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1. The Apprentice by pandemonium_213

   Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion and other histories of Middle-Earth - J. R. R. Tolkien  

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   • Complete Work

   14 Apr 2015

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   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Original Character(s) - Character
   • Sauron
   • 2nd Age - Rings
   • Drama
   • Canon - Engaging gap-filler
   • Canon - Enhances original
   • Characters - Friendship
   • Characters - Good villain(s)
   • Characters - New interpretation
   • Characters - Outstanding OC(s)
   • Characters - Strongly in character
   • Characters - Unusual relationship(s)
   • Characters - Well-handled emotions
   • Plot - Can't stop reading
   • Plot - Dangerous topic w/satisfying end
   • Plot - Disturbing/frightening/unsettling
   • Plot - Good pacing
   • Plot - I reread often
   • Plot - Tear-jerker
   • Subjects - Art
   • Subjects - Culture(s)
   • Subjects - Legends/Myth/History
   • Subjects - Medical/Healing
   • Subjects - Politics
   • Subjects - Technology
   • Writing - Clear prose
   • Writing - Engaging style
   • Writing - Every word counts
   • Writing - Evocative
   • Writing - Experimental
   • Writing - Foreshadowing
   • Writing - Well-handled dialogue
   • Writing - Well-handled introspection
   • Writing - Well-handled PoV(s)

   Summary

   An ambitious young Noldorin man of Ost-in-Edhil lands a coveted appointment as an apprentice to the most skilled master smith of the Gwaith-i-Mirdain: Istyar Aulendil. The apprentice's mentor, a prodigy of the Aulënossë, has been sent to Middle-earth by the Valar and has knowledge of exotic and wondrous technology. Istyar Aulendil also has notoriously high standards. The apprentice must meet his mentor's expectations if he is to become a journeyman and work on an important new initiative.

    

    Adult rating is given for mature references , but in particular for examination of a mortal man's disturbed thoughts and sexual predilections: non-consensual sex and pederasty are commented upon in Chapters 7 & 9, but there are no explicit descriptions of such. The Adult rating is also given for some violent imagery in Chapter 12. As for the alternative history and my abiding affection for "scientifiction," well, forewarned is forearmed.

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