An Element of Noldorin Design by Himring
Fanwork Notes
Written for the SWG Insta-drabbling session in January 2023, for an image prompt showing a Gothic cathedral partly surrounded by scaffolding (technically a Restoration and Rebuilding prompt, although that is not quite how I used it).
Warning for implied character death.
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Summary:
Melimo, Fingon’s architect, defending the fortress he built against overwhelming force, after the Nirnaeth Arnoediad.
Major Characters: Original Character(s), Noldor
Major Relationships:
Artwork Type: No artwork type listed
Genre: Fixed-Length Ficlet
Challenges: Restoration and Rebuilding
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 102 Posted on 29 September 2023 Updated on 29 September 2023 This fanwork is complete.
An Element of Noldorin Design
This is a spin-off from A Stiff Northern Breeze and especially its short companion piece Engineering and Diplomacy (SWG link to both), but it can be read on its own.
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Melimo knocked out the single strut that would collapse the scaffolding that supported the drawbridge and send the enemy troops assailing the gate plummeting into the depths of the ravine. It had been his own addition to Curufin’s design, a fail-safe for the kind of attack he had hoped would never come.
Now, even this turned out not to be enough, not after the disastrous defeat out on the plain. The fortress in the Ered Wethrin would fall, like the rest of Hithlum. But they could hold out a little longer, take a few more of the enemy with them.
Chapter End Notes
The drabble didn't acquire a title until I posted it to Tumblr for tolkienocweek.
100 words in MS Word.
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