End of the Game

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Title: End of the Game

Author: periantari

Fandom: Lord of the Rings

Characters/Pairing: Prince Imrahil

Rating: G

Word count: 100

Warnings: none

Challenge: "Do all plans have to include an element of suicidal risk?"

Note- I do not own Tolkien's characters, i just think of them every spare moment I have. Book quote not included in word count.

“As Aragorn has begun, so we must go on. We must push Sauron to his last throw. We must call out his hidden strength, so that he shall empty his land. We must march out to meet him at once. “ Gandalf, The Last Debate, RotK

Was there any hope left? We had long abandoned it when our Lord had committed suicide and my nephew hung on in the brink of death until the King had returned to summon him back to the path of recovery.

Pledging to Aragorn to be my liege-lord, Gondor must not now back down in the counsels that Mithrandir had given us. We had to give as much aid as needed to ride to the impregnable Black Gate. Courage was our best defense now.

Our soldiers are weary, but we must prepare them for one last stand to the bitter end.

Comments

[adafrog.livejournal.com]

Very good.

[periantari.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much!

[marta-bee.livejournal.com]

There's a bitter hope in his thoughts here. Stripped-down, perhaps, but hopeful all the same. How very Gondorian!

[periantari.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much ! I do think everyone is battle -weary by the end of the war and the last stance at the Morannon was so taxing on their emotions and strength . The numbers didn’t make sense to “attack” Sauron but it was used to distract for the ringbearer to fulfill his quest .

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[telperion-15.livejournal.com]

Bleak, but very effectively so!

[periantari.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much ! It was a bleak time indeed

[fredbassett]

I adore Imrahil, and love this glimpse into his thoughts.

[periantari.livejournal.com]

Thank you! He is interesting character , isn’t he ?

[hhimring]

He takes on that challenge, despite everything, without flinching.

[periantari.livejournal.com]

He does! and i wonder at his resolve and emotions at that point maybe even beyond a drabble. :)