Day 208: Adjustments

[tanaquiljall]

allie_meril wanted to know how Arwen adjusted to her role as Queen of Gondor.

Day 208

Adjustments

It was the same, and yet so very different.

She was still mistress of a valley, but this one stretched for hundreds of miles, from northern falls to southern delta.

She still played hostess, but to lords and ladies seeking advantage, not weary travellers seeking rest. And so many feasts and high days...

She still cared for her people's welfare – founding new orphanages and almshouses, schools and houses of healing – but greedy men or ill-chance or border wars meant the need for charity was never-ending.

Yet at her side, through all things, her husband – and that made all the difference.