Finduilas, granddaughter of Denethor
The shades of the Last Ruling Steward live on in Finduilas. She hates this: but she also knows there’s truth to it.
Meanwhile, Aldarion, heir to the Steward of Arnor, has come to Minas Tirith to learn more about being a Steward.
He’s dismayed when Steward Faramir’s two eldest children, Elboron and Finduilas, are assigned to show him around.
Aldarion goes to Gondor
After the unexpected and tragic death of his older brother Alberion, Aldarion suddenly has to step into the shoes of heir to the Steward of Arnor. He feels like a country bumpkin in Minas Tirith, particularly next to Elboron, the sophisticated heir to the Steward of Gondor, and his sister Finduilas.
(Not yet available but we know what happens, and have part written various scenes, as you can see from the next story)
Arahaelon’s “special friend”
Lord Arahaelon is utterly dismayed when his father attempts to marry him off to his fellow judicial clerk, Lady Finduilas of Emyn Arnen. His father is convinced it’s perfect: “She doesn’t like people, you don’t like women!”
However, an unexpected friendship blooms when the pair realise they have more in common than they thought.
(Medium short story, ~15,000 words)
Finduilas goes to Arnor
When Finduilas goes to Arnor as the new bride of Lord Aldarion, she clashes with Steward Halberen.
(Short story, unfinished)
Finduilas returns to Emyn Arnen
When Finduilas returns to Emyn Arnen after a long absence for her sister Morwen’s wedding, she is racked by doubts: is she worthy of being the child of two such honourable people as Faramir and Éowyn?
[Suggested reading order: after the stories in Idis and Thorongil but before Idis in Harad.]
(Short story, unfinished)