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Title: in all this godforsaken dark
Author: Zdenka
Word Count: 100
Characters/Work: Fingolfin / The Silmarillion
Adult Content/Pairing: None
Summary: On the Helcaraxë, Fingolfin invokes his family's strength and courage rather than the Valar.
Author Notes: Also written for the Silmarillion Writers' Guild Orctober challenge / fills a square for [community profile] lyricaltitles 2024 bingo: Song with a month in the title (title from the song "December '04" by The Oh Hellos)

On the Helcaraxë, Fingolfin does not pray to the Valar. How can he, when they have cursed his quest, his family, and his followers’ loyalty?

May the bold spirit of Finwë be with me, he prays silently, when the Ice cracks underfoot and the wind screams around them like a living thing in torment. When he takes his spear to hunt the elusive seals or a white bear: May my feet be as swift as my mother Indis, my aim as true.

Holding stiff fingers over a guttering flame: May this fire last like—

But he cannot finish the prayer.

Date: 2024-10-31 10:42 am (UTC)
shirebound: (Default)
From: [personal profile] shirebound
What a terrible passage that must have been -- physically, emotionally, and mentally.

Date: 2024-10-31 10:50 am (UTC)
petite_dilly: (mondes engloutis)
From: [personal profile] petite_dilly
Love it!

Date: 2024-10-31 02:36 pm (UTC)
liadt: Close up of Orlok and Jenny smiling at each other (Frankenstein's Monster)
From: [personal profile] liadt
Oooooooh! Excellent!

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