Story Downloaded from Open Scrolls Archive (https://www.openscrolls.net) Title: Needling pride (#3094) Author: Rhapsody Chapters: 1 Archive: Tolkien Category: The Silmarillion Description: Maedhros in Mandos, how will he answer to Mandos' judgement? This is a drabble written for the OSA Drabble Challenge # 63: "Guilty as charged". My precious beta is Trekqueen! Published: 19 Nov 2006 Updated: 19 Nov 2006 Warnings: Type: Drama Characters: Maedhros Chapter 1 - Needling pride: in Mandos Hall's A deafening silence enveloped him, tugging at his fëa to answer to the accusations just cast. Some fëar reacted furiously: their minds prickled him like small needles. Murderer! Slayer of my child! What about our dreams? What about our sacrifices, the loved ones we lost so that your child could sleep safely in the homes we defended with our blood? “Nelyafinwë, what do you have to say in defence for these cruelties in threefold?” Is that all I have to face judgement for? Maedhros wondered. “I have not, for our actions tell our tale.” The audacious pride reigned once again. -- Nelyafinwë = Maedhros' father name ------------------------------------------------------------------ Downloaded from Open Scrolls Archive (https://www.openscrolls.net) on Sun Nov 15, 2026 2:30 am