Do you cut down down blossoming trees in the spring for firewood? by Himring
Fanwork Notes
For the tengwa alda (tree) for the Tengwar challenge.
Warning for political dangers and risks and also for devastation as canon-typical for late Numenor.
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Summary:
In western Numenor, there is an area famous for its trees and plants. But the Faithful have been banished to the east. And in the last days of Numenor, on the coast an army assembles...
Major Characters: Amandil, Lindórië, Númenóreans
Major Relationships:
Genre: Fixed-Length Ficlet
Challenges: Tengwar
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 204 Posted on 25 April 2024 Updated on 19 July 2024 This fanwork is complete.
Do you cut down down blossoming trees in the spring for firewood?
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‘Do you remember those trips to Nisinen in spring,’ murmurs Lindorie, leaning heavily on Amandil’s arm. ‘All that fragrant blossom—flowers and shrubs on the shore in bloom and the scent of the trees wafting on the breeze… How untroubled we were!’
Lindorie is very old. Amandil thinks she may be blending such memories with memories of visits even further back—with his father perhaps, in more peaceful times?
‘We cannot go there now, can we?’ she says and sighs.
‘No,’ he says. ‘I am sorry. We cannot.’
Leaving Romenna, even to go admire spring blossoms, would cause immediate suspicion.They love Numenor, so they want to keep it forever, the King’s Men say.
But the Nisimaldar, those trees famed for their scent in song, are destroyed even before the whole island sinks under the Wave. In the bay of Eldalonde many ships of the King’s Fleet anchor, as all along the coast. Any wood not felled as timber for upkeep and repairs on the ships is gathered and burned as fuel—blossoming branches and fragrant breezes are now become smoke on the wind.
The King’s Men shrug off the damage. Their sights are set on the conquest of Valinor.
Chapter End Notes
Written also as a prompt fill for the prompt "Blossoms in the Breeze" at tolkien100 on Dreamwidth.
A pair of fixed-length drabbles of 100 words according to MS Word.
The title is adapted from a rhetorical question by Gimli (from the chapter "The Road to Isengard" in The Two Towers).
The first drabble is meant to be set quite some time earlier than the second; nevertheless Lindorie (sister of Amandil's great-grandfather) would be very old indeed by then. But I decided that was still just about feasible (*handwave*).
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