Let There Be Light

Come to Fulfilment

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(Prompt: Sunlight, again)

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She steps slowly into the Court of the Fountain on her father's arm, barely aware of the rustle of excitement that runs through the watching crowd, the Hobbits standing on tiptoe, her grandparents smiling gravely. She sees only Estel, his eyes shining like the very sun. Elrond places her hand steadily in Aragorn's, and as Mithrandir begins the ceremony she hears Estel without words;

In love and in hope you wove me crown, and stars, and White Tree; and see, my Tinúviel, now they and I are yours, to our life's end within the Circles of the World... and beyond.

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"And Aragorn the King Elessar wedded Arwen Undómiel in the City of the Kings upon the day of Midsummer, and the tale of their long waiting and labours was come to fulfilment."

The Return of the King, LoTR Book 6, Ch 5, The Steward and the King.

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