The Brown Lands by Fernstrike

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Originally written for Back to Middle-earth Month 2017: Night and Day.

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Summary:

As the Last Alliance marches east through desolation, Oropher learns of what befell the Entwives.

Major Characters: Oropher

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Rating: General

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This fanwork belongs to the series

Chapters: 1 Word Count: 100
Posted on 9 March 2017 Updated on 30 December 2021

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The Brown Lands

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The Brown Lands stretched ahead, ashen grey. The Enemy's work. "Mark your water and rations carefully," called the King, marching Greenwood's elves on through it.

He paused briefly, touching a tiny brown patch on a blackened stump -

Sparks stung her as the inferno moved, a burning wall. A fawn trembled in her roots, hacking and coughing as life forsook it. She tried to coil herself around him, let him pass without having to touch the flames. The fire neared - she would not bow to it, to Him. The Entwife raised her strongest branches like a shield, and thought of Spring.


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