Tolkien Reading Day - a bit late!

[inzilbeth_liz]

OK, I'm two days late, but I'm been very busy and 'free' time has become extremely short!

Something different this year.

As soon as my life is my own again [ie once lambing is over] I'll  return to writing a piece I begun over a year ago. Having recently finished what I call my 'King Sheave' chapter, I took a quick look at this next project a

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[cairistiona7]

Ah, my favorite chapter in "Morgoth's Ring" (so far, anyway!). That entire conversation is so chock full of goodies... but I do love Finrod's line, "‘North away,’ he said: ‘to the swords, and the siege, and the walls of defence - that yet for a while in Beleriand rivers may run clean, leaves spring, and birds build their nests, ere Night comes.’" So nobly heroic... I like to think that Aragorn may have read this story as a child and kept this particular line in his heart--it seems to perfectly suit his own willingness to give all for the sake of the good and right.

[inzilbeth_liz]

I absolutely love that line too.

Now, Aragorn knowing of this conversation, there's an intriguing thought! I have wondered what thoughts he might have had when still a child about being given the name Estel.

[cairistiona7]

I often wonder, if like most little boys, he would have rather had a name that meant "Mighty Blade" or "Deadly Warrior". *g*