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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: We don't get to see Thranduil's fight with the Corsairs.
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: We don't get to see Thranduil's fight with the Corsairs.Corsairs, or Imrahil's charge against them, [[spoiler: which leads to his death]].
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* WhamLine: [[spoiler: "I have lost the longing for the sea."]]
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* {{Doorstopper}}: Sixty-one chapters long.
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* {{Epigraph}}: Each chapter starts with one.
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** The Corsairs' attack on Minas Tirith nearly becomes one for the Gondorians, but the Elves show up in time.
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* CurbStompBattle: Nine Corsairs must duel one Elf to the death. Simple, right? Said Elf has over six thousand years of military experience and [[PapaWolf a very good reason]] to want them all dead. Guess who ends up dead and who walks away with mere scratches.
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: We don't get to see Thranduil's fight with the Corsairs.
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* DuelToTheDeath: The Corsairs who helped Dragaer [[spoiler: rape Legolas]] must fight one of these. If they're victorious they can go free.
--> '''Amdir:''' ''[looks at the soldiers surrounding them]'' You mean that we have to fight all of them?
--> '''Thranduil:''' No. You have to fight ''me''.
--> '''Amdir:''' ''[looks at the soldiers surrounding them]'' You mean that we have to fight all of them?
--> '''Thranduil:''' No. You have to fight ''me''.
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* OneManArmy: Thranduil. When he first meets him, Faramir "could easily imagine whole armies crumbling before [Thranduil]'s wrath alone".
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Than ''Lord of the Rings''.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/2057806/1/This-Present-Darkness This Present Darkness]]'' is a ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' fanfic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/366432/Lamiel Lamiel]].
Four years after the end of [=LOTR=], Aragorn is behaving increasingly erratically. He is convinced that the Haradrim are raising an army, there are spies everywhere, and even his best friends are plotting against him. Legolas, Faramir and Arwen try to discover what is wrong with him, but time is running out.
!!Contains examples of:
* AssholeVictim: Absolutely no one mourns Dragaer or those of his men who are killed.
* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Averted. Arwen is afraid to tell Aragorn of her pregnancy for fear he'll see the baby as a threat.
* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: Faramir and Éowyn's daughter is born during a battle. Faramir meets her for the first time shortly after hearing of [[spoiler: Imrahil's]] death.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Aragorn's behavour is the result of Dragaer using the palantír to influence him.
* TheCavalry: When it seems as though the Corsairs will win, the army of Mirkwood arrive.
* ConverseWithTheUnconscious [=/=] PleaseWakeUp: Gimli says the latter trope's name when speaking to a unconscious Legolas.
* DeathByDespair: Legolas teeters on the verge of it after [[spoiler: being raped]].
* HeelRealization [=/=] MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Aragorn, when he realises what's happening to him.
* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler: Imrahil and Aelon]]. On the villainous side, Amdir and his companions.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Legolas is one of seven children, five of whom are still alive.
* MaternityCrisis: Éowyn goes into labour just before the battle begins.
* PapaWolf: Thranduil.
* SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands: The Captain influences Aragorn through the palantír.
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Four years after the end of [=LOTR=], Aragorn is behaving increasingly erratically. He is convinced that the Haradrim are raising an army, there are spies everywhere, and even his best friends are plotting against him. Legolas, Faramir and Arwen try to discover what is wrong with him, but time is running out.
!!Contains examples of:
* AssholeVictim: Absolutely no one mourns Dragaer or those of his men who are killed.
* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: Averted. Arwen is afraid to tell Aragorn of her pregnancy for fear he'll see the baby as a threat.
* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: Faramir and Éowyn's daughter is born during a battle. Faramir meets her for the first time shortly after hearing of [[spoiler: Imrahil's]] death.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Aragorn's behavour is the result of Dragaer using the palantír to influence him.
* TheCavalry: When it seems as though the Corsairs will win, the army of Mirkwood arrive.
* ConverseWithTheUnconscious [=/=] PleaseWakeUp: Gimli says the latter trope's name when speaking to a unconscious Legolas.
* DeathByDespair: Legolas teeters on the verge of it after [[spoiler: being raped]].
* HeelRealization [=/=] MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Aragorn, when he realises what's happening to him.
* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler: Imrahil and Aelon]]. On the villainous side, Amdir and his companions.
* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Legolas is one of seven children, five of whom are still alive.
* MaternityCrisis: Éowyn goes into labour just before the battle begins.
* PapaWolf: Thranduil.
* SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands: The Captain influences Aragorn through the palantír.
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