Washed away by the rains and the snows by Himring
Fanwork Notes
Written in an Insta-drabbling session for the following challenge prompt:
March 18
Poem:
The snow of yesterday
That fell like cherry blossoms
Is water once again
"The Snow of Yesterday" by Koshigaya Gozan
Warning: multiple character death (brief reference)
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Summary:
Much is said in the tales of Turin and of Tuor about the severity of the Fell Winter.
But what would it be like when such a long winter was finally over?
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Genre: Fixed-Length Ficlet
Challenges: Birthday Bash
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
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Chapters: 1 Word Count: 100 Posted on Updated on This fanwork is complete.
Washed away by the rains and the snows
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After the Fell Winter came the floods. All that snow and ice, when it melted, had to go somewhere. Beleriand turned into a sea of mud and all the rivers ran high. That was not a pretty spring! It also made travel difficult and even dangerous.
And yet it was not without advantage for refugees and anyone who had reason to fear the pursuit of the Enemy. Unlike the cold and the dark, this weather was no help to orcs or other servants of Morgoth. The flooded valleys blocked access from the North.
Some drowned; others arrived safely at Sirion.
Chapter End Notes
The title is from The Children of Hurin and refers to Turin failing to find tracks of Finduilas's captors. But it seems to be the only acknowledgement of the consequences of snowmelt for this period. The Fell Winter of the Third Age, on the other hand, canonically led to severe flooding.
100 words in MS Word.
