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Title: Devil of Kindness (#1682)
Author: NancyBrooke
Chapters: 2

Archive: Tolkien
Category: Lord of the Rings
Description: "I myself dared pass the doors of the Necromancer in Dol Guldur and explored his ways, [but] Saruman disuaded us from open deeds against him."  For OSA's Weekly Drabble Challenge #1:  "Regret."
Published: 19 Mar 2005
Updated: 19 Mar 2005
Warnings: 
Type: Angst
Characters: Gandalf


Chapter 1 - Drabble

Long years now I’ve walked this land.  From Hobbit hole to Citadel I've learned each hue and shade; from Dwarf-delved dark to the high light of Elves each shadow I can call by name -- just an old man in grey, ever watchful.

For Darkness, not light, has been my study, and as I walked beneath the trees of Greenwood I thought I heard them shiver with his name.

But before the light of Saruman I saw my cautions fade, and I let his voice of reason drown the whispers.  I let myself be blinded to his darkness, and evil grew.




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Chapter 2 - A/N

The title is a mistakenly heard lyric from "Shadows and Light" by Joni Mitchell
The summary is quoted from The Fellowship of the Ring, "The Council of Elrond,"  by J. R. R. Tolkien
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