#Enya Lennox

[rosieofcorona]

i just rly think solas would fuck with celine dion

[marahsfandomloves]

All the single songs for the Lord of the Rings Franchise (That are not sung by characters in the series, I know Golden Leaves, Wandering Day, Misty Mountains and Edge of Night could all be considered singles, but I wanted to list non-cast songs) . (I know the Ballad of Damrod is one but I don't think it fits this genre 😅)

In order of release and films-

1.May it Be

2.Gollum's Song

3. Into the West

4. Song of the Lonely Mountain

5. I See Fire

6. The Last Goodbye

7. Where the Shadow Lies

8. Old Tom Bombadil

9. The Rider.

[aurora-daily]

Music recommended and/or mentioned by AURORA!

ABBA - Thank You For The Music

Advanced Language

Agnes Obel - Falling, Catching / Riverside / Dorian / The Curse (Robert Hampson Remix)

Air - Sexy Boy

Alice Phoebe Lou and Olmo - Devil's Sweetheart

Alt J - Fitzpleasure / Hunger of The Pine / Pulsher

Amanda Delara (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)

Amanda Tenfjord (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)

And Still I Rise - Wrecking Ball

Ane Brun - A Temporary Dive / All We Want is Love / Do You Remember

Anna of the North - Lovers

Annie Lennox - No More "I Love You's"

Antônio Carlos Jobim - Samba De Uma Nota Só

A Perfect Circle - The Outsiders / Weak And Powerless / Passive / Thirteen Steps (album)

Asbjørn - The Love You Have in You / Asbjørn

Askjell - The First Goodbye / L O S T M Y C O O L / Sofia

The Beatles - Tomorrow Never Knows / Revolver (album)

Beck - Blue Moon

Beethoven - Moonlight Sonata (Glenn Morrison’s version)

Bee Gees - How Deep Is Your Love

Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Sunset Village

Bjork -  Army of Me / Homogenic (album) / Human Behaviour / Hyperballad / Joga / Unravel / Violently Happy / All Is Full Of Love (Howie's Version)

The Black Keys - Lonely Boy 

Blondie - Heart Of Glass

Bob Dylan -  Emotionally Yours / Political World / Mr. Tambourine Man (live version) (mentioned as the first song she dug)

Cameron James Laing - The Way

Cats of Transistria - Good Night

Céline Dion - My Heart Will Go On (Titanic)

The Chemical Brothers -  Another World / Galvanize / Escape 700 / Hanna's Theme

Cher - Believe

Childish Gambino - This Is America

Claude Debussy, Alexis Weissenberg - Claire de Lune (mentioned as a song that impacted her as a child)

Cocteau Twins - Heaven Or Las Vegas

Coldplay - Fix You

College/Electric Youth - A Real Hero (mentioned as the song that got her through her teen angst)

The Cranberries - Dreams  

Crystal Castles - Air War / Celestica / Sad Eyes / Untrust Us

Daft Punk - Digital Love

Damien Rice - Cannonball /  Delicate / Volcano

Daughter - Youth

David Bowie - Ziggy Stardust / Blackstar (album) / Life On Mars? / Let’s Dance

dePresno - Forever

Dido - Here with Me 

Dina Ögon - Tombola 94

DNKL - Hunt

Dolores O'Riordan - When We Were Young

Ed Sheeran- No Diggity vs. Thrift Shop (& Passenger, Kygo Remix) / I See Fire (Kygo Remix)

Edith Piaf - La Vie en Rose (mentioned as a song which makes her cry)

Edvard Grieg - Morning Mood (Morgenstemning) / Solveig’s Song

Enya - Amarantine / May It Be / Storms In Africa / Ebudae / Boadicea / Watermark / The Memory of Trees (album) 

Eric Whitacre - Lux Aurumque

EvighetenYoung (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)

Fever Ray - When I Grow Up

Fka Twigs - Water Me

Fleetwood Mac - Big Love / Landslide

Florence + The Machine - No Light, No Light / Rabbit Heart (Raise it Up)

Frankie Valli - Can’t Take My Eyes Off You

Gabrielle - 5 fine frøkner

Gaahls WYRD (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)

