A/N: B2MEM Prompt: March 4th: What is a role model for you? Do role models require certain qualities for you? How should people relate to their role models? Write a story, poem or create an artwork based on characters who are role models for their people.

ROLE MODEL

"Meriel, what are you doing with your brother's toys?" Adanel wiped her hands on the dishrag and tucked it in her apron as she looked at her daughter.

The dark haired girl grinned up at her mother, gap-toothed. Around her, the brightly painted wooden troops lay scattered across the floor, along with a faded stuffed toy horse. A battered figure lay beneath the horse, and in one hand she brandished another that had a bit of yellow-dyed yarn attached to the head . In her other hand, a tattered bundle of dark rags menaced it.

"Lady Eowyn is killing the Witch-King!"

(100 words)