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[elerondo]

@gildinbainas   /   continued

ELROND WANTS TO BE A WOLF . Was he not the most beastly among the fine lords and ladies of Lindon ? When night shrouds their journey in darkness, signaling a time of rest and recovery, it only serves to amplify the voice of his fathers.   « Do you know how a wolf pack travels ? »   Maedhros recounted one day,   « I will teach you, Elrond, so that one day you can be a greater leader than I. »   To do what the Fëanorians could not. Slay Evil. Take revenge.

The soundlessness of his breaths was a meditation on words long ago. His greatsword lócënehtar leaned idle at the head of the bed, the humming of inscribed runes heard only by himself. It was a weapon suited for a great many uses; Shielding, healing, killing — much like its Master. His hands are in front of his chest, ready to wield it and command his runes at any moment’s notice.

❝ If we were wolves, I would be the Alpha pack leader, ❞ and if he moved even slightly, Thranduil would hear the clank of chainmail beneath leather and cloth, so he doesn’t. ❝ Being the strongest, I am at the front of the pack, the vanguard. I will keep the watch, to strike first and kill all our enemies. ❞ The ease in which he announced it was like an instruction in the universe, quiet and deadly.

The gods have blessed Elrond with many gifts, as though to make up for everything they had taken away from him. His body was a study in traumatic childhood loss. Dissect him and one will find all the pits that his loved ones have left behind. Greatness was an expanse of a sanctuary to be carved into, gradually, painfully, always, and forever. Was this not the choice of immortality ? That fateful day, he had given himself up as a machine of the gods, whether he consented or not. Was this what it meant ❛ To rue the day you were born ❜ ?

But, must he ? Was there no fighting back against destiny ?

❝ I will protect you, Thranduil, ❞ he does not wish to lose another dear to his heart.

[sovereignofdeceit]

“  get  used  to  disappointment.  ”

"You say the words as if they were some eldritch weapon with which I were not already intimately familiar. Memory is the blade that strikes deepest...revealing that weakness was a mistake, you need not continue to remind me. You are nothing like him.

"Every dawn brings a new regret, Elvenking, and this one has proven no different."

[despairforme]

What if Nnoitra was a hobbit?)))

❝ It's kinda hard imaginin' bein' short. Usually people tell me I'm more elf-like. Dunno why. ❞ Maybe Thranduil can confirm? @gildinbainas .

[sovereignofdeceit]

“  death  cannot  stop  true  love.  ” ( thran )

⚔ the princess bride sentence starters ⚔ | OPEN

"Ah. I take it that my love was not true?

"And you would make those words real, you would sacrifice that devotion with his very lips. How have I sinned against you, O King, that you would employ me as the weapon to strike him from my soul?"