Projections for the Fourth Age, by Starlight

[starli-ght.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: day 2, 072: Economy: Real Estate; Gondorian History: The Fourth Age
Format: Drabble
Genre:
Rating: General
Warnings: None
Characters: Amrothos
Pairings: None
Summary: Those who cannot learn from the past are condemned to repeat it (Jorge Santayana)

They pored over the map. Amrothos had memorized all the names by the time he was nine, in perfect haradric and three other dialects.

His father had brought them to these negotiations since childhood and, if he had learned one thing from watching haradrim, it was that those hallmarks his people clung to meant nothing to them if the water dried out. They would leave without a second thought while his people stood there, parceling the land they would get in exchange-- for what?

So haradrim hated them.

"We'll have to do things differently this time, boys..." he said, grimacing.

Comments

[engarian.livejournal.com]

As someone who is very familiar with desert lands, yes...water rights are everything.

- Erulisse (one L)

[dwimordene-2011.livejournal.com]

Nice one, Starlight - and how refreshing, to see a politician doing opponent research, and then using it to craft *better* relationships with them next time.

[aliana1.livejournal.com]

This is great--and alludes all too well to the water conflicts in modern times...

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

Very interesting ruminations on cultural differences. I do hope they find a way to bridge them. :)