Treebeard drabbles: Ossiriand and Neldoreth by Himring
Fanwork Notes
Written in SWG Insta-drabbling sessions.
For ratings and warning see individual drabbles.
Currently none above Teens.
Marked complete for now, but I might at some point have enough inspiration to complete the set (that is, write drabbles for Nan-Tathren and Dorthonion and maybe even one about Fangorn).
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Summary:
Drabbles featuring Treebeard, alluding to his song in The Two Towers about sunken Beleriand.
Major Characters: Treebeard, Ents
Major Relationships:
Genre: Fixed-Length Ficlet
Challenges:
Rating: Creator Chooses Not to Rate
Warnings: Check Notes for Warnings
This fanwork belongs to the series
Chapters: 2 Word Count: 255 Posted on Updated on This fanwork is complete.
The Wood in Summer
Treebeard in First Age Ossiriand.
General. No warnings.
Read The Wood in Summer
Treebeard wandered through the forest in delight. Green branches and twigs waved welcome, and he stopped to greet elms whose acquaintance he had made on previous visits.
At last, he reached the upper course of the Legolin where roar of the river softened to a stream singing between the rocks and he heard the sound of a waterfall. Ah, splendid, he had hoped that was still there, despite last spring’s heavy rains! He stepped into the clear pool glittering in the summer sun and felt the fine spray misting over head and shoulders. Truly, a favourite place of his in this season!
Content to rest in this spot on a sunny day, he stood dripping in that same spot under the fall for hours, wide awake but unmoving.
Until Nandorin words reached his ears!
‘Who was this you wanted to introduce me to, Ealc?’ Amrod asked. ‘I don’t see anyone!’
Chapter End Notes
150 words in MS Word.
Ealc is the Nandorin word for ‘swan’, my name for a Nando who has made friends with Amrod (he has briefly appeared before, mentioned as being present at the Mereth Aderthad).
Poetry prompt:
I sought the wood in summer / When every twig was green
(by Willa Cather, the first two lines of a poem in the collection April Twilights)
Link to poem:
https://cather.unl.edu/writings/books/0005
Four-word prompt:
sing, hope, words, fall
The Beeches of Neldoreth
In the Third Age, with fellow Ents Leaflock and Skinbark.
Teens. Beleriand has sunken, and there is a bit more angst.
Read The Beeches of Neldoreth
‘Ah! The gold and the red and the sighing of leaves in the Autumn in Taur-na-Neldor,’ lamented Treebeard, as perhaps he did a little too often for the taste of the dwindling remnant of the Ents who remembered Beleriand.
‘You forget,’ commented Skinbark morosely. ‘That gold and red—that was only under the light of the Sun. After the first battles. That was almost the beginning of the end.’
Treebeard, taken aback, fell silent.
‘It does not matter how long Neldoreth lay under the Sun,’ said Leaflock kindly. `What matters is the autumn that it had our friend’s entire attention.’
Chapter End Notes
100 words in MS Word.
Image description of the image prompt: Red, orange, and yellow leaves on the forest floor, some are blurred from motion. The background, a path through the forest, is blurred, with the sun setting in the distance
4-word prompt: lay, silent, light, remnant
Also: poetry prompt: "I do know how to pay attention" (Mary Oliver, The Summer Day)
