TRSB25 has come to an end. 

We want to thank you for all your enthusiasm and the effort you put into your wonderful works. TRSB would not be what it is without you all! 

The Discord Server is closing today, the TRSB25 Feedback Form and Tumblr Promo Post Form are going to be closed today, but you can still submit your collab (art+fic) to the TRSB25 Gallery - the form will stay open until December 31st. You will find all the relevant links to the forms in your e-mail inbox. In case of any questions - reach out to the mods via email, Discord or here. More information about our event can be found, as always, at the TRSB Website.

Thank you again and see you next year! 💚

I walk through the seasons with a friend by my side

story by @thedaughterofshadows art by @anerea-lantiria for @tolkienrsb 2025

Rating: General Audiences Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply Category: Gen Fandom: The Lord of the Rings Characters: Original Dwarf Characters; Original Female Dwarf; Characters; Entwife Characters

Summary:

When Love Became An Act Of Defiance

story by @myrsinemezzo art by @anerea-lantiria for @tolkienrsb 2025

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: None Fandoms: The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth; The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power (TV 2022) Characters: Sauron (Tolkien); Halbrand (The Rings of Power); OC elf Relationship: Original Elf Character/Original Elf Character Words: 6,939

Summary:

Written for the Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang 2025 based on the wonderful, fantastic art by @valinorianyears which you can find below :

Not only is the art fantastic, it provided such a good springboard for me to run away with the prompt.

"Among the Avari, there's a tradition to gather every year for the Night of the Flame. This night is a night of remembrance and renewal. A night where one can face up his past, seek absolution and start again."

I ended up falling into some corners of Tolkien's work where I usually never go (Book of Lost Tales hello...). Met some characters that Tolkien did not pick up again to my greatest regret (Tû the Lord of Gloaming is everywhere in that fic).

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Art: A Wanderer Escaped from Night by @southaway

Fic: What Fortitude by @starspray

Rating: G

Warnings: None

Characters: Eärendil, Elwing, Glorfindel, Egalmoth, Aredhel, Maeglin, Ecthelion, Turgon

Relationships: Eärendil & Lords of Gondolin, Eärendil/Elwing, Eärendil & Turgon

Wordcount: 6819

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Art: A Second Chance by @solmarillion

Fic: Out There in the Cold by @starspray

Rating: G

Warnings: None

Characters: Maglor, Galadriel, Elrond

Relationships: Maglor & Galadriel, Galadriel/Celeborn

Wordcount: 7156

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Art: Upon the Borders of the Sundering Sea by @starspray

Fic: Sad songs for us to bear by asterisq (@quixoticanarchy)

Rating: T

Warnings: None

Characters: Elwing, Eärendil, Melian

Relationships: Elwing/Eärendil, Elwing & Melian

Wordcount: 7712

Mature - M/M - Erestor/Glorfindel - Erestor - Glorfindel - 9867 words

Glorfindel doesn't like wearing a shirt and Erestor is very bothered by it!

Author: quothhh READ THE STORY