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Title: The Lay of Éofred (#250)
Author: LilyGoldworthy
Chapters: 1

Archive: Tolkien
Category: Palantir Section
Description: The tragedy of a young Rohirric man that neither rhymes, scans, or fits a tune.
Published: 01 Sep 2003
Updated: 01 Sep 2003
Warnings: None.
Type: Humour
Characters:


Chapter 1 - The Lay of Éofred

Once upon a time in Edoras there lived a rather hapless young man named Éofred. He was a pleasant youth, who loved horses and his homeland of Rohan. His family was of great wealth and high prestige, and as such, they lived in a home close to the Meduseld. His greatest dream was to one day become a door warden at the Golden Hall.

One night after passing the night with his friends Éomer and Théodred and getting rather tanked, Éofred got out of bed and walked outside. Unfortunately, he was still asleep.

You see, Éofred had a slight problem: on nights after his friends let him have too much ale, he walked in his sleep. Given that his friends were Éomer and Théodred, this happened rather often. Usually his mother locked him in so as not to do himself injury, but she had had a tiring day at court and had been remiss in her duties.

And so it happened that Éofred, in his sleep, walked right off the side of the cliff on the west side of Edoras. He died instantly without even knowing it. There was much mourning in the city until the Tuesday thereafter, when Old Tegwyn's pigs got loose and tried to eat the King's advisor.

But that's another story.

The End.



A.N.: Just a silly little story a friend and I came up with while noting that parts of Edoras on on the edge of a sodding great cliff and what would happen if someone slept-walked off the edge. It's a valid worry!
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