Kortirion by Himring
Fanwork Notes
Written for B2MeM 2022.
Kortirion is both Tolkien's name for Warwick and the name of a city in Tol Eressea.
Originally, he thought of these as a single place, but later as two different cities of the same name.
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Summary:
Maglor in Warwick.
Major Characters: Maglor
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Genre: Fixed-Length Ficlet
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Rating: General
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Chapters: 1 Word Count: 101 Posted on 25 March 2022 Updated on 25 March 2022 This fanwork is complete.
Kortirion
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Sometimes Maglor could almost believe that he does not need to cross the Sea to go home—as now, here, in a winding street in this ancient city of elms where old shadows linger at noon by the broken gate, while below the river called River flows away. The past is very present here and, where time seems so fluid, it is almost as if that other barrier might also be illusory, as if he could step into those shadows and fade through into Warwick’s twin in Tol Eressea.
But, then, a peacock screeches—and Maglor is all too solid.
Chapter End Notes
For the B2MeM 2022 the General prompt G-110: Kortirion.
This drabble adapts phrases and themes from Tolkien's poem "Kortirion among the Trees". An extract from this poem can be found at Tolkien Gateway. Kortirion belongs with some of Tolkien's earliest ideas within the Legendarium, but was retained and developed as a concept for some time, although perhaps not into its final stages.
Warwick, of course, still exists. It lies on the River Avon and the original meaning of the name Avon is "river."
100 words in MS Word.
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