A Sense of History: Straight Road
The next in a series of articles about ships passing to and from the West, Simon uses "The Fall of Númenor" to attempt to arrive at Tolkien's reading of the exordium to "Beowulf."
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...”