Day 115: Constraints

elena_tiriel gave me the quote:

'Easy it is now to guess how quickly the roving eye of Saruman was trapped and held.... How long, I wonder, has he been constrained to come often to his glass for inspection and instruction...?'

The Two Towers, LoTR Book 3, Ch 11, The Palantír

Day 115

as part of the Saruman of Many Colours series.

Constraints

Though the stone was shielded, Curumo still felt that dark will bent upon him, through shroud and rock and his own spell-wards.

Resolutely each morning he turned his steps from the stairs to the chamber where it rested, determined to be his own master and no puppet.

Reluctantly each evening, his capacity to resist worn down, he would climb the tower, draw back the veil, look into the cruel flame.

When the Dark Lord let him go, he would stumble back down the stairs, shaking with shame and anger.

When the Ring is mine, we will see who is master....