Nelide is a highborn elf who has committed herself to being of the most use possible, and soon people begin to tell her she ought to challenge the prince Thranduil to spar to see which of them is the better fighter, as she is the best fighter in the Woodland Realm. Knowing of the prince's pride she refuses, but due to the prince's pride he insists. Their relationship is something of a battle, but neither would have it any other way. This is the story of their friendship, their life, their love, their hurts, their son, and the death that tore their galaxy apart.

When the queen of Mirkwood unexpectedly dies Thanduil is left without a wife, but more importantly his son is left without a mother. The king knows he cannot fill the ruins left by a dead mother so he appoints another woman to take her place, to look after his son when he cannot, and to give him the warmth he no longer feels himself. Inladris is a highborn elf who did not expect this responsibility to be thrust upon her, but she accepts it with aplomb and does her best to not only raise a prince but to give the king a friend she suspects he doesn't realize he needs. This is the story of their peculiar friendship through grief, and how two opposites may or may not successfully raise a child. *This is not a romance.

Mabyn was born with dwarfism into an already-harsh life. When she is hospitalized and drops into a coma, her mind imagines a better life for her, which to her is simply a life where she is respected, the dangers presented can be fought, and evil is easier to tell apart from the things which she loves. Her imagination transports her to a world of men, elves, dwarves and hobbits, where she unwittingly joins a company of dwarves on their quest to reclaim their homeland, and she finds people with whom she feels at home. *A lot of the dialogue of Tolkien's original characters is kept, as I don't intend to change the story, merely present a different version of it. There is no copyright infringement intended. **I am predominantly following the book, but have included parts of the movie which I enjoyed and thought would complement the story. ***This story is in the process of being converted to an original fiction, and I may accidentally use the wrong name in the posted version (mostly in the Alternate/Sequel), so don't panic, I'm just a dipstick.