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tanaquiljall) wrote2010-06-12 06:33 pm
tanaquiljall) wrote2010-06-12 06:33 pm
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Daily drabble challenge - Day 12 - Resistance
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altariel asked for an AU showing Gondorian resistance after the fall of Minas Tirith.
Resistance
The people were sullen. They seemed beaten. And yet....
Bridges across the River were broken down as soon as built. Cargo barges sprang leaks and sank mid-stream. Arrows from the shadows had Mordor's soldiers pitching dead into their dinners. The food itself could not be trusted, fouled with untasteable poisons even orc-stomachs could not countenance.
Reprisals were savage, and yet a thousand dead Gondorians—and a thousand more, and a thousand more—did not end the attacks. Mordor had soldiers and to spare, true enough, but soon the armies seethed....
Perhaps, the Witch-King reflected, some frontiers are too distant and too great.
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altariel asked for an AU showing Gondorian resistance after the fall of Minas Tirith.
Resistance
The people were sullen. They seemed beaten. And yet....
Bridges across the River were broken down as soon as built. Cargo barges sprang leaks and sank mid-stream. Arrows from the shadows had Mordor's soldiers pitching dead into their dinners. The food itself could not be trusted, fouled with untasteable poisons even orc-stomachs could not countenance.
Reprisals were savage, and yet a thousand dead Gondorians—and a thousand more, and a thousand more—did not end the attacks. Mordor had soldiers and to spare, true enough, but soon the armies seethed....
Perhaps, the Witch-King reflected, some frontiers are too distant and too great.
Feel free to leave more prompts in comments to any of the posts.
This entry was originally posted at http://tanaqui.dreamwidth.org/170911.html. You can comment here or comment there using OpenID.