Chapter 7: There are Many Paths to Tread
Trials of Love: Book Two
Extract from 'The Lay of Elessar' in verse form. It tells of Aragorns
journey Northwards with Arwen, Legolas and Gimli on the quest to find the
fabled Dome of Fire and the long lost sword Ringil, which might offer them
hope against the Dark Lord Sauron, lest he reclaim the Ring and assume
physical form once more ...
Looming doom, in sable tower,
That fortress, dark Barad-dur,
Saurons wrath, new rekindled
Roared anew, as night dwindled.
Great Eye, wreathed in flame,
Scoured his domain in vain.
A Ring he sought, a Ring
That treacherous golden thing
Long lost, then found, then boldly
Carried back to its domain of old.
Yet the hidden King of Men
With noble companions and fair Arwen
Did choose a path loth to take
Away from war, away from fate
Into the North, a sword to seek
Lest strength of arms should prove too weak
And Saurons Ring he should recover,
And all lands with darkness he sought to cover.
Oaths he took, and ride he did
Far North by ways long lost, oft hid.
Companions of the Dunedain he took
And Elrond in Imladris forsook.
With danger always his path was fraught
Yet of these things he suffered naught
With mail of steel and hauberk gilded,
Ork and thrall he justly bested.
Legolas, with elven bow brought down
All those serving the Dark Lords crown.
Riding far and fast by day
Resting long and deep by night
Hills and vales, they passed away
As shadows leap, as birds in flight...
AUTHORS NOTE:
Chapter Eight (coming soon!) will be back in the traditional prose, thank
God! :-) Had to write this filler chapter in order to move the characters
into the right place without boring people with the long uneventful
journey! But fear not! Our heroes are going to have to face many dangerous
and terrible trials, which is what we all want to read about!