Title: Riddle of Caves
Fandom: The Silmarillion
Challenge: Cave
Bingo prompt: Mending
Rating: G
Length: 100
Content notes: N/A
Author notes: Thanks go to Zana, Morgynleri & all the lovely Silmarillion writers for inspiration and encouragement.
In Bunn's Return To Aman series, Bilbo and Fingon are having a long-running, friendly game of riddles. Maglor is not playing (aside from suggesting increasingly arcane rules), but I think he wrote this one.
Summary: A somewhat etymological riddle involving caves and stars.



Riddle of Caves

The cave of clouds have I been called
Where sourceless torches endless burn
So distant suns, lamps to light the void
gemstones scattered on the cloth of night.
Ilmen I am, the upper air,
A sea no ship may sail but by
The will of She who lights the stars
Yet eyes and hearts may ever know.
So too am I a name, renowned
A son, a twin, a father proud,
Of Arda’s kindreds all a friend
Who would all strife and marring mend


Elrond am I, and over all
The vault of stars, hope shining bright