Tolkien Fan Fiction
Tolkien Fan Fiction
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In the Cards
By:Dwimordene
5
Apokatastasis Panton

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Day 5: Card: The Emperor

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He is –
the first glass-maker, the first to love the density of things in his own image.

He is –
the snake who eats his tail, the self-consuming Flame.

He is –
the Sieve-lader, who would carry the ocean; the bat scryer, and the deaf singer.

He is –
the geometer who measures the heavens with a square circle, and One is his number.

He is –
the thrice judged, thrice damned, the Dweller in the Night.

And yet... he is – and can become.

For he was First, and will be Last to walk upon the earth and know himself: Beloved.

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Notes:

1. Apokatastasis panton: the doctrine that all that is, is capable of redemption.