Of All That Remains

Many characters in The Silmarillion leave behind their childhood to face daunting challenges and endless journeys. What is left in them of their childhood innocence? What would they remember? Would they cherish these memories of the past or would they rather forget it? This challenge is to write about a childhood memory of a character. Let him or her relive that memory in their heads, and write about as much as they can recall. Your work can cover the following things:

• Who was with your character and what was the weather like, was it cool and dry in the mornings, or hot and humid?
• Where did this memory take place was it at home or elsewhere? Was it in the cities or under the dark skies at Cuiviénen?
• How does this memory affect your character today?
• Why is this memory a favourite or otherwise why would they rather forget?

This challenge opened in July 2012 .