BEME day 25
Day 25
Orodreth
I never asked for kingship.
I was made for king’s service, for loyalty, valour and commands obeyed. I was proud in all things to do my king’s biding, but I did not wish him bid me take his crown. I was not made for these choices; I do not trust my own wisdom, the king who knew me so well, could he not see this?
Did he not love his people, that he betray them to my care? Was the mortal’s quest worth all the lives of Nargothrond? Tell me, beloved liege Finrod, which of us made the worse king?