Post by Earendur on Mar 5, 2004 19:12:00 GMT -5
Celoril’s story
There was a new war about to begin. Middle-Earth was free of Sauron, but there were still countless enemies out there. Everyone out of the fellowship had left, and someone needed to protect the new kingdom of Celebreth. The king was Celeborn, and his wife was an elf named Brea. There were many people living in their kingdom, and they needed to go somewhere, but they did not know were. There were many places to choose from, they could go into the Old Forest, but there were many evils there. Celeborn’s oldest son Celoril was now turning 18…extremely young for an elf, but yet the oldest son. Since Celoril was now 18 he was asked to go in search of a place to live.
On his way to Rivendell, he ran across Glorfindell. Glorfindell was an elf that once lived in the great hidden city of Gondolin. Glorfindell asked to accompany Celoril to Rivendell, now an abandoned and empty house. On their way there they saw one of the dreaded Nazgul!
“Be quiet!” whispered Glorfindell! “It is one of the Nazgul!”
“One of the what?” asked Celoril.
“One of the servants of Sauron, the 2nd dark lord, we must leave now!” Glorfindell said quietly, and with a shiver of fear.
With that Celoril and Glorfindell fled under cover of darkness to escape from the evil being in front of them. They decided that they would go to Visit Mirkwood for safety and shelter. When they got there Thranduil the king was just arriving from a great hunt of Orc that were hiding in a cave deep inside the forest. At first King Thranduil thought that they were Orcs sneaking in the trees so he ordered his archers to prepare to fire. All of a sudden 20 Orcs jumped out from in the trees behind the small hunting party, and shot three of the king’s best archers in the back, and then the king in the arm! Quickly Celoril and Glorfindell bent their bows and shot each of the Orcs once in the face. The king was lying on the ground, and Glorfindell speedily ran up to him and in elfish muttered “In the name of Ilutavar I heal you!”” The king then stood up and thanked Glorfindell and Celoril for saving his, and the rest of his company’s lives, and for healing his wound.
The saviors of the King were honored by a feast in their name. Thranduil decided that since they saved his life he was greatly in debt of the two and would give them many gifts. To Glorfindell he gave a magnificent longbow and an entire suit of mithril chain mail that has been stained green. He also gave to him a magic cloak of Lorien that he had received from Galadriel, along with an Elvin broach.
To Celoril he gave a smaller bow, but it was the one that Legolas had used as a youth. Along with that he was given an ebony short sword that was encrusted with rubies and diamonds.
“Thank you so much!” said Celoril.
“Yes, these are extremely wonderful and undeserved gifts, why do you honor us so?” asked Glorfindell.
“Well, I have just lost all of my children, and I was wondering…um… if you would…I’m sorry it’s hard for me to ask.” started the king.
“No, please, go ahead, we are in your debt, these gifts are so valuable that we must repay you with something,” Was Glorfindell’s reply.
“Well, there is one thing…”
“Anything,” they both replied.
“I need someone to investigate an ancient fort and city once used by elves; it is called Gondolin, the hidden realm.”
“Well I am looking for a place to stay, to build a kingdom of my own, is it inhabited?” asked Celoril.
“Not since the elder days, but I was going to ask you if you wanted to go there, and make sure that it is forfeited once again. We need to make sure that the First of the Dark Lords does not try to take control of the ancient site.”
Now Celoril knew about the Hidden realm, but he just wanted to see why the king Thranduil was eager to take control of it.
This ancient city was so important because there was only one way in since it was completely encircled by giant mountains. There was one passage through the mountains that lead to the city, but there were 7 different gates that would have to be destroyed, and this was a nearly impossible task, though it had happened once already.
“We already have a treaty with some dwarves that we have become friendly with because of my son Legolas’s friendship with Gimli, and they have agreed to rebuild all of the gates, but out of mithril, which would make each of them stronger than the black gate of Mordor.
