LOTR Drabble: Other Deeds
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martasficTitle: Other Deeds
Summary: Aragorn decides to leave Gondor for Harad.
Word Count: 100
Rating: General (nothing objectionable)
Timeline: Mid-Third Age (bookverse)
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Thorongil stood on Dol Amroth's docks. Always one wave battled the last: wax, wane. The white foam gleamed beneath Isil.
As did Gondor: swords clashed, ships burned. Waxing. Waning. Yet where Gondor met Umbar, Isil shone down on red.
In Rohan, he had learned to follow; in Gondor, to lead. Yet these were not his shores he protected. Someday, perhaps, but not yet. And he knew precious little of those he sought to destroy.
Thorongil ran a finger along the new tattoo. Harad lay ahead;he would pass as one of them.
The time had come. Other deeds called him.
Summary: Aragorn decides to leave Gondor for Harad.
Word Count: 100
Rating: General (nothing objectionable)
Timeline: Mid-Third Age (bookverse)
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Thorongil stood on Dol Amroth's docks. Always one wave battled the last: wax, wane. The white foam gleamed beneath Isil.
As did Gondor: swords clashed, ships burned. Waxing. Waning. Yet where Gondor met Umbar, Isil shone down on red.
In Rohan, he had learned to follow; in Gondor, to lead. Yet these were not his shores he protected. Someday, perhaps, but not yet. And he knew precious little of those he sought to destroy.
Thorongil ran a finger along the new tattoo. Harad lay ahead;he would pass as one of them.
The time had come. Other deeds called him.