"First Footing: Gondor" (drabble)
This drabble comes from a discussion that lilan14 and I had earlier this week. We were talking about the song "Isle of Hope, Isle of Tears," which is about Annie Moore, a fifteen-year-old Irish immigrant to the United States and the first person to pass through Ellis Island. This got us thinking about the first Númenorean exiles to arrive in Middle-Earth. So here is my picture of a possible Gondorian "Annie Moore."
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First Footing: Gondor
When Númenor drowned, I was but a girl of fifteen years.
I remember little of the terrible sea journey. My younger brothers and I huddled together below decks, consoling ourselves with memories of our garden at home.
At last, we came to a land between mountains and sea, where our distant kin awaited us. I was so impatient that I ran ashore at once, ahead of men who had more right to step first onto the soil of our new home. It was a bright morning, and the air smelled sweet. I knew we could make a new garden here.
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ETA: Here is Lilan's take on an "Annie Moore" for Arnor!
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First Footing: Gondor
When Númenor drowned, I was but a girl of fifteen years.
I remember little of the terrible sea journey. My younger brothers and I huddled together below decks, consoling ourselves with memories of our garden at home.
At last, we came to a land between mountains and sea, where our distant kin awaited us. I was so impatient that I ran ashore at once, ahead of men who had more right to step first onto the soil of our new home. It was a bright morning, and the air smelled sweet. I knew we could make a new garden here.
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ETA: Here is Lilan's take on an "Annie Moore" for Arnor!