Flames From a Dragon By LadyBrooke

[ladybrooke]

B2MeM Prompt and Path: Primary Colors - Blue Path
Format: Drabble & Art
Genre: Drabble - Drama; Art - Illustration
Rating: Teen
Warnings: Implied character death
Characters: OC (elf, dragon)
Pairings: N/A
Creator’s Notes (optional): Apparently when told to use an art form I'm not familiar with or specific colors, my default fic idea is "Fire". Supplies used for art are blue, red, and yellow shades of oil pastels.
Summary: The fire and smoke make it impossible to see, and he fights during the Dagor Bragollach with arrows shot into the flames to try and guard those fleeing behind him.


The hills are burning.

It’s too late to escape into them now, though the tops of them – the coldest parts, inhospitable to most
living beings, but especially inhospitable to dragons – might not burn.

He fires his bow blindly through the smoke and flames, hoping to hit one of the enemy. Any of them. Just one of them might be the difference between one elf escaping and one dying.

A dragon appears through the flames as he steadies another arrow to fire.

He pulls back his arm.

The dragon opens his mouth.

His arrow hits the dragon’s throat.

The fire burns.

Comments

[engarian.livejournal.com]

Fire is certainly an acceptable default for unspecified artwork - LOL.

- Erulisse (one L)

[ladybrooke]

Lol, I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks it is. :P

[foxrafer.livejournal.com]

I like how you're able to so clearly show his bravery in such a short piece.

[ladybrooke]

Thank you! :D I'm glad his bravery comes through.

[lindahoyland.livejournal.com]

Love your dragon.

[ladybrooke]

Thank you! :D

[hhimring]

That really hits home, Brooke.
And the drawing brings out the contrast between the coldness of the top of the hills and the heat below.

[ladybrooke]

Thank you! :D
I'm glad the drawing does that - I hoped it did, but after spending an hour trying to blend colors with a paper towel, I was done with it regardless...:P

[just-jenni.livejournal.com]

I like your very dramatic drabble and artwork. I thought the combination was very nicely done. :)

[ladybrooke]

Thank you! I'm glad you think so. :D

[liadt]

I love your dragon and its ruff:)

[ladybrooke]

Thank you!

[mithrial.livejournal.com]

Probably dead, but very brave.
This also made me think of Glorfindel and his Balrog.
Waah - Sob.

[ladybrooke]

Brave deeds of ordinary elves is something I like to think about (after all, no matter how skilled they were, I think a couple dozens Noldor princes would have been overrun by themselves quickly).

Thank you for the comment. :)

[kayleelupin.livejournal.com]

I love the drabble and the dragon!! Very evocative. And the dragon almost seems...Cute? Weird :D lol, I love it. :)

[ladybrooke]

Thank you! :D Lol, dragons are cute, from a very far distance away. :P

[starbrow.livejournal.com]

I really love both the drabble -- now, this is really well done, because it sets the scene perfectly, portrays the personality of your OC, and is vivid and detailed, all in 100 words! -- and the primary colours in the art -- I like that the dragon's eye and the flames are both red, and the mountains are blue with the red flames creeping up them.

Very well done!

[ladybrooke]

Thank you! :D I'm glad the personality of my OC comes through - and I tried to bring the red of the flames into the dragon, because they go together, much more than the mountains and the dragon do, so I'm glad that works. :D

[ysilme]

How intense and poignant, even more so with the drawing! Poor, valiant, unknown elf.

[ladybrooke]

Thank you! :D There had to be a lot of unknown but valiant elves.

[nialoke]

Just one of them might be the difference between one elf escaping and one dying.
Oh, I love this! His desperate courage in a hopeless situation, and then the dragon - it seems like he really may make a huge difference before his death...

[ladybrooke]

Thank you! :D
I'm glad you love that part! I think he does make a huge difference before his death. :D