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   Of Leaves and Waves by SecondBreakfastPenguin

   Fandoms: J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth Legendarium & Related Fandoms  

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   04 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Glorfindel (Tolkien)/Original Female Character(s)
   • Legolas Greenleaf/Original Female Character(s)
   • Legolas Greenleaf
   • Thranduil (Tolkien)
   • Círdan (Tolkien)
   • Glorfindel (Tolkien)
   • Original Thranduil Children (Tolkien)
   • Oropher (Tolkien)
   • Tauriel (Hobbit Movies)
   • Ereinion Gil-galad
   • Elrond Peredhel
   • Sons of Elrond
   • References to Book: The Silmarillion - J. R. R. Tolkien
   • Second Age of Arda (Tolkien)
   • Young Legolas Greenleaf
   • POV Legolas Greenleaf
   • Good Parent Thranduil (Tolkien)
   • Thranduil Not Being an Asshole (Tolkien)
   • Glorfindel Has Issues (Tolkien)
   • Re-embodied Glorfindel (Tolkien)
   • Oropher Being an Asshole (Tolkien)
   • Elven Wine
   • The Sindar (Tolkien)
   • The Noldor (Tolkien)
   • Noldorin Politics (Tolkien)
   • Soft Legolas Greenleaf
   • Arranged Marriage
   • Third Age of Arda (Tolkien)
   • Elladan and Elrohir are Little Shits (Tolkien)
   • Young Elves
   • Glorfindel Has PTSD (Tolkien)
   • Gandalf Ships It (Tolkien)
   • Soft Thranduil (Tolkien)
   • Legolas Greenleaf Needs a Hug
   • Book: Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-earth
   • Young Tauriel (Hobbit Movies)
   • Hurt Legolas Greenleaf
   • Thranduil Being an Asshole (Tolkien)
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Slow Burn
   • War of the Last Alliance
   • Angst and Drama
   • Canon - Book & Movie Combination
   • Child Legolas Greenleaf

   Summary

   As Sauron’s shadow lengthens at the end of the Second Age, the Elven realms secure peace in the oldest way: marriage. Círdan the Shipwright pledges his daughter Meríliel to Glorfindel, and his son to Thranduil’s line. It is a wise alliance, not a choice of the heart.

   Meríliel’s loyalty is divided. Her bond to Prince Legolas will echo through centuries of pride, war, and consequence.

   Woven into Tolkien’s canon and my own world building, this story bridges the silences between recorded events, exploring what happened, and when, in the years history and Jackson’s movies only hint at.

   Arranged marriage. Forbidden love. Political tension. Cultural depth. Choices that do not fade.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Of Storms and Shadows

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   326,093

   Chapters:

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