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The tale of Dáin Ironfoot, told loosely in the style of a saga of Iceland (in English translation).

Jarakrisafis posted a prompt to LOTR Secret Santa 2023 that said "I remember as a teenager reading the Silmarillion for the first time and wishing there was more about Dàin Ironfoot than was in the book and the appendices" specifying book rather than movie canon.

I read that and thought, ah, what an absolutely fascinating idea! I'm sure I could write that in a few hours! Also, what if I wrote it roughly in the style of an english translation of a saga from thirteenth century Iceland?

Several months later... it's 12,000+ words. Whoops. It will be posted in chapters rather than the whole thing at once.

Dáin's Saga

Date: 2024-03-22 12:49 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] independence1776
At first I read Secret Santa 2013 and was very confused about the timeframe of "months."

Date: 2024-03-22 01:15 am (UTC)
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oh WOW, nothing could be more perfectly Tolkien!! I am sharing this with my whole family immediately!

Date: 2024-03-22 06:19 am (UTC)
From: [personal profile] anna_wing
Oh fabulous!

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