27/12/2019

These could be the chapters of a (p)reboot Silmarillion

Prologue: Ælfwine of England.

FIRST CYCLE: THE TALE OF THE VALAR
1. Ainulindalë: Of the Music of the Ainur.
2. Valaquenta: Of the Valar and Maiar.
3. Of the Beginning of Days and the Shaping of the Earth.
4. Of the Coming of the Elves and the Great Journey.

SECOND CYCLE: RISE OF THE NOLDOR
5. Of Eldamar and the Princes of the Eldar.
6. Of the Lives and Deaths of the Eldar.
7. Of the Unrest of the Noldor.
8. Aldudénië: Of the Darkening of Valinor.
9. Of the Flight of the Noldor.
10. Of the Sindar and the Dwarves.
11. Narsilion: Of the Sun and Moon, and the Hiding of Valinor.
12. Of the Return of the Noldor.
13. Of Beleriand and Its Realms.
14. Of Gondolin.
15. Of Men and their Coming into the West.
16. Athrabeth of Felagund and Andreth.
17. Of the Fall of Finwë.

THIRD CYCLE: BEREN AND LÚTHIEN
18. The Lay of Leithian: Of Beren and Lúthien.
  1. The Outlaws of Ladros.
  2. Beren in Doriath.
  3. The Kingdom of Nargothrond.
  4. The Way North.
  5. The Hells of Iron.
  6. The Many Returns.

FOURTH CYCLE: THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF HADOR
19. Of the High-captains of Dor-lómin
20. Of the Fifth Battle: Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
21. Narn i Hîn Húrin: The Tale of the Children of Húrin.
  1. The Childhood of Túrin.
  2. The Words of Húrin and Morgoth.
  3. The Departure of Túrin.
  4. Túrin in Doriath.
  5. Túrin among the Outlaws.
  6. Of Mîm the Dwarf.
  7. Túrin in Nargothrond.
  8. The Wanderings of Túrin.
  9. The Coming of Túrin into Brethil.
  10. The Journey of Morwen and Nienor to Nargothrond.
  11. Nienor in Brethil.
  12. The Coming of Glaurung.
  13. The Assault on Glaurung.
  14. The Doom of Túrin.
22. Of the Wanderings of Húrin.
  1. Húrin the Wanderer.
  2. Húrin’s Entrance in Brethil.
  3. The Prison of Húrin.
  4. The Trial of Húrin.
  5. Morgoth among the Haladin.
  6. Morwen’s Grave.
  7. The Last Wandering.

FIFTH CYCLE: THE ASCENSION OF EÄRENDIL
23. Of the Ruin of Doriath.
24. Of Tuor and the Fall of Gondolin.
  1. The Youth of Tuor.
  2. The Journey to Nevrast.
  3. Tuor in Nevrast.
  4. The Journey to Gondolin.
  5. The Gates of Gondolin.
  6. Tuor in Gondolin.
  7. The Battle of Gondolin.
  8. Escape and Exile.
25. The Lay of Eärendil: Of the Voyage of Eärendil and the War of Wrath.

SIXTH CYCLE: THE DOMINION OF MEN
26. Of Númenor.
27. Of the New Shadow.
28. The Mariner’s Wife: Of Aldarion and Erendis.
29. Akallabêth: Of the Fall of Númenor.
30. There and Back Again: Of the Quest of Himling.
31. Of the Last Alliance.

Appendices:

I. The Tale of Years.
  1. First Age, Valian Years.
  2. First Age, Years of the Sun.
  3. Second Age of the Sun.
  4. First Years of the Dominion of Men.
  5. The line of the Kings of Númenor.
II. Maps of Beleriand.
  1. During the War of the Jewels.
  2. In the Second Age.
III. Family trees.
  1. The Lords of the Noldor and the Teleri.
  2. The Three Houses of the Edain.
  3. The Lords of the Longbeards.