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littlemanpoet · 03-28-2004, 07:20 PM

Liornung's song wove a spell on Ædegard, as had happened many a time before by the bards of the Rohirrim, for it was a good song, and he forgot his anger for a space. But then Liornung spoke in answer to Bellyn, and the spell was broken, and his prattling grated on Ædegard's nerves. At least, until the last thing he had just said.

Alas for the sorrows of the world, indeed. Ædegard was the oldest of his parents, and Theolyn the youngest, there were no others; but there had been many births and deaths in between the two of them, and they had worn on both mother and father, making both of them sad, and his mother ill in health. So it was a sad home, under the currents of daily goings on, that he had left behind, and for that reason alone it was good to be gone. Perhaps, Ædegard considered, Liornung's gay talk was a good thing to be near, as much as it was at odds with what he was used to.

And Ædegard wished deep down in his heart that he could find someone to love and make a life with. It was such hard work to seek marriageable maidens in Edoras, with his parents so ill, and so he had avoided the work by staying at the wheelwrighting. Ah well. He sighed.

"It was a good song, Liornung."

03-28-2004, 07:20 PM	#49
littlemanpoet Itinerant Songster Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: The Edge of Faerie Posts: 7,072	ROHAN: Ædegard Liornung's song wove a spell on Ædegard, as had happened many a time before by the bards of the Rohirrim, for it was a good song, and he forgot his anger for a space. But then Liornung spoke in answer to Bellyn, and the spell was broken, and his prattling grated on Ædegard's nerves. At least, until the last thing he had just said. Alas for the sorrows of the world, indeed. Ædegard was the oldest of his parents, and Theolyn the youngest, there were no others; but there had been many births and deaths in between the two of them, and they had worn on both mother and father, making both of them sad, and his mother ill in health. So it was a sad home, under the currents of daily goings on, that he had left behind, and for that reason alone it was good to be gone. Perhaps, Ædegard considered, Liornung's gay talk was a good thing to be near, as much as it was at odds with what he was used to. And Ædegard wished deep down in his heart that he could find someone to love and make a life with. It was such hard work to seek marriageable maidens in Edoras, with his parents so ill, and so he had avoided the work by staying at the wheelwrighting. Ah well. He sighed. "It was a good song, Liornung."