White Wings by Zdenka

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Fanwork Notes

This is an extremely late fulfilment of something I promised to write for Huinare, who prompted: "I'd like to see Míriel, as the downfall of Númenor draws near, discover/remember a poem or song that comforts her, if only for a moment."

Finished with encouragement/inspiration from B2MeM 2018 and this B2MeM prompt: photograph of seagulls at sunset. Thanks to thinkatory for beta-reading.

Fanwork Information

Summary:

As Sauron’s influence grows in Númenor, Míriel and a scholar of the Faithful discuss the translation of Elvish poetry.

Major Characters: Original Male Character(s), Tar-Míriel

Major Relationships:

Genre: General

Challenges: B2MeM 2018

Rating: Teens

Warnings: Mature Themes
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1, 216
Posted on 20 March 2018 Updated on 20 March 2018

This fanwork is complete.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Comments

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What a great, poignant story! Knowing the doom coming, the glimpse of the family by the seaside, telling the tale of Elwing, the gulls, the details of the shore--were all heart-wrenching,

You bring out the painful significance that art and language and study have in a time of danger: " Now half the world was sheered away."

Ah, the poor stubborn poet: take a ship, sir!

And your sketch of Miriel: her reserve and caution and self-control, caught in a horrible trap. Something about the idea of Sauron in Numenor is more terrifying to me than many of his other incarnations. Perhaps it is the idea of the people who glimpse his truth, but cannot get away: and he's so *near,* not off in a black tower. Shudder.

Thank you so much! I'm very glad you liked this.

It would be better if Azrahad would take a ship, but I think he's too stubborn to leave. But I imagine that his translations and some of his other works were brought to Middle-earth by the survivors of Númenor, and he would care more about that than his own personal survival.

I'm glad you like this depiction of Míriel! Sauron in Númenor is terrifying to me too. As you say, he's right there, and he's gradually corrupted their society, so it isn't just a distant Dark Lord doing this to them, but their own friends and family and neighbors.