Elegy for Boromir, Steward of Gondor by Himring
Fanwork Notes
This is an old piece.
I had not posted it to SWG at the time because of its Third Age setting, but then Boromir's name cropped up in the list of rare characters for the Hidden Figures challenge...
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Summary:
Elegy on the fate of Boromir, the eleventh Ruling Steward of Gondor, son of Denethor I., after whom Boromir, son of Denethor II, was named.
Major Characters: Boromir (Steward of Gondor)
Major Relationships:
Genre: Experimental, Poetry
Challenges: B2MeM 2012
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Character Death
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 164 Posted on 14 April 2019 Updated on 14 April 2019 This fanwork is complete.
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I was experimenting with interweaving poetry and prose here, in the form of a textual collage.
The speaker might perhaps be an admirer of Boromir among the Rohirrim, some years after Boromir's death, perhaps a loremaster teaching students.
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