Curse from Afar, by Elleth

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge:
O62: Dwarves of the First Age: Mîm and Beleg; Occupations: Bladesmith
N36: Landscape: Cave
Format: Drabble
Genre: Drama
Rating: Teens
Warnings: Some violence
Characters: Mîm, Beleg, (Eöl)
Pairings: N/A
Summary: After the encounter on Amon Rudh, Mîm swears vengeance.


The blade that drinks his blood is black, strangely shining; dwarf-craft wrought by elven hands. It sings to him, piercing his body. Mîm has no time to wonder because he wants to live, but locks the song of the metal and the bladesmith's skill into himself, fleeing Beleg's reach.

In the dark caves that he finds, moist and cool, it is time to marvel, finally. Anglachel, the steel whispers from the edges of his wound, with malice toward the elf that wielded it, and Mîm chants his own curse and bloody blessing from afar: Die upon this blade yet, Beleg.

Comments

[silver-trails.livejournal.com]

Chilling...

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

Intended effect - so, thank you! :)

[moetushie]

Oh no! Not Beleg!

I mean, great drabble.

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

Yes Beleg! ;)

I mean, thank you.

[dwimordene-2011.livejournal.com]

LOL! I approve of your ruthlessness. >:-D

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

>:D Thank you! It's a sign of love, it really is. ;)

[dwimordene-2011.livejournal.com]

I agree with previous commentators - chills! I love that last line! So well done!

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! :)

[periantari.livejournal.com]

Wow creepy~ i love the words you used, very nice description in the beginning and very chilling speech by the sword and creepy curse by Mim.

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

Thank you very much! :)

[engarian.livejournal.com]

Wow, chillingly prescient. Alas, poor Beleg, the best of intentions, the worst of timings.

- Erulisse (one L).

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

Indeed! Tolkien is so full of tragedy in that way. It's (wow, I should really get a medal for word choice!) tragic, but so much fun to play in as long as it's possible to maintain that fictional distance.

[huinare.livejournal.com]

Wow, I don't know how I missed this before...Well-written and indeed chilling!

[ladyelleth.livejournal.com]

With the amount of posts the community received, it's no suprise some fics slipped through the cracks. I'm glad you enjoyed it, all the same, thank you! :)

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

Alas that the curse took hold as it did. And alas that the dislike between the two races turned in time to mutual hatred for so many of them.