Genre: horror, tragedy
Rating: R
Warnings: (canon) character death, description of a dead warrior in battle
The bright blue eyes, once sparkling with vigor, were vacant of life. The face now sported the traces of a shock instead of happiness or displeasure, and it was no longer ruddy with its own colour. The body was in a twisted tangle, speared by a poisoned lance. But the right hand still gripped the sword he had wielded, although the left had missed the shield. The white horse, defending its master even after said master had fallen, lay beside him.
Harry knelt beside the body of his surrogate son, Éorl. He wished he had been spared by this sight.