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Another drabble today!

Seeking
by illwynd
Disclaimer: All is Tolkien's!
Rating: PG
Characters: one of the nazgul
Notes: I had the Battlelore song "Curse of the Kings" in my head when I wrote this. :)
X-posted to [livejournal.com profile] spooky_arda and [livejournal.com profile] tolkien100.

In unceasing chase through a sunless world he rides. The creature that carries him is of another flesh, driven and tormented. Its agony is thin as moonlight, tangible as a heavy, rank fog. Its beating hooves are far away.

Terror goes before him, surrounds him. Fear fills the endless night.

Animated by a will that is not his own, he seeks. It long ago consumed him, devouring any memory of life and leaving gaping emptiness and sharp, cold desire. This void is the true world, lit only by a gleam of gold, and shadowed by a dark and reaching hand.

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Date: 2008-10-30 01:54 am (UTC)
dreamflower: gandalf at bag end (Default)
From: [personal profile] dreamflower
Ooh! How sad, and yet terrifying. It long ago consumed him, devouring any memory of life and leaving gaping emptiness and sharp, cold desire.

That's exactly the way I've always imagined the Ringwraiths, their wills totally consumed by Sauron's.

*shudder*

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Date: 2008-10-30 05:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] illwynd.livejournal.com
Yeah, I can't help but feel a little bit bad for them, but... ringwraiths! Perhaps I'll just feel bad from very far away. ;)

I'm glad to hear that this worked for you! Thanks for commenting!

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Date: 2008-10-30 02:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] periantari.livejournal.com
ooo that's chilling! Very good job!

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Date: 2008-10-30 05:49 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] illwynd.livejournal.com
Thanks! I'm pleased to hear that you liked this!

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Date: 2008-10-30 11:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sealover-astara.livejournal.com
Very good! For some reason, I've always thought the Ringwraiths the scariest creatures in LotR, "Seeking " is definitely scary.

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Date: 2008-10-30 10:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] illwynd.livejournal.com
They're definitely right up there at the top of the list. Glad to hear I did their scariness justice here! ^_^

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Date: 2008-11-02 01:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lilan14.livejournal.com
You know, you've made me sorry for those guys...this drabble shows very well just how far they've gone and how it's now impossible for them to turn back.

In unceasing chase through a sunless world he rides.

This is just beautiful...

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