The Last Ship, by Zdenka

[zdenka]

B2MeM Challenge: Song Lyrics, B14: I saw all the bright people / in imposing flocks they landed --Dar Williams, “Mercy of the Fallen”
Format: drabble
Genre: gen
Rating: G
Warnings: none
Characters: Amandil
Pairings: none
Summary: Amandil remembers the Eldar.


In former days, the white sails of the Eldar glided into the haven of Andúnië like a flock of swans coming to rest. Amandil remembers the Elven-folk: the shining light of their eyes, their grace and beauty, their clear voices raised in song.

Amandil is old enough to remember. His son Elendil was not yet born when the last ship of Eressëa went back into the West, carrying threats and insulting messages from Ar-Gimilzôr the King. Will the Eldar become no more than a half-remembered tale to his descendants? Looking westward, he prays to see them again before he dies.

Comments

[baranduin.livejournal.com]

I like this, it has a haunting feel to it.

[zdenka]

Thank you! I'm glad you liked it.

[keiliss.livejournal.com]

Such a lovely picture. Sad and very evocative.

[zdenka]

Thank you! I'm glad it worked.

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

Men can be so easily swayed by envy and greed, even to the forswearing of their friends.

[zdenka]

This may be true, but I'm not quite seeing how it relates to the story?