Things of Beauty by LadyBrooke

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Fanwork Notes

Specific prompt from B2MeM: “On silver necklaces they strung The flowering stars, On crowns they hung The dragon-fire, in twisted wire They meshed the light of moon and sun.” JRR Tolkien, The Hobbit - Purple Path

 

Fanwork Information

Summary:

Thingol bargains for a necklace, the dwarves make a crown to scare dragons, and Narvi decides to make up for Celebrimbor's failings.

 

Three linked drabbles.

Major Characters: Azaghâl, Celebrimbor, Narvi, Nimloth

Major Relationships:

Genre: Fixed-Length Ficlet, General

Challenges: B2MeM 2017, Strength and Beauty

Rating: General

Warnings: Character Death
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 306
Posted on 27 March 2017 Updated on 27 March 2017

This fanwork is complete.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Comments

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Oh, wonderful! You included Azaghâl! That part in the account of the Battle of Unnumbered Tears comprises some of my favorite lines of Tolkien narrative prose:

"Then the Dwarves raised up the body of Azaghâl and bore it away; and with slow steps they walked behind singing a dirge in deep voices, as it were a funeral pomp in their country, and gave no heed more to their foes; and none dared to stay them[! my emphasis added]."

I love that you chose to tell a story of what follows his death and how his comrades respond--resolute and courageous.

Sorry for the late reply! The doorway enscribing is made of ithildin and was placed by an elf (specifically, Celebrimbor). But this isn't referring to him taking wire to the door and placing it on the door, though I can see how you got that impression! It's referring to him leaving the Halls of Moria, and going outside through the door to look up at the moon and sun and make sure the colors are right so he can make the new crown for Celebrimbor correctly.

I'm glad they were evocative, though.