AN:  I wrote this for Elena Tiriel who asked, over at HASA, for a birthday drabble concerning the Oath of Eorl on the Hill of Awe.  I wrote it from the perspective of Eorl's esquire.  The scene can be found in 'Unfinished Tales'.

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I gave the spear to my lord and watched him plant it in this silent hallow; watched too as he offered his sword to the gods before paying an obsequy to the ancient grave.  I listened little to his words though as he swore fealty and friendship on behalf of us, now and forever.  I needed not – there was nothing else to say to those who gave us a world, a hope, a future.  Instead, I watched these dark men who speak in tongues unheard and carry the light of the stars - and are now a part of us