Celoril agreed, and then he saw the daughter of king Thranduil… she was gorgeous, if this wasn’t love at first sight; they must have met before…
There was a new war about to begin. Middle-Earth was free of Sauron, but there were still countless enemies out there. Everyone out of the fellowship had left, and someone needed to protect the new kingdom of Celebreth. The king was Celeborn, and his wife was an elf named Brea. There were many people living in their kingdom, and they needed to go somewhere, but they did not know were. There were many places to choose from, they could go into the Old Forest, but there were many evils there. Celeborn’s oldest son Celoril was now turning 18…extremely young for an elf, but yet the oldest son. Since Celoril was now 18 he was asked to go in search of a place to live.
On his way to Rivendell, he ran across Glorfindell. Glorfindell was an elf that once lived in the great hidden city of Gondolin. Glorfindell asked to accompany Celoril to Rivendell, now an abandoned and empty house. On their way there they saw one of the dreaded Nazgul!
“Be quiet!” whispered Glorfindell! “It is one of the Nazgul!”
“One of the what?” asked Celoril.
“One of the servants of Sauron, the 2nd dark lord, we must leave now!” Glorfindell said quietly, and with a shiver of fear.
With that Celoril and Glorfindell fled under cover of darkness to escape from the evil being in front of them. They decided that they would go to Visit Mirkwood for safety and shelter. When they got there Thranduil the king was just arriving from a great hunt of Orc that were hiding in a cave deep inside the forest. At first King Thranduil thought that they were Orcs sneaking in the trees so he ordered his archers to prepare to fire. All of a sudden 20 Orcs jumped out from in the trees behind the small hunting party, and shot three of the king’s best archers in the back, and then the king in the arm! Quickly Celoril and Glorfindell bent their bows and shot each of the Orcs once in the face. The king was lying on the ground, and Glorfindell speedily ran up to him and in elfish muttered “In the name of Ilutavar I heal you!”” The king then stood up and thanked Glorfindell and Celoril for saving his, and the rest of his company’s lives, and for healing his wound.
The saviors of the King were honored by a feast in their name. Thranduil decided that since they saved his life he was greatly in debt of the two and would give them many gifts. To Glorfindell he gave a magnificent longbow and an entire suit of mithril chain mail that has been stained green. He also gave to him a magic cloak of Lorien that he had received from Galadriel, along with an Elvin broach.
To Celoril he gave a smaller bow, but it was the one that Legolas had used as a youth. Along with that he was given an ebony short sword that was encrusted with rubies and diamonds.
“Thank you so much!” said Celoril.
“Yes, these are extremely wonderful and undeserved gifts, why do you honor us so?” asked Glorfindell.
“Well, I have just lost all of my children, and I was wondering…um… if you would…I’m sorry it’s hard for me to ask.” started the king.
“No, please, go ahead, we are in your debt, these gifts are so valuable that we must repay you with something,” Was Glorfindell’s reply.
“Well, there is one thing…”
“Anything,” they both replied.
“I need someone to investigate an ancient fort and city once used by elves; it is called Gondolin, the hidden realm.”
“Well I am looking for a place to stay, to build a kingdom of my own, is it inhabited?” asked Celoril.
“Not since the elder days, but I was going to ask you if you wanted to go there, and make sure that it is forfeited once again. We need to make sure that the First of the Dark Lords does not try to take control of the ancient site.”
Now Celoril knew about the Hidden realm, but he just wanted to see why the king Thranduil was eager to take control of it.
This ancient city was so important because there was only one way in since it was completely encircled by giant mountains. There was one passage through the mountains that lead to the city, but there were 7 different gates that would have to be destroyed, and this was a nearly impossible task, though it had happened once already.
“We already have a treaty with some dwarves that we have become friendly with because of my son Legolas’s friendship with Gimli, and they have agreed to rebuild all of the gates, but out of mithril, which would make each of them stronger than the black gate of Mordor.
Celoril agreed, and then he saw the daughter of king Thranduil… she was gorgeous, if this wasn’t love at first sight; they must have met before…