New Challenge: Bollywood
This month's challenge offers songs, films, and tropes from Bollywood, the world's largest film industry based out of India, as prompts for fanworks.
Eldacar Telcontar first appeared in my ficlet "Two Princes" as a newborn and again in "Circumstances in the City of Stars" as a small boy. I've never written him as an adult, much less a father. But he is, in my-verse, the great-grandson of Aragorn Elessar, born on the day Aragorn goes to the Silent Street to surrender his life to Eru.
Here, he's a father to twin children, Silmarien and Meneldur, named after their Numenorean forebears.
"Atya?"
King Eldacar Telcontar, great-grandson of Elessar, turned from his place at the window to greet his daughter, Silmarien, and son, Meneldur as they entered his study. "Tyenyar. It is a pleasure to have you both with me today." He gave the twins each a kiss and embrace which they returned, then stepped back. "Is all well with you, my children?"
Meneldur cast his gaze to one side, cheeks flushed. "It is nothing, Atar, I have heard...well, it is nothing important."
Eldacar, who had rather a better idea of 'nothing important' than his second-born might think he did, gave the young man a withering glare worthy of his illustrious forefather. "The Lower Circles whisper against your sister's rule again, senya?"
Meneldur shrugged carelessly. "It is naught, Atarinya, truly. I love Silmarien and have pledged my fealty to her; can the people do any less?"
"Yes," Silmarien retorted, "they can. But with you as my champion, hano, I fear no threat."