All Shall Fade by Narya
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Summary:
An old dwarf gloats and grieves in Nargothrond.
Major Characters: Mîm
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Artwork Type: No artwork type listed
Genre: General
Challenges: B2MeM 2018
Rating: General
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Chapters: 1 Word Count: 99 Posted on 20 April 2018 Updated on 20 April 2018 This fanwork is complete.
Chapter 1
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Stale air blew through the Elf-king's halls. It tasted of sulphur and stone and gold. Mîm clung to the shadows, wary, alert - yet each passage was silent, every cavern an empty black yawn. Glee sharp as poison surged through him. Where now was Finrod, the valiant and wise? Where the bright-armoured warriors and sweet-voiced maids? Dead, he thought, and he chuckled.
The echo scuttled around the cave. Dead like your sons. Dead like the beautiful boy you betrayed.
He moaned.
I am the last. I will die, and we will fade from history and song.
Alone in the dark, Mîm knelt and wept.
Chapter End Notes
Written for B2MeM 2018, prompt no. 7 from the initial prompt list:
"But the songs wither, and the world worsens." ("The Homecoming of Beorhtnoth Beorthelm's Son")
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