Dream of the Black Sword by Flora-lass

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Fanwork Notes

Written for the Bollywood challenge prompt: 'over-the-top villain'.

Fanwork Information

Summary:

Beleg comforts Gwindor in Taur-nu-Fuin. 

Major Characters: Beleg, Gwindor

Major Relationships:

Genre: Hurt/Comfort

Challenges: Bollywood

Rating: Teens

Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings

Chapters: 1 Word Count: 1, 706
Posted on 14 August 2024 Updated on 21 August 2024

This fanwork is a work in progress.

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Gwindor is said to have lost a hand when he escaped from Angband. My version is a little different, but he is still badly injured - and confused about his injury.


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This was so beautiful but also so very sad - the reference to being cautious when dealing with the wounded and terrified!  Oh if only Beled had seen that more clearly.   Poor Gwindor.  ((hugs both tight))

Thank you! I've thought so hard about this, and I can only think that Beleg's love for Túrin meant that he couldn't bear to see him in fetters, so he just rushed in to free him the moment he could, without any of the caution he'd have used with anyone else. :( 

However...my ideas for Chapter 2 are evolving, and there may yet be hope, where there was none...

The dialogue in here sounds so true to Tolkien's characters. I like Beleg's moment of feeling conflicted over whether to stop and help. Of course his generous compassion wins out, but the hesitation is believable, and shows how badly he wants to find Turin. Beleg's use of song for comfort and healing is very Elvish. Poor Gwindor, escaping so much horror just to get a glimpse of everything else fate has in store for him. (UNLESS... he and Beleg manage to evade their respective dooms...) This is both sad and heart-warming, and very well written! I will keep an eye out for future chapters.