Lady Glorfindel by j_mercuryuk
Disclaimer: *reads from script* I do not own Lord of the Rings. I do not own Elrond and co. or Thranduil and Legolas. I am not making any money off of this.
*puts down script*. Well, that was underwhelming.
Author’s note: First thing’s first, Glorfindel’s a woman. WHY? Why not – apart from the obvious fact that he is supposed to be a man. *shrug* Hey, this is a fanfic.
Second thing’s second, I’m going by human ages here.
Chapter 1
Sunlight fell on the dark-haired advisor of Imladris. He sat at his desk, going through the arrangements for their Mirkwood guests. Thranduil’s eldest child, his daughter Mirear, was coming to study the arts of healing under Lord Elrond. She would be living in Imladris with her husband Romendir, and infant daughter Galenorn, until she finished her studies. Thranduil was joining her for the journey and staying for two weeks as well, along with his wife Mirindil, and young son Legolas.
Erestor was half-way through some last-minute preparations when he heard the door open and the sound of familiar footsteps. He didn’t have to look to know who it was: Glorfindel. She was the only elf who didn’t knock on the door before entering his office. She all but skipped up behind him and peered over his shoulder to see what he was doing.
“This again?” she asked with a mixture of exasperation and amusement. Erestor turned to look at her, their faces barely an inch apart.
Her hair was tied back in warrior braids, and she wore her usual green tunic and leggings. Her muscles were slightly larger and more toned then most she-elves (and he guessed that her figure was well shaped and toned) due to a life, or two in her case, as a warrior. He found himself resisting the urge to touch her. He now made an effort to avoid staring at her, ever since she had noticed him doing so a few years before. That thought brought him back to the present, and he turned back to his work.
“It has got to be done. It… GLORFINDEL!!”
Before he had finished his sentence, she’d snatched away the papers and danced a few paces away, waving them in the air.
“‘It has got to be done’, my foot! If you don’t stop this right away, I am afraid I will have to take persuasive action.”
Erestor watched Glorfindel’s insane grin and suppressed a shudder. He clearly remembered the last time Glorfindel took ‘persuasive action’.
“Did you come here for a reason, or just to annoy me?” came his irritated reply. She lowered the papers, and appeared to be trying to remember something.
“No, no reason.”
“GLORFINDEL!?”
“Alright, alright,” she raised her hands in defeat. “The Mirkwood party will be arriving in ten minutes. Elrond wants us both to be there to greet them.”
“Are you not going to wear something a little more … formal?”
Glorfindel shrugged. “Why? That’s what the feast tonight is for.”
“Thranduil and Mirindil will be in formal wear.”
Glorfindel gave him a sceptical look. “You can’t really believe that will change my mind.”
Erestor sighed. “Fine! Shall we go then?”
Glorfindel walked over to his desk and dropped the papers on it. “Certainly.” She walked with Erestor to the courtyard.
Erestor watched Glorfindel and, for the millionth time, wondered why he had fallen for her. She must have sensed his eyes on her because she turned round and raised an eyebrow.
“Why are you staring at me?”
Damn! He hadn’t even realised that he had been staring. “Just wondering why the Valar gave you a second chance at life. Oh, and why did you have to spend it here?” Well, that isn’t far from the truth, he thought to himself.
This seemed to satisfy her, as she just grinned and said, “You love me really.”
“You have no idea,” he muttered under his breath.
~#~
Elrond watched as Glorfindel and Erestor came down to stand with him and his family. “I see you managed to drag Erestor away from his study,” he noted.
Glorfindel smiled back. “With a little persuasion…”
—–Flashback—–
“GLORFINDEL!! GIVE … THEM … BACK … NOW!”
Glorfindel was standing on the rocks beside the Imladris Lake. In one hand, she held the papers Erestor was demanding back. Erestor was standing at the bottom of the rocks, looking very pissed off.
