Halfway to Hale (LOTR drabble, rated PG)

[browngirl]

For tolkien_weekly's Mirkwood challenge. The title isn't very good, but I couldn't find a better one.

Title: Halfway to Hale
Rating: PG for implied violence
Character: OC Elf archer, a young one from the sound of things. Think he's over 100 yet?
Book: Return of the King backstory.
Disclaimer: Arda and its peoples are the Professor's, not mine.


And how should I stay behind, lying idle abed? Too long has the Greenwood lain under shadow, too long has the reeking breath of evil tainted the wind rustling in the leaves. With the fall of Mordor the Lord and Lady of the Golden Wood now rise, doom on their brows and their hands filled with light, to lead a mingled force of elves against Dol Guldur's dark walls. Those walls shall be broken, the overhanging gloom shattered, and Mirkwood once more shall greenly glow in the Sun. As I live and may walk I must be nowhere but there!

Comments

[aprilkat.livejournal.com]

There is SO much in this universe Tolkien devised for us, so much that the movie couldn't approach.

It's good to remember that while the quest took place and then afterwards there was much required of the peoples of Middle Earth to complete the work. I like your description of Galadriel and Celeborn and the idea that the elves join forces to defeat the last darkness remaining.

[rubynye.livejournal.com]

Above all else, above all the characters even, I love the *world* of LOTR. It's full and rich and self-consistent, but with all these open ends, not sloppy holes left unwoven but realistic knowledge gaps...it feels like a real world.

This drabble came out of that. I've always been fascinated by the thought of Galadriel throwing down the walls of a dark fortress. So.

Enough babble from me. :) Thank you. :D