All the Answers by Himring

Musician

Maglor plays part of the Noldolante.

Rating: General.

Daeron wiped tears of laughter from his eyes.

‘Who would have thought it? You Golodhrim seem such a stiff-necked, solemn people and, by your reputation, I expected a son of Feanor to be more stiff-necked and solemn than any!’

He sobered.

‘But...indeed, that isn’t the work you’re famous for, is it? Forgive me for mentioning it, but even in Doriath we heard of the Noldolante. I suppose it must be quite a long piece? Would you regard it as discourteous, if, out of professional interest, I asked you to play just a part of it, a section...?’

Maglor laid his palm across the strings. He’d sung the bawdy, rollicking song with a lot of vim and energy—and a completely straight face. Now he flashed Daeron a quick smile and then looked away.

‘I just did’, he said softly. ‘It is all, all Noldolante—because it is I who play it.’

Chapter End Notes

There is a slight chronological issue here in that, if this story is set at the Mereth Aderthad, Daeron should not know of the Noldolante yet, unless he has heard of the title, but does not know what the piece is about.