Morning Hath Broken (2/3?) by Kaylee Arafinwiel (Revolution)

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Title: Morning Hath Broken, Chapter Two: Doriath
Author: kayleelupin
Rating: PG
Warnings: None
Summary: Oropher searches amongst his earliest memories to tell the tale of the Great Lights. (For the February 2017 "Revolution", and for Keiliss - hope you continue to enjoy :) )
A/N: Emma and I place Oropher’s birth during YT 1499, at what would be 14,364 solar years – six “years” and less than one Valian year before the rising of the Moon and Sun. This would make him a little more than two and a half in human maturity.

Oropher Celepharnion had been very young when he first saw the Great Lights – not even a year of the Belain, as Elu and Melian accounted it. In fact, he had been younger than his son was now, he realised – six, in years of the Sun, he supposed.

Ithil and Anor. These had not been things he had been equipped to understand at such a tender age. He was only just beginning to learn the names of this star or that one as his mother, Neldiel Brandiriel, or his nurse Ivoniel sang them to him. He had learned already to mark the hours by the Edegil as the great Sickle of the Belain swung round the Over-heaven. But young as he was, he had not begun formal lessons with his daeradar yet.

So it was when he was outside with Ivoniel, wrapped up against the chill, that he had first seen it. A glow, far off on the horizon, like a hundred thousand torches – he had not known what to think of it.

The orb had risen slowly in the western sky, pale white against the blackness of the heavens, and washed the world in silver light.

“W-what is it, Ivy?” he had whispered to her, frozen in fear…

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“It was Ithil, Ada?” Thranduil interrupted the flow of his father’s story as Oropher recalled the memory to life.

“Yes, Ithil,” Oropher confirmed. “Though we did not call him so at first. My daeradar, Lord Brandir, suggested Elfaron, that is Star-hunter, for indeed he seemed to blot out the stars in his path.”

“Helvui says that’s very sad,” Thranduil reflected. “He doesn’t want Ithil to hunt the stars. That’s mean.”

“Ithil only plays hide-and-find with the stars, laes-nin,” Oropher comforted his elfling – and the evidently very concerned rabbit. “He does not hurt them. I promise. Now, would you like me to continue, Master Helvui?” he asked.

Helvui still didn’t think that was very funny. Still, a story was a story.

“Helvui says yes, please,” Thranduil said. Oropher took a breath and let it out slowly.

“Very well. Now, where was I…”

Comments

[shirebound]

Oropher comforted his elfling – and the evidently very concerned rabbit.

That's incredibly sweet.

[kayleelupin.livejournal.com]

Thank you, Shirebound!! I'm so glad you like it :)

Thinking out Part Three currently. Hopefully it won't take too long to come to me.

[keiliss.livejournal.com]

I've always thought that bright light on the horizon rising majestically up into the sky must have been downright terrifying. The Noldor out there on the Ice might have been quick to realise it came from the West, but everyone else ... This is such a lovely story, Kaylee. Makes me smile.

[kayleelupin.livejournal.com]

Well, I imagine Melian knew what was what, and Elu too, likely - he'd been to Valinor after all. But the rest of the Sindar would have been clueless. Thanks so much, I'm so glad it makes you smile :) Your reviews make me smile! :)