Dragonborn from Lord of the Rings

Chapter 208 King Telkanta

A large open space was vacated in front of the city wall of Minas Tirith, and both sides of the city gate were crowded with handsome people in colorful clothes and garlands on their heads.

People are like silver waves, advancing one row after another, shining brilliantly in the morning sun, rippling unceasingly.

The soldiers of Elpera watched from a distance, they were arranged in a neat square formation, with strict discipline and high spirits.Even the warriors of Gondor were not inferior to them.

As the commanders of this army, Aratu and Noratu participated in this grand event, but they will not appear as protagonists, but as witnesses of the northern kingdom.

In this way they came to the entrance of the city gate, and stopped a furlong from the wall.Since the city gate has not yet been rebuilt, a fence has been set up at the entrance, and guards in silver and black uniforms stand there, holding long swords out of their sheaths.Before the bars stood Faramir of the Steward's House, and Húrin the Keykeeper, and the other lords of Gondor, and also Princess Eowyn of Rohan and King Théoden, and many of Mark's horsemen.They all came here urgently after receiving the news from the Gondor envoy.

In fact, when the son of Denethor appeared, the humans of Gondor were even more convinced that the king had indeed returned!He was the descendant of Isildur, not Faramir of House Hurin.

As a group of Dunedain dressed in silver and gray came out of the army, everyone fell silent.

Lord Aragorn came first at a slow pace. He wore black armor, a silver belt around his waist, and a pure white cloak. There was no helmet on his head, but a bright star tied on his forehead with a thin silver belt.With him came Eomer of Rohan, Prince Adrasir, and Hal Barad.He was still a Dúnedain at the enthronement of the Heir of the Old Lord.

Also among them was Gandalf the Grey, and beside him was a diminutive figure--many were amazed at the sight of them.

Frodo came to Minas Tirith on the evening of the second day. When the huge body of Smaug descended on the White City again, the Gondor humans who had just experienced the pain of breaking the city were shocked at first.It wasn't until they saw that the person who came was the guardian of the north, those people who had heard the legend of the silver king suddenly shouted in surprise, "The dragon is here! It brought the messenger that destroys the demon king's weapon!"

Noratul lifted the exhausted Frodo from Smaug's back, and lowered him gently to the ground.The gray-robed wizard, who had already heard the news, stepped forward immediately, and put his warm hand on Frodo's head: the hobbit trembled all over, closed his eyes tightly, and said nothing.

Gandalf could feel that the life of the Ring-bearer had been greatly consumed, because Sauron himself cursed him at that time, which was the most vicious curse Sauron wanted most. Man's persistence in love and faith resisted Sauron's magic power.But even so, Frodo's time in Middle Continent is limited, and he must go to the Blessed Land of the West.

"I could not bring him back to full recovery, Sauron's curse haunted him, and only the blessings of the Western Holy Land could keep our hobbit from an untimely death. Perhaps the Mighty Ones foresaw this, so Fate made him and Bilbo successively hold the Supreme Ring." Once Gandalf, now Maia Orolin treated Noratu and others in this way.

"Perhaps we can undo Sauron's curse," said Fintin II.

"His power has been broken in this battle, and the many evils left about him may last for a long time, but he has lost control of all the evil he has created. I don't think he can do enough in this matter, even if he wanted to. ’ said O’Rolin.

"Ai! lauri lantar lassi súrinen,

yéni únótim ve rámar aldaron!
Yeni ve lint yuldar avánier
mi oromardi lisse-miruvóreva
Andún pella, Vardo tellumar
nu luini yassen tintilar i eleni
ómaryo airetári-lírinen.
Sí man i yulma nin enquantuva?
An sí Tintall Varda Oiolosso
ve fanyar máryat Elentári ortan
ar ily tier unduláv lumbul;
ar sindanóriello caita morni
i falmalinnar imb met, ar hísi
untúpa ​​Calaciryo míri oial.
Sí vanwa ná, Rómello vanwa, Valimar!
Namári! Nai hiruvaly Valimar.
Nai ely hiruva. ​​Namári!"

Aragorn sang the ballad of the blessed land of the West, the city of the gods, and shook his head and sighed: "Velima! Velimar! Unreachable to mortals! It is blessed and holy. No way! Al Phalazon tried to stand in the place of the gods with thousands of horses, but in the end he sent the Númenóreans into the sea. Now it will be opened to two great hobbits! If it is possible, I will Use this moment to take this opportunity."

At that time, Orofenwe was also standing among the generals, and he said proudly: "Shouding mortals cannot set foot on that sacred land, even if he is the king among men."

Although the son of Olway's words were cruel, they revealed the fate of mortals and elves, and many dwarves and humans who heard the words of the high elf prince of the west were deeply saddened.