Gojira -  Explosia / Mouth of Kala (mentioned as a song she loves that might surprise people)

Goldmund -  Image-Autumn-Womb

Great News - Now And Them (album)

Grimes - Flesh Without Blood

HALIE (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)

Hans Zimmer - Cornfield Chase

Henry Mancini & His Orchestra And Chorus - Moon River

Howard Shore - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring: Main Theme (mentioned as a song that she wishes she had written)

Imogen Heap -  Headlock / Hide And Seek

Iris -  Romance is Dead / lavender and heaven (mentioned as the song she wants played at her wedding)

Japanese Breakfast - Paprika

Jenny Hval - Golden Locks / Mephisto in the Water

John Williams - Hedwig's Theme (mentioned as a song she wishes that she had made)

John Wizards - Tet Lek Schrempf

Jóhann Jóhannsson - Arrival (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) / Kangaru

Johnny Cash (mentioned as the artist she likes)

Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now

Kate Bush - Cloudbusting / Babooshka

Khold - Myr

Kimbra - Top of the World

Kishi Bashi - I Am the Antichrist to You

Kvelertak (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)

Lana Del Rey - Young and Beautiful

Leif Vollebekk - Elegy

Leonard Cohen - Famous Blue Raincoat (Live) /  Suzanne (Live) /  The Partisan (mentioned as an important song which her parents listened to) /  You Want It Darker (album) / It Seemed the Better Way / Greatest Hits (album) / Hey, That’s No Way To Say Goodbye 

Lorde (mentioned as the artist she would like to collaborate with) 

Lou Bega -  Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)

Madonna - Frozen / Drowned world/Substitute for Love

Madrugada - Majesty

Marilyn Manson - Tainted Love

Massive Attack - Daydreaming /  Teardrop

Mastodon - The Hunter / High Road

Masterdon (mentioned as the artist she likes)

Matt Maltese - As the World Caves In

Max Richter - On the Nature of Daylight

Metteson - Under Your Shirt

Miki Matsubara - 真夜中のドア/ Stay With Me

Moby - Porcelain / A Seated Night

Moyka - Colder

Naaz (mentioned as the artist she likes)

Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds ft. Kylie Minogue - Where The Wild Roses Grow

Nick Drake - Pink Moon

Nicholas Hooper - When Ginny Kissed Harry

O. Martin - Nowhere Is Home

Paolo Nutini - Everywhere

Phoebe Bridgers - Smoke Signals

Poliça - Happy Be Fine

Prince - Sexuality

Put Your Hands Up for Neo-Tokyo - Get By

Queen - Under Pressure

Radiohead - No Surprises

RED MOON (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)

RHODES - Turning Back Around

Rockettothesky - Grizzly Man (mentioned as the first song discovered on her own)

Röyksopp & Robyn - Monument 

Robot Koch - Nitesky (feat John LaMonica)

Rudimental - Waiting All Night ft. Ella Eyre

Rusted Root - Send Me on My Way

RY X - Berlin

Sarah Brightman - Eden

SEA CHANGE - Above

Secret Garden - Windancer / Windancer

Seigmen - Monument

Sei Selina - Only When You’re Asleep

Sigur Ros - Svefn-g-englar 

Silja Dyngeland / Silja Sol - Stemning (DC#27) / Løgneren / Skrubbsår

Silvana Estrada - Lo Sagrado (album)

Sinéad O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2U

Slayer (mentioned as an artist she likes)

Solå (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)Sondre Lerche - Why Would I Let You Go / Wrecking Ball (cover) / Palindromes / Sentimentalist / Lucifer / Bad Law / Patience/ I Love You Because It's True

Strange Hellos (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)

Stromae - L’enfer

Sufjan Stevens (mentioned as an artist she was excited to see at Panorama NYC festival 2016)

Susanne Sundfør - Silencer / White Foxes

Sushi x Kobe (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)

