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Desperation (Denethor)
"Better than nothing"
When his wife died, part of his heart emptied, never to be refilled. His sons tried, of course they did – it was their duty – but it hurt too much, especially his younger, so he began to treat them as nothing more than leaders within his army. He was short leaders; the ongoing battles against the spawn of Mordor made sure of that. He watched everyone – friend and foe – from his tower using his secret. The last straw for him was when his sons went to war not to return. He felt only one emotion, but it was better than nothing.
Exactly 100 words. Thanks to Peppery Mints for this one. More prompts are very welcome (please use the form Theme, Character, "Prompt" e.g. Desperation, Denethor, "Better than nothing"). No OCs or anime-filler characters, please, but any other character, however obscure, is welcome.
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Tsari