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In love and war |
B2MeM Challenge: N43: Powers of the World: Tulkas/"'We have invented happiness,' say the last men, and they blink"; I22: Aspects of Aragorn: Thorongil Format: drabble Genre: Character Study Rating: K+ Warnings: n/a Summary: Compromise comes in many forms. |
In love and war Love and princes marry not – so runs the old saying, which, with calculation, has brought many a princely pair to a resolute, if not a particularly passionate, marriage bed. Finduilas of Dol Amroth is tall and wry, and full of grace: it is hard not to be moved by her. If she is not all he desires, still, they could, he thinks, make a happy marriage... In Gondor, they honor Tulkas, for war in this land is a vast and brutal empire, and Thorongil learns a new prayer: Tulkas Astaldo, lend me strength to love more than some little happiness! |