Fell Beast, Dreadful Spirit by Narya
Fanwork Notes
Rated T for canon character death and vaguely haunt-y stuff.
This is a gift for Anérea, who kindly illustrated the Draugluin bio I recently wrote for SWG, using a photo of my own dog as a reference.
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Summary:
Tolkien's werewolves are not the lycanthropes of popular myth. What happens when they die?
A drabble.
Major Characters: Draugluin
Major Relationships:
Genre: Fixed-Length Ficlet
Challenges:
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Character Death
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 102 Posted on 4 July 2023 Updated on 4 July 2023 This fanwork is complete.
Chapter 1
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He heard the call and refused to yield. Who was he, he wondered? What had he been, long ago in the dark?
The wolf-shape stood beside him, silvery-blue, teeth bared in challenge and joy.
Together? he asked.
Yes. A twitch of the tail; a lift of the great front paw. Let us run.
Stars burned. Mountains flew under their feet. They raced through the shadows, over fire and blood, through the heart of the world and back. They sang to the skies and howled down the wind. Nobody saw them; nobody heard.
It is good, he thought, to be free.
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