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Blood and Fire (4/10)

Aug 13, 2009 16:58

Title: Blood and Fire (4/10)
Author:clodia_metelli
Rating: T
Summary/Prompt: Fragments of falling Doriath, centred on Oropher. Dior will not give up the jewel...
Note/Warnings: fairly graphic violence, canonical character deaths. MEFA 2010 First Place in Races: Elves: General.

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char: sons of feanor, char: elwing, char: galadriel, fanfic, char: oropher, char: nimloth, fic: blood and fire, char: celeborn, char: melinna (oc), char: dior, fandom: tolkien, mefa, char: erestor

Comments 4

someplacetobe September 9 2010, 17:08:07 UTC

There was blood in the fountain, red tendrils unfurling as the water splashed merrily and catching the light when the flames flared up.
This captured the battle for me in ways I can’t truly describe. Just the merriment of the water while the battle clashed around it.

clodia_metelli September 10 2010, 09:08:54 UTC

Other people have said that as well, and I'm glad, because bloodying the fountains was one of the images meant to capture a moment of Menegroth's overall fall. I tend to use certain images throughout all my Silmarillion stories as keys (maybe not the best word, but I can't think of anything better right now) to places or times or people, and Menegroth's fountains aren't the most important keys to Doriath but they are a key. I'm so glad it resonates!

fountains auroramama May 17 2012, 04:28:17 UTC

The fountains are an element of Menegroth that Dior chose to bring back to life; he knew better than to try to replace the looted treasure, but in his cool, spare, graceful Menegroth the fountains lived. And now they're bleeding, still blithe, as the halls burn.

Yeah. The destruction of a rebirth seems worse somehow.

Re: fountains clodia_metelli May 17 2012, 08:48:54 UTC

Yes, that was definitely part of it. I was really sorry, by the end of this story, that Dior's second spring never had a chance to bloom.