A Bow of Burning Gold by Lferion
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Written for the Silmarillion Writer's Guild 2024 New Year's Resolution challenge, using a prompt from the August Roaring Twenties challenge -- Card: Roaring 20s, N5: Elgar's "Jerusalem". Posted here on AO3.
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Summary: What bow, what arrows will serve against such a foe as Glaurung? A single drabble. Major Characters: Fingon Major Relationships: Genre: Fixed-Length Ficlet, General Challenges: New Year's Resolution, Roaring Twenties Rating: General Warnings: |
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| Chapters: 1 | Word Count: 103 |
| Posted on 21 January 2024 | Updated on 21 January 2024 |
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A Bow of Burning Gold
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After encountering Glaurung and succeeding in running him off, Fingon thought long on what would be better next time -- for the creature was still young, not yet grown into full size or strength or capability, and who knew what those would prove to be? Though malice he certainly had in full measure. This would not be the last they saw of such things. Their war-bows had done damage, and their spears, but not enough. A stronger bow, from horseback, sturdier arrows.... He could almost see it, burning gold against smouldering malice, ice-imbued sharpness flying true. A challenge for the weapon-smiths.
Oh, love this! (It's so…
Oh, love this! (It's so easy to forget that Fingon was the first one to face down Glaurung)
Thank you!
I'm glad you like it.
A nice look at Fingon the…
A nice look at Fingon the planner! (Not resting on his laurels, the poor lad...)
Thank you!
Small dangers can all too easily become big ones....
I'm glad you liked it!
That will definitely be a…
That will definitely be a challenge for the weaponsmiths. I wonder whether their first attempts were recorded and helped in the creation of the arrow that felled Smaug millenia later...