Holly by Himring
Fanwork Notes
Warnings for Celebrimbor's death (implied) and the Fall of Eregion.
Written for tolkienshortfanworks prompts (see end notes for more detail)
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Summary:
An exchange between Celebrimbor and Celeborn before the Fall of Eregion and its aftermath.
Major Characters: Celeborn, Celebrimbor
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Artwork Type: No artwork type listed
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Rating: General
Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
Chapters: 1 Word Count: 179 Posted on 9 December 2023 Updated on 9 December 2023 This fanwork is complete.
Holly
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Tree and leaf––true life.
Tear leaves, tear a life.*
Celebrimbor set his palm firmly against the trunk of the holly tree.
‘I know that sometimes in the past you have thought that I have too little respect for growth and its timing,’ he said to Celeborn, who stood beside him.
‘It is true that I have been impatient sometimes with the seasons of Middle-earth, and perhaps more than was just. But in my brief glimpse into the Enemy's mind, before I took off my Ring, I saw one who had utterly divorced himself in thought from all natural growth. And I was horrified.
My heart already grieves for this Land of Hollies. Its time of flourishing has not been so long as Doriath’s but I have grown deeply entwined with it.’
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Later, fleeing through war-ravaged Eregion fom Sauron's armies, Celeborn passed that same holly tree, now felled and trampled by iron boots. Almost without thinking, he stooped to pluck a spiked evergreen leaf from the fallen tree before he led his remaining troops on northwards.
Chapter End Notes
The prompt that month was: leaf and/or tree.
The couplet at the beginning was inspired by the month's formal challenge, which was the Welsh cynghanedd, but it is not an example of cynghanedd; it merely uses sound patterns in a somewhat similar way.
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