Elevation

[fileg]

Title: Elevation
Word Count: 150
Team: Dunedain
For the minor character challenge.
150 words – I know, I know, but he had so little of his own...



I was newly risen to an exalted position in my company.

I smiled at my own jest. My scarlet robe and gilt feathers marked my rank – yet it was the Mumakil who raised me, visibly, above my first command.

This land shrouds itself in a blanket of green, draped like some skulking enemy. All of the moon-land smelled like a gathering ambush.

I had very little time to consider that, for turning, I startled at a fluttering, buzzing, like some large insect.

I looked down in disbelief. A feathered shaft blossomed above my heart. A little further down, and I stared into a face shrouded in the forest's green, but with deep clear eyes that watched my tumble begin, down to the rich earth so unlike the sands of home.

He did not look like a monster. In fact, his grave serious gaze reminded me of my brother when...

Comments

[seleneheart]

Very nice! Wasn't it Sam in the book who made the speech about the dead guy? I can't remember.

[fileg.livejournal.com]

It is Sam in the books, and makes a great point about how far Sam has come since he mistrusted Strider in Bree. But I was pleased they let Faramir have it in the movie- since he has so little, it was nice that he was able to make some point about who he really is.

[haradrim.livejournal.com]

*sniffle*

[fileg.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

I have always been struck by how much this dead soldier's description reminds me of Boromir's. Two men who paid too high a price for waht they were led to believe in...

[notarysojac.livejournal.com]

You are such a master of these heart-wrenching snippets, finding the unconsidered point of view.
Your pieces make me sniffle as much as Cordwainer Smith did...
*sigh*
Okay - back to this year's Yuletide card.

[fileg.livejournal.com]

Oh, you! Cordwainer Smith, Indeed! His titles were more story than we got many another place. If only...