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martasfic ([personal profile] martasfic) wrote2007-07-12 08:14 pm

LOTR Drabble: Other Deeds

Title: 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.

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