Moving Forward by StarSpray

New Kingdoms

Prompt: Branch

It didn’t take long for the Elven groups to start branching out, heading east through Eriador and beyond.

Celeborn stripped small branches from a longer limb to make a walking stick as he listened to Celebrimbor talk with other smiths about settling near the western entrance of Khazad-dûm. Galadriel sat nearby, also listening—with a glint in her eyes that Celeborn recognized.

Their conversation later went as expected. Celebimbor was a craftsman, not a leader. Someone would need to make sure the settlement didn’t fall apart when he lost interest.

Celeborn sighed. Noldor and Dwarves. Wonderful. “When do we leave?”