Moths to the Flame, Challenge - Game Changer

[fredbassett]

Title: Moths to the Flame
Author : fredbassett
Fandom : The Lord of the Rings
Rating : 15
Characters : Dior, Nimloth
Disclaimer : Not mine, no money made, don’t sue.
Spoilers : None
Summary : The Silmaril drew the sons of Fëanor like moths to a flame.
A/N : Written for the Tolkien100 challenge Game Changer

Nimloth knew wearing that ill-fated necklace was a mistake, but her husband would not be gainsaid.

With the Nauglamir about his neck, Dior shone as the fairest of them all.

His bright flame drew the sons of Fëanor as moths to a flame and war came again to Doriath.

In the Menegroth, Thingol’s heir fell and his wife fell beside him.

His children were taken into the forest; of their fate, no tale now tells.

Yet despite the second Kinslaying, the Silmaril remained out of the grasp of those who desired to seize it in fulfilment of their doomed oath.

Comments

[shirebound]

drew the sons of Fëanor as moths to a flame

That's a perfect analogy.

[liadt]

A sad tale! All for some shiny stones.

[fredbassett]

Yes, such a waste. Thanks!

[fredbassett]

Thank you! I came across it in an old Japanese poem many years ago and it stuck in my mind.

[sauronnaise]

Sometimes, less means more. Succinct, yet efficient. I like how you told a whole story and invoked major historical events using only a hundred words.

their doomed oath.
Doom, Mandos' favourite word. :þ

[fredbassett]

Thank you so much! I love drabbles as an art form. They really force you to distil things down so that every word has to matter.