Darkness crept back into the forests of the world. Rumor grew of a shadow in the East – whispers of a nameless fear.
“To the sea, to the sea! The white gulls are crying,
The wind is blowing, and the white foam is flying.
West, west away, the round sun is falling,
Grey ship, grey ship, do you hear them calling,
The voices of my people that have gone before me?
And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.
@oneringnet’s top 20 middle earth characters voted by our followers → 10. aredhel
↳ aredhel, having sought in vain for her companions, rode on, for she was fearless and hardy of heart, as were all the children of finwe
For Ulmo bore up Elwing out of the waves, and he gave her the likeness of a great white bird, and upon her breast there shone as a star the Silmaril, as she flew over the water to seek Eärendil her beloved.
@oneringnet‘s top 20 middle earth characters voted by our followers → 12. írime lalwen
Írimë, generally known as Lalwen, was a Noldorin Elf who was the third child and daughter of Finwë, High King of the Noldor and Indis, his second wife. She was the sister of Findis, Fingolfin, and Finarfin, as well as half-sister of Fëanor.
Elbereth they name her, and they call upon her name out of the shadows of Middle-earth, and uplift it in song at the rising of the s t a r s.
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