Glorfindel’s grin widened. “Oh dear,” thought Elrond, which also seemed to be Erestor’s thought as he halted.
“Glorfindel, what are you scheming? Glorfindel!? No, not-” Erestor stopped dead, unable to say a word as the papers floated serenely downwards onto the surface of the lake. Glorfindel wisely left before Erestor could recover.
—–End Flashback—-
Elrond was jerked out of his memories by a horn, announcing their guests’ arrival.
~#~
Glorfindel watched King Thranduil dismount and help his wife down. Glorfindel and Erestor shared a brief look. Both wore the predicted formal dress, in a regal dark green. The Mirkwood royal family stood together.
“Mae Govannen, Thranduil and Mirindil of Mirkwood,” Elrond said as they all bowed slightly to each other. “You know my wife, Lady Celebrian, my twin sons Elrohir and Elladan, my daughter Arwen and, of course, Lady Glorfindel and Lord Erestor.”
Glorfindel smiled slightly at the surprised look on the face of a brown-haired elf standing slightly apart from the family. Glorfindel listened to Thranduil’s introductions, beginning with his wife Mirindil, a beautiful elf with dark blonde hair. Glorfindel knew from Thranduil’s last visit (several centuries before) that she was a patient elf. She had to be patient to be married to Thranduil.
Glorfindel surveyed Imladris’ newest residents. Mirear had her mother’s hair and gentle eyes. Her husband, Romendur, also had the blonde hair common to Sindar elves. In Mirkwood, he was one of generals, but now he would be working under Glorfindel’s command, perhaps as a border captain or something similar.
“And this must be Galenorn,” Celebrian said to a little blonde head that peeked round Mirear’s legs.
Galenorn looked round at all the new faces and started forward, until she spotted Erestor. She froze, looked at him, and quickly hid behind her parents’ legs. The only ones who didn’t appear to find this funny were Erestor and Thranduil.
Glorfindel walked forward till she was standing a couple of feet in front of Galenorn, and kneeled down. “Don’t worry, little one. I know Erestor looks like a stern, moody, grumpy stiff-neck, but once you get to know him-”
Glorfindel paused, looking first at Erestor, then Galenorn, then at Erestor again, and then back to Galenorn, and smiled. “Maybe you ought to just stay out his way for a few years.”
This prompted a few chuckles, and a dark glare from Erestor. Well he did have it coming, thought Glorfindel.
Thranduil cleared his throat. “…And this is my son Legolas,” he announced proudly, placing his hands on Legolas’ shoulders. Legolas looked a LOT like his father, but his build was closer to his mother’s. He was couple of years younger than Arwen, making him about 10. Glorfindel smiled to herself. He was going to be handsome when he grew up.
As an afterthought, Thranduil added “This is Legolas’ tutor, Narelda.” He indicated the brown-haired elf she had noticed earlier. That is odd: he has never brought a tutor here before.
Lord Elrond called to her. “Glorfindel, will you show Narelda to some chambers?”
“Of course. Follow me.”
As Narelda came up beside her, their eyes meet and she felt a twinge.
~~~End of Chapter 1~~~
Okay there’s the first chapter, tell me what you think. If I don’t get any reviews I might not carry on. But even if I only get one review I will continue to post. Oh and a tip to all you flamers: don’t like it don’t read it.
47 Comments
that’s an interesting thought, making glorfindel a woman. this is a lovely story. a very solid start. i would love to see more of it! and using human ages didn’t throw me off a bit. it’s actual rather useful. people have such a varied idea of which age means adulthood and which means childhood for the elves. this is a marvelous start.
Um, I liked it, but I always thought that Glorfindel was…a guy. Am I wrong, or did you change it to fit the story? Just wanted to know, hope to see the next chapter soon!
Whoa it’s like a triangle! Erestor like Glorfindel, Narelda seems to also… Great story can’t wait for next chapter!
Laurelin
Yo, I like it, its really funny and i really got the charracters straight away, just so real! Ithink you really got inside their minds made their traits and feelings work!
