O65 - A Decayed House
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b2memB2MeM Challenge: Off the Map's Edge: The Petty Dwarves; Scientific Achievement: Statics
Format: Drabble
Genre: Gen
Rating: G
Warnings: N/A
Characters: Mîm, Húrin
Pairings: N/A
Summary: Bodies at rest.
A Decayed House
Even they no longer recalled why they had been driven forth. Perhaps they had been too clever or too rich. Somehow they had been different. Whatever the reason, it had been enough, and there was no-one left to remember why. They were almost gone now, and their persecutors did not care.
Only old Mîm remained, sitting in the ruins, running tarnished gold through his fingers, murmuring the names of his sons. There Húrin found him and, lifting his sword, with one quick movement sent him from the world. Last of a dead people, Mîm lay at rest.
And Morgoth laughed.
Format: Drabble
Genre: Gen
Rating: G
Warnings: N/A
Characters: Mîm, Húrin
Pairings: N/A
Summary: Bodies at rest.
A Decayed House
Even they no longer recalled why they had been driven forth. Perhaps they had been too clever or too rich. Somehow they had been different. Whatever the reason, it had been enough, and there was no-one left to remember why. They were almost gone now, and their persecutors did not care.
Only old Mîm remained, sitting in the ruins, running tarnished gold through his fingers, murmuring the names of his sons. There Húrin found him and, lifting his sword, with one quick movement sent him from the world. Last of a dead people, Mîm lay at rest.
And Morgoth laughed.
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Date: 2012-03-09 12:16 pm (UTC)The loss of memory and story is almost as sad as the loss of a whole people. Yes, I bet Morgoth laughed. I'm not sure whether to feel sorrier for Mim or for Húrin.
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Date: 2012-03-09 12:40 pm (UTC)It was pretty grim reading when I refreshed my memory about the Petty Dwarves this morning. The bit when they're hunted by the Sindar is particularly horrible.
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Date: 2012-03-09 12:32 pm (UTC)- Erulisse (one L)
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Date: 2012-03-09 12:40 pm (UTC)I think I'm probably stretching some of these prompts to the limits of their meanings!
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