But Olorin said: "The fate and operation of the world is the authority of Iluvita, and death is the most sacred gift, like a gift given to secondary children, and even Vera has no right to take it away. And the reason why death makes You are sad because it comes under the shadow of Morgoth, so that you face death as if surrounded by great darkness. It is one of the most terrible evils that He has wrought. Besides, the Elves do not die It is neither a reward nor a punishment, but a manifestation of their nature. They are bound to this world and cannot escape. For the life of the world is their life until they are worn out. If you think there is a high or low between the two, then it is only It can be said that you are all obsessed with obsession."

However, immediately afterwards, he looked at Turka's two sons, "But now, the third fate has appeared, and it is still in Iluvita's heart, and it has not been revealed to anyone. Maybe many generations later , He will reveal his purpose, but now, let us look forward."

The humans and dwarves who heard this were suddenly awakened.And Orofenwe also looked at the twins, and everyone bowed to the son of Turka in unison.

Aratu and Noratu looked at the generals without saying a word.

Next, everyone stopped talking about this topic.

When Frodo woke up, he found himself lying on a soft bed, with a roof like he had never seen before, and the beauty of different elves and nature blending together, they were thick and heavy with a trace of history, just like Annuminas as well.The sun shines through the windows on the clean ground, and the light and shadow are intertwined, making people feel warm.

"By God!" he thought silently, "how long have I been asleep?" For a moment he even thought of the times when he had played and played in the sunny Shire.It's like he can't remember anything before.He stretched and took a deep breath. "Oh, what a dream I've had!" he murmured, "what a joy to wake up!" He sat up, and saw Gandalf looking at him with a smile on his face.But a closer look reveals something different.

His hair and beard are still so white, his eyes are as bright as stars, his smile is amiable, and he holds a familiar bong in his hand.No sword, no cane.

"Good day, Frodo, seeing you awake is the happiest thing I've heard in a while." The old man who looked like Gandalf but wasn't quite Gandalf said.

All the memory came flooding back, and Frodo cried out, "That is no dream! This scene is familiar, Gandalf, and where are we this time?"

"Gandalf," repeated the old man, as if recalling a long-lost word from his old memory, "yes, that is the name. I used to be Gandalf. You may still call me that, Frodo." As he spoke, he laughed out loud, and his laughter was like music, like a fountain flowing into a dry land.As Frodo listened, it occurred to him that it had been many days since he had heard laughter, such a sound of pure joy.It sounded in his ears like an echo of all the laughter he'd ever known in his life, but he himself burst into tears.

Then, like the sun that shines brighter after the sweet rain has died down on the spring breeze, he held back his tears and burst out laughing, jumping out of bed as he laughed. "Gandalf!"

They embraced each other like old friends reunited after a long absence.

After a long time, Gandalf whispered: "Now, I answer your question: We are in Minas Tirith, the city of kings and stewards! It is broken, but yes, it is still great! Frodo, everything has Sauron has failed in the past, and Aratu defeated him, just as Noratu defeated the blue wizard. Yes, I have heard your story from Turka's second son. Have to say You did well indeed, Frodo, Lord Elrond said: If all the great friends of old were Hador, Húrin, Túrin, and even Beren himself, you should be in There is a place among them. Now I say: he was right!"

It made Frodo feel a little ashamed, for only he knew that perhaps he was not so great.He thought of all the things he had said and done on the stone dais in Sammusnauer: but at any rate, it was over.Frodo looked at the smiling wizard and felt relieved for a moment.

"I just did it, Gandalf! Maybe I won't think of that day again, for it would only pain me," said Frodo softly.

"Then you rest well." Gandalf stared at him, with a look of concern for the hobbit in his eyes. "We all know what you have faced, Frodo, and no one can blame you. The rest In those days, the only thing you have to do is to rest well under the king's care."

And when he had finished speaking, Gandalf stood before him, and now the sunlight came through the window, and made his beard shine like snow. "Because soon, a grand event needs your presence. As one of the greatest heroes of this era, you have the qualifications." He said.

Frodo blinked his eyes hard, and for a moment, caught between bewilderment and ecstasy, could not answer a word.Finally, he gasped and said, "Gandalf! What have I missed? What's happening in this world? What's the date?"

"You have so many questions that it will not help your recovery, but I can still answer some of them," said Gandalf, laughing. "Today is the eighteenth of June. Or, if you want to know, it is the No. 12th day of June in the year of Er. But in Gondor, from now on, the New Year will always be on the fourteenth of June, the day when Sauron fell and you were rescued from the fire and came to the king. He took care He has left you, and now he is waiting for you. You should dine with him. When you are ready, I will take you to him."

"You keep talking about the King?" said Frodo. "What King? Who is he?"

