A/N: These are drabbles, each concerning a certain character; "nen" means "water" in Quenya, in the sense of a lake, pool or river, and water is the common theme running through every drabble in the series. Whether you are glad that I have written, or think that I never should have set fingers to keyboard, I would like to know; any of your thoughts are welcome.
I, naturally, do not own the Lord of the Rings, the Silmarillion, or The Hobbit. The quote in the summary is from the Silmarillion.
"The riders looked down upon the crossings, and it seemed strange to them; for the Fords had ever been a place full of the rush and chatter of water upon stones; but now they were silent ... And they saw that in the midst of the eyot a mound was piled, ringed with stones, and set about with many spears. 'Here lie all of the Men of the Mark that fell near this place,' said Gandalf." - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Two Towers
Théoden stared at the dry bed where the Isen once flowed. He looked upon the mound standing silent as the river, moonlight glinting off the upraised spears that guarded the Fords. He remembered his son, face pale in death, armor stained crimson. It seemed to him that he heard the tumult of battle echoing about him, orcs' yells and Dunlending chants mingling with the battle-cries of his people, the sickening clash of steel on flesh and armor and bone, and saw the river running red. He turned, slowly, towards the distant peak of Orthanc. Saruman had much to answer for.