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GamgeeFest's Keepsakes  by GamgeeFest

Just an insignificant number? Or perhaps something more? A double drabble.
 
 

Nine

Nine Kings of old ruled a glorious land until their greed overcame them. Nine Rings they were given for their fair hands; nine fingers adorned in gold. Their downfall reshaped the world, and their realm was lost to the Sea.

Nine Ringwraiths these mighty Kings became to do their Dark Lord’s bidding. They had no longer any will of their own and they ruled over lands grown bleak and cold. Their black hearts mirrored emptied souls that gripped the world in fright.

Nine Walkers of hope crossed abandoned lands grown wild; their quest deemed impossible. They trusted to the bonds of friendship and faced the Enemy together, their faith in each other a small light against the dark. They brought hope to all they met and their Quest freed the world of its greatest evil.

Nine Fingers the Ring-bearer considered with solemnity and grief. His soul was emptied but his will was again his own. He was Hope Beyond Endurance, yet he carried no hope for himself until he crossed the Sea to a glorious land. He saw the missing finger as a scar, a mark of his failure. The Wise saw in the remaining, unmarred nine a circle completed.
 
 
 

GF 1/13/07





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