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Other Deeds (Third Age- pre-WotR) (Aragorn) |
Aragorn decides to travel to Harad. |
Thorongil stood on Dol Amroth's docks. Always one wave battled the last: wax, wane. The white foam gleamed beneath Isil. As did Gondor: swords clashed, ships burned. Waxing. Waning. Yet where Gondor met Umbar, Isil shone down on red. In Rohan, he had learned to follow; in Gondor, tolead. Yet these were not his shores he protected. Someday, perhaps, but not yet. And he knew precious little of those he sought to destroy. Thorongil ran a finger along the new tattoo. Harad lay ahead; he would pass as one of them. The time had come. Other deeds called him. |