"Aragorn, King of Gondor," said Gandalf, "he has recovered all the lands of old, and will soon take his throne, but he is waiting for you."

Frodo was both surprised and delighted.

Such was all of Frodo's coming to Minas Tirith.

Now, a trombone sounded, followed by silence.Then, Faramir and Hurin, the keymaster, stepped out of the city gate. There were no followers behind them, but they brought four men wearing the high helmets and armor of the royal city, holding a hoop made of black Lebeslung wood with a silver border. big box.

Faramir met Aragorn in the middle of the gathered crowd. He knelt down and said: "The Hurin family has been caught in the conspiracy of the devil and has acted as usurper. But today, the descendants of Hurin will return to power. Please forgive my ancestors, the king. Father's crime, so that Boromir's sacrifice would not have been in vain." Then he presented a white scepter.

But after Aragorn took the scepter, he handed it back to him, saying: "I forgive! Boromir used his life to prove the loyalty of the Hurin family, and his deeds will be passed down among us! But this authority did not The end. As long as my family continues, the seat of chancellor will still belong to you and your descendants. Now, perform your duties!"

Then Faramir arose and said in a loud voice: "O people of Gondor, now hear Faramir of the house of Hurin! Behold! At last a man has come again to claim the throne. This is Allah Aragorn son of the pine, chief of the Dúnedain of Arnor, of direct descendant of Valandil son of Isildur son of Erendil of Númenor—he wore the Star of the North, and rode the Reforge Sword, triumphant on the battlefield, thwarted Sauron's conspiracy, and regained the southern kingdom. Should he be crowned king, enter this city and live here?"

All the army and all the people shouted in unison: "Yes!"

"People of Gondor, according to learned men, it was the ancient custom that the king should take the crown from his father before his death; The Mausoleum, from whose hand I took the crown. But, as a change must now be made, I have taken from Rastinon today the crown of Eärnur, the last king, who died long ago in the time of our fathers. "

Then the four Janissaries stepped forward, and Faramir opened the chest, and took out an ancient crown.Its shape is very similar to the helmet of the Royal Guards, but it is taller, and the whole body is white. The wings on both sides are made of pearls and silver in the shape of seabird wings, symbolizing that the kings came across the sea.Seven diamonds were set in the crown of the crown, and a single gem was set in the crown, and it shone like a flame.

So Aragorn took the crown, held it up high and said:

“Et Erello Endorenna utúlien. Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta!”

We have said that these words were spoken by Elendil when he came across the sea on the wings of the wind, and stepped ashore.

Then, to the astonishment of all, Aragorn did not put the crown on his head, but returned it to Faramir.He said: "It is due to the hard work and bravery of many people that I inherit the throne today. In memory of this, I would like to ask the bearer of the ring to give me the crown. If Mithrandil is willing, I would like him to take The crown rests on my head - because he's been the driving force behind everything that's been achieved, and this victory belongs to him."

So Frodo stepped forward, took the crown from Faramir, and handed it to Gandalf.Aragorn bowed his knees, and Gandalf placed the white crown on his head, saying:
"Now comes the age of kings! May the years be blessed, but the thrones of the Valar stand!"

When Aragorn arose, all who saw him stared in silence, for they felt that he had now revealed himself to them for the first time.He is as tall as the king of the sea kingdom in ancient times, taller than those standing beside him; he looks old, but he is in his prime; his brow reveals wisdom, his hands hold power and healing, and his whole body It seemed to emit a light.Then Faramir said aloud:

"Behold, our king!"

In an instant, all the trumpets sounded together, and the king stepped forward to the fence, and Hu Lin, the key-holder, pushed the fence back.Amidst the music of the harp, the banjo, the flute, and the singing of the singers, the king walked through the streets strewn with flowers, came to the royal city, and entered.The king's flag of the White Tree and Seven Stars rose to the top of a tower that was still intact on the sixth floor and fluttered away. The rule of King Telkanta, which was told in many songs, began from then on.

During the king's reign, the White City was restored and built even more beautifully than in its first heyday, with trees and fountains everywhere, the city gates were made of mithril and fine steel, and the streets were paved with white marble.The people of the lonely mountain come to work hard, and the people of the forest are happy to visit.Everything is healed and perfected, every family is full of men and women, full of children's laughter, there are no more dark windows, and no more empty courtyards.After the Third Age ended and the world entered a new one, the White City preserved the glory and memory of the bygone ages.

Aratul and Noratul of the Northern Kingdom, Orofenwe, son of the King of the Elves, Teleri of Okolondi, Treebeard and Vladelif of Fangorn Forest, and Ferdin II of Turin Dwarves witnessed all this .

　On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, I wish all the lovely book friends a happy new year!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)