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Author: Himring
Title: A Common Root
Characters: Fingon, Hurin
Pairing: n/a
Text type / Format: Ficlet (drabble)
Source / Fandom: Silmarillion
Rating: PG
Warnings: allusion to canonical character deaths
Word Count: 100 words
Summary: Fingon, the High King, and Hurin, lord of Dor-lomin, have both suffered grievous loss, but Hurin has recently won a battle for Fingon. A bonding moment.
Author notes: Inspired by today's discovery that the canonical bynames of Fingon and Hurin are (probably) etymologically related, although they are not usually rendered in the same way. Prompt fill for the prompt "name".

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