A Bow of Burning Gold by Lferion

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Fanwork Notes

Written for the Silmarillion Writer's Guild 2024 New Year's Resolution challenge, using a prompt from the August Roaring Twenties challenge -- Card: Roaring 20s, N5: Elgar's "Jerusalem". Posted here on AO3.

Fanwork Information

Summary:

What bow, what arrows will serve against such a foe as Glaurung? A single drabble.

Major Characters: Fingon

Major Relationships:

Artwork Type: No artwork type listed

Genre: Fixed-Length Ficlet, General

Challenges: New Year's Resolution, Roaring Twenties

Rating: General

Warnings:

Chapters: 1 Word Count: 103
Posted on 21 January 2024 Updated on 21 January 2024

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A Bow of Burning Gold

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After encountering Glaurung and succeeding in running him off, Fingon thought long on what would be better next time -- for the creature was still young, not yet grown into full size or strength or capability, and who knew what those would prove to be? Though malice he certainly had in full measure. This would not be the last they saw of such things. Their war-bows had done damage, and their spears, but not enough. A stronger bow, from horseback, sturdier arrows.... He could almost see it, burning gold against smouldering malice, ice-imbued sharpness flying true. A challenge for the weapon-smiths.

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