System of a Down -  Violent Pornography

Tame Impala - Let It Happen

The Prodigy -  Voodoo People / Smack My Bitch Up

The Secret Sisters - Tomorrow Will Be Kinder

Thomas Newman - American Beauty: Original Motion Picture Score

Tigran Hamasyan + Arve Henriksen + Eivind Aarset + Jan Bang - Hoy, Nazan / Holy

Tool - Aenema

Underworld (mentioned as an artist she’d collaborate with) - Born Slippy / Rez / To Heal / 1992-2012 (album she would put it at a rave party as a DJ) / Born Slippy (mentioned as the song that she listened to the most when she first started driving)

Vilde Tuv - Cellevevet / Det blåser ingen vinder inni huset

Wardruna - Yggdrasil (album) / Runaljod - Ragnarok (album) / Fehu / Algir-Tognatale

WDSTCK - Flowers

Wim Mertens - Iris

Wintergatan - Sommarfågel

Woodkid - Iron

Wolf Alice - How Can I Make It Ok?

The XX - Intro

Young Dreams (suggested as an artist she recommends listening)

And overall music without words like soundtracks, movie pieces or classical music

Sources (in no particular order and some might be missing as I’ve been working on that since February 2021):

“Aurora feirer Grieg” on NRK 2018, i-D interview “city guide: bergen with aurora”, INDIE mag interview “BLESSING OUR EARS WITH AURORA’S DEBUT ALBUM” 2016, Records In My Life (interview 2016), 2014 interview for GAFFA, Auto-Tune Interview for DIFFUS 2019, Aurora guest programs Rage 2019, NRK radio show “AURORA Up Close” 2017, “Like A Bird In The Night: Clash Meets Aurora” 2019 interview, Spotify Greenroom Wrapped 2021 With AURORA and Sub Urban, Mixtape with the songs for Kzradio, #TBT Mixtape for Billboard, 2016 Artist Survey: AURORA for Under the Radar, Records In My Life (2019 Interview), Nordic Playlist #83, Nine Songs: AURORA for The Line of Best Fit 2019, NPR’s Guest DJ: AURORA On Her Love Of Heavy Metal And Leonard Cohen 2016, IG story from March 2020, IG story from September 2021, Interview - Panorama NYC 2016, Tweet from 2016, Spotify's music & talk show 10 Songs That Made Me 2021, Playlist for Weibo 2022, Interview for NRK 2014, Interview with Jamie Taylor 2016, Playful Playlist for i-D 2022, Midnight Mixtape for Deezer 2021, Daydreaming playlist for HIGHJINKX 2021, ChillDaBeats #038 2021, AURORA’s official SoundCloud channel, NRK P3 - Plateprat (record talk) 2017

Special thanks to Amroth for the support and additional resources provided! 🖤

[endimion-issyl]

✨️Put 5 songs you listen to, post it, then send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers :) 🎶

[[In character or out of character?! 😅]]

Here are 5 songs from Endimion's non-official character playlist:

Yuki Kajiura - Hear Our Prayer [Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle OST]

Enya - May It Be [LOTR OST]

Annie Lennox - Into the West [LOTR OST]

Yuki Kajiura - Siren Song [TRC OST]

Satou Naoki - Sadame (piano version) [X/1999 OST]

[endlessly-cursed]

Official OC Ships

FOUNDERS ERA

Brunhilda of Cologne x Mathilde Coventry [ @camillejeaneshphm ] x Lachlann Doherty [ @hphmmatthewluther ]

Henriette of Wessex x Frederick of Kent [ @that-scouse-wizard ]

Sancha Delgado x Betwixt, Monarch of the Changelings [ @hphmmatthewluther ]

Luxia Thorne x Evander Mountmorris [ @foundersofhogwartslegacy ]

next gen;

Dayana of Glasgow x Sam Doherty [ @camillejeaneshphm ]

Odalric the Red x Matilda of Essex

Akelda the Tragic x Edward the Valiant [ @cursedvaultss ]

THE RISING ERAS

Matteo Somerset x Sancia D'Este

Ipolytta Howard x Thomas Somerset x Drystan Gaunt [ @foundersofhogwartslegacy ]

HPHL

Primrose Gray x Malcolm Stolberg-Burke [ @gaygryffindorgal ] 

