Berion's Song by Himring

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Fanwork Notes

For the Kings & Queens challenge: the king in question is Fingon.

This is an adaptation of the poem Romance by Andrew Lang, better known as the lyrics of Elgar's part song My love dwelt in a northern land. That is why it is also tagged as a crossover.

Warnings for canonical character death (the setting is the First Age in the time after the Battle of Unnumbered Tears) and for themes of grief and mourning.

Fanwork Information

Summary:

Berion, captain of Barad Eithel under King Fingon, laments Fingon's death and the loss of his home.

Major Characters: Original Male Character(s), Fingon

Major Relationships:

Genre: Crossover, Poetry

Challenges: Kings & Queens

Rating: Teens

Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings

Chapters: 1 Word Count: 149
Posted on 29 August 2024 Updated on 29 August 2024

This fanwork is complete.

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Berion is a recurring original character of mine and features as protagonist in Above the Clouds as well as as minor or background character in a number of other stories, especially in some stories in my series Gloom, Doom and Maedhros.


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How oft I watched beneath the moon

my king gaze out over wood and lawn

or ride singing a merry tune,

until, his brand for battle drawn,

he fell, come a midsummer dawn.

AND

Who sees now if the mountains green

still cradle castle-ruins grey?

Who sees now if the boughs between

the lake-shore gleams each desolate day?

Above the slain, the grass is green.

They trod his banner in the clay!

How beautifully sorrowful this reads. And Fingon, one of the most heartbreaking ends...