The Brown Lands by Fernstrike
Fanwork Notes
Originally written for Back to Middle-earth Month 2017: Night and Day.
- Fanwork Information
-
Summary:
As the Last Alliance marches east through desolation, Oropher learns of what befell the Entwives.
Major Characters: Oropher
Major Relationships:
Genre:
Challenges:
Rating: General
Warnings:
This fanwork belongs to the series
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 100 Posted on Updated on This fanwork is complete.
The Brown Lands
Read The Brown Lands
The Brown Lands stretched ahead, ashen grey. The Enemy's work. "Mark your water and rations carefully," called the King, marching Greenwood's elves on through it.
He paused briefly, touching a tiny brown patch on a blackened stump -
Sparks stung her as the inferno moved, a burning wall. A fawn trembled in her roots, hacking and coughing as life forsook it. She tried to coil herself around him, let him pass without having to touch the flames. The fire neared - she would not bow to it, to Him. The Entwife raised her strongest branches like a shield, and thought of Spring.