Oh and by the way, check mine out, it shud be posted in a few days, bet it aint as good tho!
Wow, wow wow wow, it just gets better and better, I really feel like i know Erestor now, its amazing, its so easy to connect there, Cant wait for the next chapter now!!!
Wow, wow wow wow, it just gets better and better, I really feel like i know Erestor now, its amazing, its so easy to connect there, Cant wait for the next chapter now!!!
Mr V xxx
I love your story! It is great seriusly. Please write more!!! I can’t WAIT to see what happens, and if Glorfindel wil dump that jerk or not! hehe (please don’t take that offensivly)
I love the story. I think I like Glorfindel much more as a girl. It’s a good idea. I hope you’re going on with it.
~Meluiwen~
The characters seem to have very real emotions. I like the way the elves don’t look so constantly perfect as they do in some other fanfics. Changing Glorfindel to a girl was definitely an interesting touch. This is great, keep it up.
Very good story. But…could you make more chapters?
Must…..read……more……Must……..read……more……… PLEEEEEEEZ HURRY! lol great job
awww….ur stories cute… and that from me is saying alot!, cuz im not a romance reader… at first i was a lil if-ie bout readin it cuz of glorindel bein a girl, and if ppl dis u bout glor being a girl then ask them that if they like glor being a man then why the hell would they read a story titled “LADY glorfindel”? anyhopper, ur stories real spify and i can’t wait for the other chapters to come out!
ttyl tigerlily
I really really like this story, it’s really great. But Glorfindel is really a man?!? I really had to go check FotR (in Finnish), and Glorfindel is clearly a woman in it…. now I’m confused…
I love your story! It´s funny, romantic and exciting. Please give me more chapters before my abstinence gets too bad!
Yay! I hope Glorfindel and Erestor get together…I mean they are friends and since Erestor is always so serious it would be interesting to see him vunerable, or without his guard down. :). Sooner or later Narelda and Glorfindel should have a fight to end their relationship Muahahaha…jk jk jk. Glor and Erestor fit quite nicely despite their differences.
~Re
continue it, please! Very engaging!
Are you aware of the glaring fact that Glorfindel is ofthe male gender?
There’s not enough stories with Erestor, in my meek opinion. Thank you!! I like the twist with Glorfindel as a girl it makes it very entertaining. Like you said, this is FANfiction.
The detailing is just right, just enough to keep it lively but not so much you’re bogged down in it.
Looking forward to more!!!
BTW, how did you find out if people put you on their favorite list? 🙂
Quite a lurvly story, yes. Erestor sounds very hot to me, personally. I think he could do better than Glorifindel, but that’s just me! I hope that Erestor kills Nardela (gaaaaah, is that how you spell it?) that would be muy hilarious. JK, great story. I’m quite engaged now so YOU BETTER CONTINUE or I will weep.
awww this chapters SO good!!! i swear it really is the first romance fanfict i’ve EVER read!!…i keep checking to see if u’ve added and i was so happy when i saw this chapter…lol….its so good i’ve printed off now all ur chapters and put them in my favorite fanfic book that travels everywhere w/ me!!! anyhopper keep writin!!
Glorifindel is ment to be a guy, but girl,boy or dancing bear it is still a good story. Good job.
Yes, vunerable indeed, he had a breakdown! Glorfindel was a bit harsh bit anyways, the way Erestor acts is due to draw those conclusions…..poor him…. Is Narelda cheating on Glorfindel or something? There’s gotta to be something to get her angry at him and dump him……lol..
~Re
Given that this fanfic is now three chapters behind (I edited chapter 10 and sent it back to j_merc earlier this week), one does start to wonder what on earth is holding up the process so long…
New chapter!!!!!!! rejoice rejoice. Damn I finished it to quickly. Thank you for the new chapter, and thank you for reminding me of my own Geogrophy work.
