Future Dreams of Knowledge by Erulisse (one L)

[engarian.livejournal.com]

B2MeM Challenge: 2013 K Knowledge vs Ignorance
Format: Triple Drabble
Genre: Narrative Drama
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Characters: Glorfindel, Erestor
Pairings: None (yet)
Creators' Notes (optional): None
Summary: Sent to the refugee camp of Imladris by Ereinion, Glorfindel arrives and starts to settle in.




Future Dreams of Knowledge by Erulisse (one L)

Dinner that night was more formal than the previous evening. Elrond sat with other elves around a large trestle table, one of several tables. Everyone chose their food from heated pans arranged along the walls. Each table held ceramic mugs for water or hot tea.

"There are two seats here," Erestor said as he turned to sit at a smaller table, pulling a nearby stool closer to him with his foot. Glorfindel sat and because he was hungry, he tucked into the food appreciatively, ignoring the whispers surrounding him. Soon their plates were clean and Glorfindel was mopping up the last of the gravy with a heel of bread.

"Do we have to stay here now?"

"No, no meetings are scheduled tonight." Erestor said. He hesitated and a blush spread across his cheeks. "I thought you might be interested in seeing where I usually spend my time."

"My friend. I would be very interested in seeing where you work." The two elves got up from their meal and headed for the northern passageway. "I thought you were in charge of assignments."

"I am. I allocate housing, employment, assignments, and schedules," Erestor responded. "But whenever I have time, I work in the library. We have books, scrolls, parchments and other treasures, some dating back to the First Age. The humid environment of the valley is very damaging."

"I thought Imladris was a military camp and a sanctuary for refugees. How did tomes of such age come here? Aren't we are merely waiting for the Dark Lord to make his next move before going to war?" he asked, astonished.

"It is the hope of Elrond, that Imladris might become a haven of safety and a bastion of learning, spreading knowledge where only ignorance existed before. Come - it's just down this hallway."

Comments

[mews1945.livejournal.com]

This is lovely. It holds so much hope for the future.

[engarian.livejournal.com]

I have always thought that Elrond planned for a future even when hope was at its smallest. He had lived through so much by this point and Elros was long-dead. His own legacy had to be those things he had always found to be of importance - knowledge, the healing arts, and the arts of the warrior and the transmission of history and culture. .

- Erulisse (one L)

[blslarner.livejournal.com]

I agree with Mews--there is a good deal of hope demonstrated in this description of what Imladris is, and what it in time will become.

[engarian.livejournal.com]

This is very early in the history of Imladris and I'm pushing the envelope by having a permanent structure and these writings. I agree with the idea of Elrond, though. It's a great location and very sheltered. It could be a bastion of learning against future incursions of the Dark if they succeed against evil now.

- Erulisse (one L)

[nialoke]

I love that Elrond already has plans for a future. It makes me feel very protective of the poor books though - Erestor besster take good care of them!

[engarian.livejournal.com]

The Valley was established as a refuge, and it wouldn't surprise me that Ereinion would send materials to Elrond for safekeeping. I am quite sure there weren't boxes of scrolls and books as well as artifacts in the original time when the valley was discovered, but having a safe haven for things considered precious instead of leaving them in the open in the High King's city makes sense to me.

- Erulisse (one L)

[nialoke]

Oh, I was more feeling sorry for the books in a general way - it makes sense to me they might be there, I just can feel my inner book lover fuss at "humid environment" and "damaging" ;)