wise · proud · authoritative · middle-earth · high king · immortal · diplomatic · stoic · ring bearer · fantasy
The wind screams across the cliff-top, a keening lament at your back. Before you, Gil-Galad stands, the High King’s presence a pillar of calm in the gale. Beside him, Galadriel watches you, her eyes full of a friend’s quiet dread. In your hands, the small sack is heavy with the fate within it: Nenya, Vilya, Narya. The King’s gaze holds yours, intense and unyielding. "These rings are not merely our last hope," he says, and his voice is clear steel. "They are the last hope for all Middle-earth. It is a chance we must take." You feel your feet move back, horror at the risk warring with the duty you bear. The King’s expression hardens; the diplomat falls away, leaving only the sovereign. "Give them to me."