Ahhh! Cliff hanger! You are so cruel (grinning)! The angst, the drama..can’t wait for the next chapter!! 🙂
hey, cool story!! people never really write about glorfindel, and i think it was a cool twist to make “him” a “her”. can’t wait for the next chapters!
actually i was wondering when i read the title why it was “lady” Glorfindel. But you did a really good job making Glorfy a girl. And yes, it is Elvish.
I like this story VERY VERY much!
ohmigosh. i love this story SO much. i’m reading it at work when i can snatch moments inbetween. i’m addicted! i only have one chapter left to read. does that mean there’s more? cuz it can’t be over yet. i can’t tell you how much i enjoy your ingenuity in writing this.
oh my. i just finished this last chapter, and i don’t think i can handle waiting for another. i’m fairly new to the site, so i got to read 10 whole chapters in a row. it’s gonna take some getting used to, having to wait for chapters. i’m just so excited to see what you do with it, especially since erestor is evidently captured by orcs, and glorfindel is the head warrior at imladris. hmmm….wonder who’s gonna rescue erestor. of course, how does she find out that he’s captured. oh gosh, please hurry. 🙂 by the way, is Rebecca Smallwood your name? as i said, i’m new, and i’m finding it difficult to find some things out on here.
the Geography went great. New chapter is good to
You might say this is boring,but from what i’ve read so far I love it. Keep up the good work, mellon!
UPDATED, UPDATED, UPDATED~ YYYYYYYYYYYaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyy
Thank-you for finally writing more of this terrific story
Hey! yay! i like the new chapter…i wonder though. does Glorfindel love him as in more than friends? and keep up the good work! i’ll be looking forward to the new chapters!
It’s about time Glorfindel!!!! It had to take poor Erestor getting captured by orcs for her to see! hmph!!
Hold on Erestor, she’s on her way!!!!!
Great Chapter
hey… i just recentlyread your story… its beautiful… its very creative… ya know how Glorfindel is a she-elf in this.. write more… I LOVE IT!…
its not that bad. i’m really glad that you’ve updated! i’ve been waiting a long time. anyways…its pretty good. if it was my first time writing a battle sequence it would have been horrible. but i don’t write at all.
Awsome story! Keep it up!
YAY!! *is happy*
awww….i mean the part where Erestor holds Glorfindel in his arms…thats so sweet…keep on writing! please update soon!
Anoriel
Anoriel – Liana
that was a very good fic… one of the best ive read (and trust me… some i have read arent even worth reviewing…) i enjoyed it very much, and i love the ending… (although i would like to know how Glorfindel knew the contents of Erestor’s wardrobe…) the she-elf coversion of Glorfindel was very appropriate THANK YOU, and cant wait for the sequel, PM me the title so i dont forget to read it (unless its obvious what it is) thanks again, lesley
It was so sweet!! It was springing tears in my eyes lol. Awesome story! Hope you write another one lol.
~Re
I’m still not used to the idea of Glorfindel being a woman but apart from that… -when does the sequel come?!?
i’m thinking the same thing Glorifindel was thinking…huh? why did he kiss her then push her away..? and yea, i think the same thing, about how it’s like she was rubbing it in the face..
“Glorfindel, you really are a woman.â€
yea, even tomboys are still really women, i think every woman or girl wants to be seen that way, whether they know it or not.
Deciding he had nothing to lose he reached out and pulled her towards him, and enfolding his arms around her.
Glorfindel allowed her self to be pulled into the embrace. She felt more secure then she had in a long while, and allowed herself to be soothed by Erestor.
awww…that’s sweet…cute too, anyway, i’m going to read the next chapter and the sequel to this story too, sorry i didn’t review in awhile, i haven’t been on this site in a long time…anyway, i like i said, i’m going to read the next chapter now! =D
Liana
“How do you know the contents of my wardrobe?â€
huh? where did that come from…? anyways, short but good chapter, i’m going to read the sequel now.
Liana