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eri-pl · 23 days ago

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Silm Advent calendar 2: Home

They said the war was over, and the evil had been defeated, and the world was free. There was relief and celebrations, and despite the world being torn by the wrath of the Valar, the Men looked up with hope.

They said the Edain were chosen to become more, to become what the Men should have been. More than the Eldar, and even if not: not less, only different. There was joy, and relief, and their reward was beyond what they could think of.

They called this island "the land of gift". It was beautiful and new, and their ancestors had never dreamed of anything like it. So close to the Valar, so blessed. A gift indeed.

They called it home, finally, the home they'd been seeking.

...they were almost right.

#silm advent calendar #silm #silmarillion #tolkien legendarium #the silm #the silmarillion #less than a shortfic #numenor #also: me again being a jerk to the characters from the heights of hindsight? maybe. hopefully not so much #my apologies to all blorbos esp Manwë #and Eonwë and Aulë and Yavanna and kinda to Ossë (but he was a jerk many times)#like #yes it obviously made sense in the context i guess #nobody expected it will end like that #well except Namo maybe #it's one of those things that look great before #and very different to the reader #for a couple reasons #i made myself sad about the Valar again #they must have felt really bad about how this turned out #:(#it *does* look really dumb in the hindsight #but that's kinda the point maybe?#i mean: Tolkien's point?#or maybe he just wanted a big wave #idk #eri draws

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