“For thy hope is but ignorance. Go then and labour in healing! Go forth and FIght! Vanity. For a little space you may triumph on the field, for a day. But against the Power that now arises there is no victory.” -The Pyre of Denethor

Denethor knew only despair.  He had seen the future and he had heard from Faramir himself on how he sent two halfings ( Read more... )

IN response to B2MeM prompts:
In the "Tale of the Years" Tolkien tells us about what happens to certain characters each day of March 3019. We challenge you to write about the character(s) he does NOT mention: “Frodo captured by the Orcs of Cirith Ungol. The Pelennor is overrun. Faramir is wounded. Aragorn reaches Pelargir and captures the fleet. ( Read more... )