Light blots out the Sky by starshadeemily  

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Summary:

Eol witnesses the new lights

Major Characters: Eöl

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Genre: General

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Rating: General

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Chapters: 1 Word Count: 685
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Light blots out the Sky

This is written in first person from Eol's point of view.

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This was BEAUTIFUL emily. i know i already said this on tumblr but there were so many stunning turns of phrase in here. The language around Anguirel drinking the black blood was particularly visceral. i also loved this paragraph:

So. This is how it shall be, as I understand it; the Powers that abandoned the earth would govern it still from their palaces in the West. They who loosed the Dark Lord into the world again would make war with him from afar. His creatures scatter, fearing the light, hating it as do I, and they flee into my woods, and find shelter in the shadows of Nan Elmoth. For by making light, the Powers have made also darkness; whatever their light may hurt the dark one, it does naught but injury to myself.

I love your style, and I love how sympathetically you've written Eol <3

thank you so much friend!! I love how Gurthang was all like "I will drink thy blood gladly" to Turin, so I imagine that Anguirel is a similarly bloodthirsty sword, and I wanted to draw the connection between the two evil swords.

Thank you so much for your kind words, and thank you for joining me on the Eol train. 

thank you!! The Moriquendi had no expectation of the Sun rising, the Valar did not communicate to them, so it must have been a huge shock, and rather distressing to them. Especially before the Valar figured out how days were gonna work. So many life-altering changes. I think Eol was especially hostile to the Sun, and remained so even after the other Sindar got used to it.

thank you for your comment and thank you for reading

This is such a fascinating take on him! Especially how Melian and the Valar dare to govern Middle-earth, and make walls and lights, without his (or maybe rather all of the Sindar's?) input!! I like how you give him nuance!