Nov 9: Larger Than Life (Minas Tirith, Fourth Age 9)

By Bernadette Crumb (aka Rhyselle)

“You can see, my lord, that we chose the finest marble in which to portray the Captain-General.”  The sculptor touched the statue’s arm. “And the pose represents his rallying the troops in Osgiliath before he left ten years ago.”

It certainly did look like his brother, Boromir, even to the heroic stance, sword arm uplifted in triumph. 

But why had the artist carved the Horn of Gondor so large, and place it at such an—unfortunate—position?   Faramir shook his head and searched for the words to tell the man diplomatically that the heirloom oughtn’t to double as a codpiece!

A/N:  Prompt: “I lifted my hand to…” from Betty Bigelow at ALEP2: TABA group at Facebook