Genre: Horror

Rating: r

Warning: gruesome battle/defeat

Summary: The Battle of Sudden Flames, in Aegnor’s point of view.

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The dragon roared. People scattered like leaves in the wind, trying to avoid it. Many were not lucky. Caught between the Worm’s deadly breath and the molten lava pouring forth from Thangorodrim, they had nowhere to flee. Their screams were swallowed by the cacophony, and their bodies shrivelled in the searing and devouring heat. The plains were aglow with fell light.

Aegnor watched as his brother Angrod and his troops were overwhelmed first, two leagues away, and then it was his and his men’s turn.

He did not scream. He laughed and cried in bitter irony instead. Fell Fire, indeed.

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Note: Aikanáro (Aegnor’s Quenya name) means Fell Fire.