An Element of Noldorin Design by Himring

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.

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.