Starting Over by Himring
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Written for Lockdown Insta-drabbling Round 3 on the SWG Discord for the prompts: crucible, beginning, fire, new
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Summary:
We know Celebrimbor canonically worked together with Narvi; whether he ever watched his grandmother's father Mahtan at work, Tolkien does not tell us.
It was my idea that Mahtan and Narvi might have something in common, in his eyes...
Major Characters: Celebrimbor, Mahtan, Narvi
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Artwork Type: No artwork type listed
Genre: Fixed-Length Ficlet
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Rating: Teens
Warnings: Creator Chooses Not to Warn
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 97 Posted on 13 April 2020 Updated on 13 April 2020 This fanwork is complete.
Chapter 1
PG just for a very discreet allusion to Celebrimbor's regrets
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‘This’ said Mahtan, ‘did not come out quite right, you see? It will have to be melted down in the crucible, in the fire, and we will have to begin anew.’
Celebrimbor was flattered by the unjustified implication that he was helping Mahtan. But he was even more impressed by his calmness; Mahtan, he felt, really did not mind that this attempt had failed!
Two Ages later, Celebrimbor watched Narvi cheerfully melt down an exquisite, slightly unbalanced weather-vane, as if he had all the time in the world. How ever Celebrimbor himself, longer-lived, yearned for new beginnings—never without regret.
Chapter End Notes
Also for the Tolkien Weekly prompt: weather vane.
100 words in MS Word
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