A Bow for Bran

[shieldmaiden_rohan]

Finding an active young one was not simple, but Eowyn was determined.   Kili had completed the bow and presented it to Eowyn a few days earlier.  It was well-made, as she had known it would be, with a good draw and carefully carved Cirth on the nocks.  She had asked Kili what the symbols meant somewhat hesitantly, for she knew well how dwarrows guarded their language, but he had told her willingly.  It was, apparently, a traditional phrase for swift arrows and good aim.  Since Bran was a child, it also had a few words for growing up strong and brave.

She had wrapped the bow in cloth together with its arrows and quiver and gone to Summerfell first.  If Bran was not there, someone might be able to tell her in which direction he had gone. 

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[summerchild]

"A real wizard." Bran had only known the traveling hedge wizards who dispensed advice and suspicious cure-alls, and Maester Luwin's many scathing remarks about their potency. Having to fight off a god is something else entirely, not even the bravest heroes in Westeros' stories had managed that. "Those are formidable foes."

[shieldmaiden_rohan]

"They are," she agreed gravely, "And it will be quite a battle before they are defeated, but many are allied against them. All free folk will fight, from the holbytla to the dwarrows to the Ents. The shadow will not prevail."

This she was convinced of. This she firmly believed, though her dreams were dark and she could not see to the other side of them.

[summerchild]

"I'm sure they will," Bran said just as solemnly, even if sounded like more of a story than something that could truly happen. He knew more than most how the impossible had a way of coming true. "If everyone works together then they'll be able to beat them."

[shieldmaiden_rohan]

"That is what we must hope and work towards," Eowyn agreed, and then deliberately spoke in a lighter tone.

"And now you have a bow that would be worthy of such a battle. Come, let us try it out."