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ladybrooke ([personal profile] ladybrooke) wrote in [community profile] b2mem2017-03-02 11:50 am

Death is Black and White by LadyBrooke

B2MeM Prompt and Path: Black and White - Blue Path
Format: Drabble & Art
Genre: Drabble - Horror & Drama; Art - Illuminated Manuscript?
Rating: Adult
Warnings: Character death; Human sacrifice via burning
Characters: OCs, Sauron
Pairings: N/A
Creator’s Notes (optional): Quote in art from The Silmarillion, "Akallabêth", pg 328 in the Kindle edition.
Summary: In Númenor, men will even sacrifice their family members for Sauron


She burns, and her dress turns black from the soot and the fire, crumbling away to ashes as she screams.

Her brother stands next to Sauron, who he calls Tar-Marion, cloaked in white. The same white that her dress was, the same white their mother was buried in and their father was slaughtered in. Sauron smiles as she screams, and says that this will bring blessings down upon Númenor.

She stops screaming as her entire body turns into black ash and black smoke that fills the air.

Her brother’s clothes turn black as he exits the temple into the smoke.

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Sorry for the bad scan quality, I'm not used to this scanner and even after an hour of fiddling with it, this is the best I can get. :/

[identity profile] kayleelupin.livejournal.com 2017-03-02 04:58 pm (UTC)(link)
WOW this is powerful. Just...*shudders* You made me see that scene so clearly. Well done, and powerful, and horrifying. I've had to consider this sort of thing myself (I've written about a daughter of Anarion being kidnapped and sacrificed) but even my own writing never hit me like that. Well done.

[identity profile] kayleelupin.livejournal.com 2017-03-02 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
You made me realize I hadn't posted it at SWG yet, even though I wrote it ages ago! Ack! *lol* That has now been remedied. Thank you! http://www.silmarillionwritersguild.org/archive/home/viewstory.php?sid=3104