b2mem | B2MeM 2013: Day Four (Reply)

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B2MeM 2013 Day Two

Below are three prompts, one from each of the three major eras of Arda’s history. To participate, choose one that sounds interesting, locate the quote in the books (that’s the scavenger hunt bit!), read the surrounding passage or chapter, and create your piece based on that.

Your piece does not need to be based on the scene from the quote. While this is certainly one approach, you could also write about a character, location, or theme found in the scene. Remember, there’s no prompt police, and we encourage creative use of the prompts!

	“'Give me leave, lord,[...] and I will guard him and guide him as I may; then no man shall say that elven-words are lightly spoken. Nor would I wish to see so great a good run to nothing in the wild.'”
	“The sun went down, and there came a great silence. Darkness fell upon the land, and the sea was still, while the world waited for what should betide. Slowly the fleets passed out of the sight of the watchers in the havens, and their lights faded, and night took them; and in the morning they were gone. For a wind arose in the east and it wafted them away; and they broke the Ban of the Valar, and sailed into forbidden seas, going up with war against the Deathless, to wrest from them everlasting life within the Circles of the World.”
	"Down the swift dark stream you go Back to lands you once did know..."

To use the icons, you can either right-click, save them to your computer, and upload them to your own image host or you can copy the HTML code below the icon you want and paste it wherever HTML is acceptable.

Many thanks to Zdenka, Lyra, and Elleth for their wonderful work on the icons for Day Two!