Cecilia Balinor x Lavinia Wakefield [ @gaygryffindorgal ] 

Jesse Seymour x Nadia Erbland [ @gcldensnitch ] 

Beatrice Brown x Orla Atkinson [ @nightmaresart ] 

Blanche Dubois x Lionel Astor [ @cursebreakerfarrier ] 

Ernest di Napoli x Abigail Bennett [ @mjs-oc-corner ] 

Adonis Demiurgos x Minerva Kennedy [ @unfortunate-arrow ] 

Marcellus Thorne x Victoria Montgomery [ @nightmaresart ] 

Nilufer Sultan x Simon Battersea [ @unfortunate-arrow ] 

Phineas Falcon x Hestia Herron [ @cursebreakerfarrier ] 

Emmeline Falcon x Abraham Alden [ @cursed-herbalist ] 

Sara Rosier x Carmine Elderberry [ @potionboy3 ] 

Lihuan Wei x Noelle Brenton [ @magicallymalted ] 

Lucie Cromwell x Thane Greenaway [ @potionboy3 ] 

Ambrose Cromwell x Melinda Ives [ @kathrynalicemc ] 

FBAWTFT 

Jude Dubois x Caspar Brokenshire [ @cursebreakerfarrier ] 

Vincent Somerset x Margaret Taylor [ @camillejeaneshphm ] 

Enya Thorne x Robert Astor 

Atticus Demiurgos-Kennedy x Iolanthe Arcano [ @kathrynalicemc ] 

Albert Rosier x Ruth Marchmont [ @potionboy3 ] 

RIDDLE ERA 

Elodie Dubois x Lyubomir Vulchanov [ @magicallymalted ] 

Lawrence Somerset x Millicent Abbott 

MARAUDER’S ERA 

Denise Shannon x Remus Lupin 

Delphine Vixen x Bessilyn Quinn [ @gaygryffindorgal ] 

Sybil Vixen x Valentina de Valerio [ @camillejeaneshphm ] 

Rue Selwyn x Regulus Black 

HPHM 

Isabelle Dubois x Penny Haywood 

Valentina Somerset x Caiden Solace [ @camillejeaneshphm ] 

Semele Thorne x Kaari Arcano [ @kathrynalicemc ] 

GOLDEN ERA 

Rocío Gallardo x Trinity Reynolds [ @hphmmatthewluther ] 

Almudena Gallardo x Neville Longbottom

Jimena Gallardo x Jebron Perphyra [ @nicos-oc-hell ] 

HPMA 

Mary Ann Von Deyne x Gabrielle Blanchet [ @nightmaresart ] 

Harry Seymour x Savannah Bradford [ @mjs-oc-corner ]

Lennox Arcano-Thorne x TBD [ @gcldensnitch ]

Diana Somerset x Tiberius Dormer

Shreya Battersea-Parsons x John Arthur [ @potionboy3 ] x Kevin Farrell

NON-HP OCS 

Lady Marie Beauchamp x Eloise Bridgerton 

Lisbeth Foy x Ada Thorne 

Esmeralda Yakovsdotter x Genya Safin 

[wordsinhaled]

9 & 10 for the music ask game?

9. How much did your parents music taste shape your own music taste? a lot actually! i grew up listening to my a lot of my parents' music. my mom wasn't so into music but my dad really liked eurodance, EDM, and new age music. i listened to a lot of secret garden, enya, eiffel 65, yanni, ABBA, sting... and my first arena concert was seeing sting & annie lennox with my parents. i also learned to love classical music from my parents & one of my grandmas

10. Any particular artists or songs give you nostalgia? fall out boy/panic/MCR trifecta... NSYNC and BSB... yellowcard... a lot of coldplay songs but especially songs from x&y, a rush of blood to the head, and parachutes... death cab... jack's mannequin/something corporate... the black eyed peas... i also literally haven't been able to listen to a single linkin park song after what happened to chester because it makes me too sad... since u been gone by kelly clarkson??? i remember watching the original american idol season where she won. the fray... i vaguely remember there was a house/wilson music video to "how to save a life" i think? there's also just artists that Bring Back Memories so i still sometimes struggle to listen to them but they do evoke a specific moment? like... gorillaz i have mostly worked through all that and can listen to them again but gnarls barkley i'm still working on coming back to

