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Shades of GreySummary: Manwë visits Melkor in the Void, and finds pity for the former enemy in his heart. Sometimes, there are shades of grey between white and black...

Rating: K+

Disclaimer: Just Retelling Reuel's Tales

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It was cold here, upon Taniquetil. The air was thin, and the snow on the peak never melted. The wind didn't blow. It was peaceful, serene – a white silence stretching through the halls of Ilmarin. There, high above all, Manwë sat on his throne, and his sight was directed to the east. The threat to Middle-earth has been destroyed. The

Look into my EyesOf my all forms, there is only one left. Of all my senses, I use only one. I don't remember the taste of wine in Valmar. I don't remember the feel of the hammer and anvil in my hands. I don't remember the sound of the Song I sang once, before Arda came into being. I see. I see the doom nearing. It walks with soft steps into the very heart of my realm, and I know it's too late already.

"I have come. But I do not choose now to do what I came to do. I will not do this deed. The Ring is mine!"

The centuries of watching, and yet I didn't see this coming. I know this form will not hold much longer, and so I look for the last time. Because that's

Gilraen's LullabySleep, my son

The night is a river

carrying you there

where silver stars shiver

On streams of dreams

to a land without sorrow

where boys have fathers

and the mounds are hollow

in dreams...

Sleep, my child

the sun hides till morrow

Her last rays a way

that elven ships follow

There, names are not secret

that can bring a danger

And father to child

doesn't have to be stranger

in dreams...

Sleep, my Hope

and hope of your people

Than mighty oak

your roots are deeper

Once you will know

the pride of the humbled,

the value of honour

and hopes of your kindred,

their dreams...

Sleep, my son

while darkness is soothing,

while

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The Birth of a Phoenixby =MirachRavaia

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Illustration of the August Tale for Neil Gaiman's "A Calendar of Tales" [link]
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~Ragnelle-was-taken Mar 16, 2013

This was wonderful! The colours drew me to it, but the perspective and the trees are really what I am amazed at here.

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=MirachRavaia Mar 18, 2013 General Artist

Thank you very much!

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~retransmission Mar 14, 2013 Traditional Artist

Amazing old trees! the color of the sky is absolutely great!

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=MirachRavaia Mar 14, 2013 General Artist

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~Gawarin Mar 12, 2013 Student Traditional Artist

All your pictures are magically and really beautifu!

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=MirachRavaia Mar 13, 2013 General Artist

Thank you very much!

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~Gawarin Mar 20, 2013 Student Traditional Artist

no thanks, pleas

and nice Kitty!

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~Badusev Mar 11, 2013 Professional Traditional Artist

Very beautiful.

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=MirachRavaia Mar 12, 2013 General Artist

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~rstrider9 Mar 10, 2013

Wow! This is gorgeous! I love the colors!

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