Light Over the Mountain by pandemonium_213

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Banner by Russandol.

First, thanks to Darth Fingon for posting On the Twilit Planet Below which inspired me to post this on the SWG.  The genesis of Light Over the Mountain derives from Jael's comment on the Lizard Council in response to a bit in How the East Was Won.  Here is the excerpt that piqued her curiosity: 

Nothing was more important to him than control. In a remote time and place, he had been safe and loved, but that security had been shattered into fragments. He had witnessed the horrific deaths of those he had loved and who had loved him in turn, but he had survived because of an innate talent, one that the Valar had noticed, they who had been indirectly responsible for breaking his life into shards. The Guardians had taken him – young, confused and reeling from his loss – into their fosterage and made him into what he was. But the vision of that split second when the order of his world disintegrated had never left him. Nightmares of the horrible scene haunted him, and even since then, he struggled to gain control over his life and the world around him. He glanced at the pile of cushions again  — none of them out of place — and imagined a life of servitude in Aman where every moment of his existence would be under the exacting control and surveillance of others. He could not bear the thought.

Based on the above reference to How the East Was Won and a few other clues, the reader should be able to guess who the unnamed narrator is without too much difficulty.  With regard to the other children, check out the character list and then take a guess.  As for the sister, she's an OFC, but she plays a very important role in the Pandë!verse.  I am also being cryptic as to whom the narrator might be recounting the short tale and when he might be recounting it.  The events he describes take place before the Ainur enter Arda, that is, our Solar System according to JRRT in The History of Middle-earth, Vol X, Morgoth's Ring.

Be forewarned that it's pretty far out on the edge of my alternative history in which neither the Valar nor the Maiar are divine/angelic beings, although with their unusual characteristics and immense powers, they appear to be so to the Children of Iluvátar. Also to be considered is that the Ainulindalë is a creation myth and thus highly subject to interpretation. Please see Chosen, Ulmo's Wife, and Saltation for other stories deriving from this era of the Pandë!verse.

Many thanks to my pals on the Lizard Council for comments, critique and encouragement.

Fanwork Information

Summary: Long before the Ainur entered the Circles of Arda, the Guardians, greatest of the Ainur, rescued an unusual group of children from a war-torn land.  In this series of vignettes, one of those rescued recounts the terrible events of his childhood that set him on a path to control his destiny and the world around him, a path that would lead to infamy. MEFA 2011 Winner.  Second Place, Incomplete, Drama Major Characters: Eönwë, Gandalf, Melkor, Original Character(s), Radagast, Saruman, Sauron Major Relationships: Artwork Type: No artwork type listed Genre: Drama, Science Fiction Challenges: Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 2	Word Count: 1, 574
Posted on 21 February 2011	Updated on 21 February 2011
This fanwork is a work in progress.