Cut Challenge: Ties - Cutting Ties, by Himring
Title: Cutting Ties
Author: Himring
Characters: Anarion, son of Elendil, brother of Isildur
Rating: PG
Warnings: fall of Numenor (canon)
Book/Source: Lord of the Rings, Silmarillion (Akallabeth)
Disclaimer: Mostly Tolkien, except for that cut...
A/N: Amandil's parting words to his son Elendil: "But it is most likely that you shall fly from the Land of the Star with no star to guide you; for that land is defiled. Then you shall lose all that you have loved, foretasting death in life, seeking a land of exile elsewhere. But east or west the Valar along can say." (The Silmarillion, Akallabêth)
After the monstrous storm and the long uncanny silence, they heard a distant rumble. Anarion saw his father's ship move from its position and realized Elendil had cast off. Whatever was coming, there was not a moment to lose.
‘Go,’ he shouted to the captain of his ship.
When the man hesitated and another sailor slowly moved to draw up the anchor, Anarion leant across, drew his sword and began hacking at the anchor-rope. There came a surge, the rope tautened and then gave.
Then the sea rose and swept them away and the sky fell on them.
Numenor was lost to sight, and so was Elendil's ship.
His grandfather's words kept ringing in Anarion's ears as the seas tried to swallow them: ‘Then you shall lose all that you have loved.’ He gritted his teeth. In the ship's cabin, his wife was attempting to nurse his son.
They struggled against towering waves and the black gale until they thought they had indeed tasted death in life. But at last the storm abated. They even found Isildur's ships again.
‘Not all that I have loved! Not all ties are broken,’ said Anarion-and stepped ashore in Pelargir.
A/N: Also written for the SWG Song of Exile challenge. Also, Oshun has just written a bio of Anarion for September's SWG newsletter.
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