History has its eyes on you by daughterofshadows  

History has its eyes on you

Scene 1: "Remember from here on in, history has its eyes on you"

Scene 2: "Oceans rise, empires fall"

Scene 3: "I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory."

The crown settles on his head, heavy and cold.

His blood rushes in his ears, drowning out even the waves crashing on the shore.

He looks out over the elves gathered to witness his coronation, their eyes and expectations weighing on his shoulders.

Gil-galad is one in a long line of dead kings and with the war coming ever closer to their doorstep, he knows it is only a matter of time before he joins his forebears.

Morgoth has been defeated and Angband has been broken but so have the lands he calls home.

Their victory comes at the cost of Beleriand. The forces of those who stood against the Dark One flee across the Ered Luin as the water rises behind them. Soon, it will have consumed the lands completely.

It is on the slopes of Orodruin that fate finally catches up to him. In spite of his own expectations, Gil-galad rules longer than any other king of the Noldor in Middle-earth and when he dies, it is side by side with a friend.

Struck down by Sauron’s own hand, he meets death with open eyes and the knowledge that others will continue the fight in his stead.