He Is Not Here, But Far Away, by cairistiona

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: B14, Roles and Names of Aragorn, "Telcontar"; Rangers of the North, "The Grey Company"
Format: Drabble
Genre: Drama
Rating: PG
Warnings: Box of tissues alert for themes of death and loss
Characters: Aragorn, Halbarad, The Grey Company
Pairings: None
Summary: In memoriam.
A/N: Title is taken from the poem “In Memoriam” by Alfred Lord Tennyson



He past; a soul of nobler tone:
My spirit loved and loves him yet. - Alfred, Lord Tennyson, "In Memoriam."


The surviving members of the Grey Company stood at solemn attention. King Elessar Telcontar let the bugler’s notes carry across the Pelennor, and when the last mournful echo faded, he stepped forward. He hesitated. He must show strength, not grief. Setting his jaw, he took a deep but careful breath. Then he pulled the shroud from the statue. He stood silently, looking long into the graven face. The sculptor had done well. He had captured the nobility and the bravery and somehow even the glint of humor that had dwelt ever in his kinsman’s eyes.

Halbarad would have loved it.

Comments

[engarian.livejournal.com]

Halbarad would have loved the image, but he would have hated the limelight.

- Erulisse (one L)

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Quite possibly so.

[mikononyte.livejournal.com]

And when Aragorn gives back his gift of life and goes to the halls of his farfathers there waits Halbarad.

"You had to do it. You made me a perch for pigeons!"

Humour aside, I did like this. I really do need a Halbarad plushie though.

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

LOL!! I can so see that happening! *g*

And thank you, glad you enjoyed it. (A Halbarad plushie *would* be nice, wouldn't it.)

[harrowcatliz.livejournal.com]

I suspect that he would have been rolling on the ground laughing.

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Well, in my Halbarad "head canon", he'd be more touched than laughing at the idea... though I'm sure he'd also have a wisecrack or two to make if he ever saw it!

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

So sad, but lovely to think of Halbarad being honored for his service to Gondor and his King.

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Thank you... I just can't imagine Elessar not erecting some sort of monument in honor of his kinsman. In my "head canon", though I haven't written much about it, it's a statue erected on the spot he fell.

[grey-wonderer.livejournal.com]

A beautiful tribute to a dear friend. Lovely!

[cairistiona7.livejournal.com]

Thank you!