What Fortitude by StarSpray  

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Written for the 2025 Tolkien Reverse Summer Bang for SouthAway's gorgeous art A Wanderer Escaped From Night. The art is also embedded with the fic on AO3. 

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Summary:

"Whatever the songs say, I am still only myself, and I miss my grandfather.”

Five times Eärendil asks for news of Turgon, and one time he does not have to.

Major Characters: Eärendil, Turgon, Elwing, Glorfindel, Egalmoth, Aredhel, Maeglin, Ecthelion of the Fountain

Major Relationships: Eärendil/Elwing, Eärendil & Turgon, Eärendil & Maeglin, Eärendil & Ecthelion, Eärendil & Glorfindel, Eärendil & Egalmoth, Aredhel & Eärendil

Genre: Drama, Family, General, Hurt/Comfort

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Rating: General

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Chapters: 1 Word Count: 7, 077
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Awww <3 
How they all remember Eärendil as a child, and now meet him again as a grown man. It must be lovely to see all those again whom he once loved, people to whom he is a real person and not just a legend. 

Him missing Turgon, though ***sniff*** This must be so hard, to wait for many thousands of years for someone, unsure whether they will ever return, wondering why they take so long to return. It’s all the sweeter to think of Turgon accompanying Eärendil on his journey. I’m sure they have a lot to talk about.