Tidbit Tuesday
Thanks to @hobbitwrangler for the tag and the lovely look at your Miryeman! ♥️ Here is a bit from The Way is Shut, the Baldor and Aldor entry in my House of Eorl ficlet project. They’re (canonical) grandsons of Eorl and princes of the Mark.
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Even so, Baldor has no illusions that the men celebrating in front of him will seek to join themselves to the new quest he is about to announce. Indeed, they have never been especially eager to follow his lead. His pronouncements seem always to meet a muted response, tinged with an undercurrent of hesitation as uneasy eyes seek some sign of reassurance first from Aldor that a plan is sound, its details considered. It is not from dislike but rather the general sense that his brother’s is the surer hand. Aldor is bolder, more clever, more easy in the role of both commander and friend. If he were not the second son, he would make the better king, or so the whispers say. Baldor knows, for he has heard them.
He cannot stop hearing them.
If his life has purpose now, it is just to prove those whispers false. It is, he must admit, a daunting task. Most things don’t come easily to him as they always do for Aldor, and he cannot best his little brother as a strategist, rider, or craftsman. Even this newly built hall where they are now gathered is Aldor’s achievement, its freshly hewn timbers a monument to his sharp mind and creative eye. But Baldor has a plan to make his own mark. To stake his claim as first son by more than simple age.
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No pressure tags to @nycterisg @endless-natterings or @dilettantefeminist ♥️
