Fic and art

[illwynd]

Posting this in the superstitious hopes that posting today will mean much inspiration in 2007. I was going to expand it, but, ehh, I guess I can do that later if I want.

Waves of Dol Amroth I & II (drabble and double-drabble)
by illwynd
Disclaimer: Belongs to Tolkien; I'm just playing.
Rating: G
Characters: Faramir, Imrahil, Boromir

x-posted to sons_of_gondor and faramir_fics

T.A. 2992

Faramir awoke in the dead of night, and immediately leapt out of bed in panic. His breaths came fast and hard as he hurried barefoot across the room to the window. It was too dark to see, and his heart pounded too loudly in his ears to hear anything. Out into the hall, through a maze of unfamiliar passages he walked quickly, just barely not running.

Once outside, the sea wind hit his senses. He stood there, still as stone, staring into the night. The moist salt air wove around him, and he felt out of place, and terribly small.

~*~

The next evening, after the sun had set, Imrahil told Faramir and his brother to put on their warm cloaks.

“Something special to see. You’ll like it, I think.”

They walked down to the edge of the coast. From some distance, the lanterns on fishing boats out in the water could be seen, shivering specks against the darkness. But there was something else…

“The sea… it glows!” Boromir cried out as they approached. Faramir said nothing, but only stared at the waves. As they broke on the shore, they shone as if lit from within with a crackling green-blue flame, and the whole sea glinted with a tracery of strange light.

“We don’t often see this from land, but if you sail out far enough, it is common,” their uncle told them.

Boromir dashed off to inspect the water up close, carefully keeping short of the point where it lapped over the sand. The places where he stepped glowed dimly with the sea-light as he passed.

Briefly, Faramir recalled his dream of a dark wave towering above him, its edges glinting with light.

Then he put the thought aside and walked down toward the water, glowing bootprints trailing behind him.

~*~

Waves of Dol Amroth (art)
by illwynd
Rating: G
Characters: Faramir




Notes: the "sea-light" actually exists--it's the result of a red tide with bioluminescent phytoplankton, and it's really spectacular-looking at night. To my knowledge, it is more common away from the coasts, but I haven't personally seen it there. The background for the artwork is a photo (not taken by me) of a red tide at night from when that happened around here a few years ago, which I messed with a bit in Photoshop.

Comments

[ladyrhiannon873.livejournal.com]

Love the picture and the story.I think that the drawing would make a good icon.

[illwynd.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm pleased to hear you liked these. ^_^

I think that the drawing would make a good icon.
Ooh, neat idea!