"Even So the Reeds Hissed in Serech at Sunset", by Himring

[hhimring]

Author: Himring
Title: Even So the Reeds Hissed in Serech at Sunset
Rating: PG13
Theme: Back Garden of a Dream
Elements: an islet
Author's Notes: The setting chosen is the Fens of Serech where the river Rivil flows into Sirion, in Beleriand. The fens partly bar the entry into the valley of Sirion at the northward end and hence are the (rather

Comments

[silver_trails]

Loved this! The subtle change in the light after the battle was chilling.

[hhimring]

Thank you very much!
I'm glad that detail worked.

[hhimring]

Thank you very much!
I very much wanted the long story (Such Great Deeds) to suggest explanations why Beleg later acts as he does when he gets involved with Turin, without being too explicit about it. I hadn't quite made the link in my mind between going to look for Hurin and Huor after the Battle of Brethil and going to look for Turin after his flight from Doriath--so thank you very much for pointing that out!
And yes, what Beleg senses is partly the fall of Barad Eithel and the way Ulmo's powers are beginning to withdraw down Sirion (canonically so) and also has partly to do with my feeling as a reader that some sort of fateful barrier indeed falls at this point--perhaps that is what gives Morgoth the power to curse Hurin's family as well as actively pursue them, for instance...

[blslarner]

The telling of the retreat is so well done, complete to the exhaustion and the indications that Morgoth is already living up to his name, sucking the light out of what illumination there might have been, now that his forces have managed to tear the allied forces of Men and Elves to pieces.

[hhimring]

Thank you very much, Larner!
Yes, Morgoth is indeed the Dark Foe and how difficult it had become to defend the light against him!