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THE RINGS OF POWER ⚔️ Alex Tarrant as Valandil

fare well, last of the gifts of númenor (tolkien/the rings of power, valandil-centric, supporting characters including tar-míriel and eärien, 5.2k)

As Valandil falls to his knees, the rough tug of the sword leaving his body is but momentary pain before his sight begins to dim and breathing begins to seem less important. He is vaguely aware of his captain’s cries, his hands desperately pressing the shrine’s athelas against Valandil’s wound, as if that will be enough to turn back the tide. Valandil is sure that it will not be, but he is not afraid. He is a sailor and a true soldier of Númenor, and he goes now to his rest with his father, with Ontamo, and with Isildur. (He feels something at the last moment – more than the last comfort of a beloved captain he had known all his life, who had been as much a father figure as his own had been – and a homeless voice whispers in his mind: king.)

I was supposed to be working but I wrote over 5k of fix-it fic last night instead because I'm still in denial over TROP 2x05, so: valandil lives. kemen is going to, you might say, eat it. bon appétit.