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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
Elladan and Elrohir return from their errand.
'How fare the Lord and Lady?'
'They are well,' Elladan placed a letter into his father's hand.
Only a faint rustle filled the air while Elrond read it. Then he looked up.
By the window, Elrohir seemed in a pensive mood, studying the swaying birches beyond. At his side, Elladan watched his father.
Elrond frowned, reading the words again. 'Grave news indeed.'
'It is beginning, Father' said Elladan sadly, 'The Mellyrn... '
Elrohir turned, 'And bitterness laces the sweet draught.'
Tenderly, Elrond smiled, 'Perhaps you are tasting the sadness in your minds. But come, there is still much to do.'
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The sons of Elrond, Elladan and Elrohir, were the last to return; they had made a great journey, passing down the Silverlode into a strange country, but of their errand they would not speak to any save Elrond.
About The 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 Avallongoaded 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.
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