel of Dol Amroth and a vengeful Haradrim warlord plans a devastating attack. Can the Drow, caught up in a fight they don’t understand, survive in a world where ‘black’ is almost a synonym for ‘evil’?

( Les Morts Dansant: Part 1A )