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Title: 30th NÃ¡riÃ« (#1884)
Author: NancyBrooke
Chapters: 2

Archive: Tolkien
Category: Lord of the Rings
Description: The beginning of the end:  Boromir after Osgiliath.
Response to OSA Drabble Challenge #9: The Morning After Last Night.
Published: 13 May 2005
Updated: 13 May 2005
Warnings: reference to violence, death
Type: General
Characters: Boromir


Chapter 1 - 30th NÃ¡riÃ«

So it ends:

a curl of smoke, a slick of blood, the gurgle as the river embraces our dead.

We take our time, and the work is slow.  We are too few to care for so many … the river must see them home.  Rarely has the Harlond seen such precious cargo.  

I say my farewells, to the men who fought at my word and the city, dead at my hand.

Ever after we will mark this day.  Mordor has declared himself at last and I will answer.  Now many dawns will light a scene as this.

So it begins.



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Chapter 2 - a/n

Thanks to Alassante it's come to my attention I should include an a/n re: the title:

As per the Encyclopedia of Arda:

Nárië: The sixth month of the year, according to the Stewards' Reckoning of Gondor, following [the month of] Lótessë, and preceding Loëndë, the feast [day] of Midsummer. On a modern calendar, Nárië ran between 23 May and 21 June.

So the title is the date; I was imagining it might become something like July 4th (or 9/11) where the date becomes the memorial or holiday; in this case, the beginning of all out war with Mordor which all Gondor must be hoping would end gloriously or, at least, soon. For Boromir, of course, there was no end to war, just an end to him.



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