Atanatari: Of the Three Houses of the Edain by Himring

Swan-Knight

Imrahil reads his nephew an old story of the First Age. It is no coincidence that the story features swans...

I think Imrahil might have a special interest in Tuor, given the resemblance between the emblems of their houses!

Written for lirin for a request for something on Imrahil’s relationship with his nephews after Finduilas died, especially Faramir (Fandom Giftbox 2018)

Rating: General Audiences

‘Now Tuor loved swans,’ read Imrahil. ‘He rose therefore to greet the birds and call to them.’

Looking up, he saw how raptly Faramir was listening. He smiled and went on reading.

‘And as he stepped down from the doors the swans did him reverence, and plucking each a great feather from their wing they proferred them to him, and he took the seven feathers and set them in the crest of his helm.

I was as old as you are now when I first discovered this story. Can you imagine the game I played the next day?’

Faramir nodded.

Chapter End Notes

The italicized bits are extracts from "Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin", in Unfinished Tales.

100 words in MS Word.