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MEETINGS AND COUNSEL: DRABBLING THE AFTERMATH OF THE COUNCIL OF ELROND
by Wayfarer (closetwayfarer at yahoo dot com)
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Summary
After the Council, the Dwarves convene for a meeting.
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'But the Three, they have kept safe!' Red-faced, he sat down heavily, then stood up again. 'In secret!'
The clamour rose anew. 'Deceitful Elves!'
'Quiet!' Glóin stood up. 'Quiet!
The murmurings died.
'The Three's safekeeping is the least of our concerns. I would send away to warn Dain,' he spread his hands around the room full of Dwarves, 'but there is none I dare spare----'
Another shouted: 'If we leave, we shall all leave together -- there is none in this place I would trust even with coal dust!'
Gimli pounded the table. 'Nor I!' Again, the angry din surged.
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'…The Seven are lost to us…'
'Alas, alas,' cried Glóin. '…What of the Three Rings of the Elves?…'
'Did you not hear me, Glóin?' said Elrond. '… But of them it is not permitted to speak…'
Series Summary
An occassional series. "The Council of Elrond" is a pivotal chapter in LotR, bringing many many characters together, almost like a ME equivalent of a UN conference. This is a drabble series to fill some of the gaps the good Prof left us to ponder. Chronology random. (Canon-conscientious. Constructive criticism most welcome.)
Author's Notes
"The Council of Elrond" has intrigued me with the gaps it left. But I never had the guts to try filling them, until Avallon goaded me into drabbles, which is a heaven-sent on a project of this scale, especially for an amateur with a bad case of chronic verbiage junkism.
As always, my approach is rather stylised - even when I try to avoid stylising! But it has been fun to try to write the different characters. MaC is an awesome break from our WIP, "Unwritten Tales: Into The Dark Again"... because Precious, the Old Fogey, and the Scruffy One can be quite annoying when they put their minds to it.
I hope readers find MaC as fun to read as I felt writing them.
W