Tolkien Fan Fiction
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| O Kheled-zâram fair and wonderful! |
In the heydays of Khazad-dûm, the Mirrormere must have been a deeply romantic spot for lovers... MEFAwards 2008: Nominee – Races: Dwarves: Drabbles |
| She was waiting beside his ancestor’s mighty pillar, a vision of blazing copper and bronze against the polished stone. Hands linked, breaths in harmony, they looked into Kheled-zâram, entranced and awed as always by the image of the crown in the still, dark deeps of the lake. Feeling grounded by the weight of the moment, yet light-hearted as the sparkle on multi-faceted diamonds, he turned to her, stroked his hands along heavy tresses and flame-coloured beard, before enclosing her in his embrace, his eyes questioning. She smiled. “Yes, I will marry you. I will become the queen of Durin VI.” |
A/N: - The title is a quote by Gimli in FotR, Lothlórien. - Durin VI lived from T.A. 1731-1980; he was slain by the newly re-awakened Balrog (LotR, Appendix A III). 24.11.07 B-drabble for Aranel Took, who asked for a Dwarven romance. |