Drabbles for Tolkien Weekly by Ysilme

Creature Comforts I

This set of Drabbles is for the Woodwork Challenge and set in the Silmarillion, sometime after the kinslaying at the Havens of Sirion.

Characters: Maglor, Maedhros, Elrond, Elros.

Challenge: Woodwork  - Drill

Elrond observed attentively as his foster-father drilled a hole in the plank he had wedged against a rock.

“What are you making?”

Maglor looked up, giving the boy a tight smile. “A chair, for Maedhros. He would never admit it, but he gets uncomfortable sitting on the ground all the time.”

“Can I help?”

The Fëanorion looked appraisingly at his young charge. “Why not? Have you used a whittling knife before?”

Elrond shook his head. Maglor set his task aside, found a suitable knife and some wood, and beckoned the boy to join him.  

“Here, hold the knife like this...”