Fingon's Wife by Ugly Duchess

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Summary:

Feelings of Fingon's wife. He leaves for his last battle. 

Major Characters: Fingon

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Artwork Type: No artwork type listed

Genre: Poetry

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Rating: General

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Chapters: 1 Word Count: 591
Posted on 2 February 2014 Updated on 2 February 2014

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Chapter 1

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  This night my heart with fear was strangled

 And why that was I don’t know.

He’ll to go fight, my love, the Valiant - 

It was decided long ago.

I know his friend is true and faithful,

 And so much this friendship means.

The  crying Queen would be disgraceful

So I must never be in tears.

The crying Queen would make people mourn,

And they’ll all cry - what shall I do?

The scarlet dawn, this dreadful morning.

 Go now, my love. I’ll  wait for you.   

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I love the way this flows, and there are some very striking images and insights in your poem - being the High Queen of the Noldor can't be easy, and especially not in a time of war, as most of Fingon's reign was... so her trying to put up a brave face in front of her people was a very touching moment (and more so knowing that he won't return this time).

And on top of all of that, here's one of the invisible characters of the legendarium being formidable in her own right, which would be enough to make me love this to pieces in any circumstance.