[imakemywings]

Youtube | Spotify | SWG (w/ notes)

Songs for Elwing, Earendil, and the family they lost.

i. Harbor Vienna Teng ii. We’ll Meet Again Vera Lynn iii. The Skye Boat Song Kathryn Jones iv. A Day Without Rain Enya v. Into the West Annie Lennox vi. Dream a Little Dream of Me Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong vii. Song of the Sea Song of the Sea viii. Un Jour Il Viendra Sarah Brightman ix. Madama Butterfly Hayley Westenra x. Beyond the Sea Bobby Darin xi. Anywhere Is  Enya xii. Main Theme Howl’s Moving Castle OST xiii. I Will Wait Mumford and Sons xiv. Come Away to the Water Maroon 5 xv. Lullaby Nolwenn Leroy xvi. Back to You Twin Forks

(Photo credit to Carter Saunders on Unsplash)

[ninjapancake314]

Just wondering, Jennifer, out of the whole of my fancast for an Ivanhoe film, which actor do you think suits which character most of all?

How would you also find Leslie Grace being the singer of the ending song? Like how Enya sang 'May it Be' and Annie Lennox sang 'Into the West' in 'Lord of the Rings?' Leslie Grace has sung a lot in music videos and the musical adaptation, 'In the Heights' so she could sing Ivanhoe's main song in a very harmonious, romantically heroic tone integrating Sir Walter Scott's verses into the lyrics to medieval flutes and lyres the way minstrels played.

Hey hey! Sorry I took forever to reply to this. Firstly, the post in question:

Favorite casting choices: I’ve got to go with a tie of Sean Bean as Cedric and Adam Driver as Sir Brian. Sean Bean would play a really grounded Cedric, I feel. And Adam Driver can do that perfect blend of intense and unhinged that would bring Sir Brian to life. (Though I’m not sure how well he would do a British accent.)

Tom Hiddleston as Wamba the jester was a very interesting choice! I can see it. Funnily enough, my sister and I fan-cast him as Prince John the last time we were talking about a theoretical Ivanhoe movie.

I’m not super familiar with Leslie Grace’s sound (I saw In the Heights once), but what you’ve described sounds like it would fit quite well thematically.

[agendaculturaldelima]

#SinMusicaNoExisto

🎼 “MUJERES EN LA MÚSICA POPULAR " 👩🤩🎵

💥  Disfrutáremos de un especial con una selección de las artistas más relevantes de la historia: Kate Bush, Björk, Annie Lennox, Enya, Liz Fraser, entre otras; en el Programa Sonosfera.👋🙌

💫 Transmisión:

📆 Sábado 10 de Agosto

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🙋 Acceso gratuito 🎧

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[independentartistbuzz]

Jennifer Harper Debuts “Beautiful Earth”

Love and respect for the earth was nurtured in songstress Jennifer Harper from a young age. Growing up in the 70’s, songs like "Big Yellow Taxi" by Joni Mitchell had a profound influence on her. When she heard her perform in DC, switching up the lyrics to raise awareness at a No Nukes rally - Jennifer knew right then her biggest dream was to create music with meaning. Music that had the potential for social change.

Watch and listen here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtiGtWBrASA

"I’ve been involved in environmental protection in one way or another for as long as I can remember. I’ve raised my children with awareness as I am very conscious about what I buy and what I eat. I am always asking myself what more can we do to make an impact?" shares Jennifer.

Similar to the likes of Enya, Lauren Daigle, and Ayla Nereo, Jennifer Harper's "Beautiful Earth" is a calming piano-based ballad dedicated to Mother Earth. This healing & dreamy incantation carries a cinematic sound and aetherial breath that delivers a sense of hope for the future.

When she began writing the song, it was a new moon and she had just participated in an intimate group online where participants “activated their timelines” for their highest good and the highest good of all. It was a new experience and she joined in with an open mind and heart. "The energy shifted something in me in an inexplicable way," she says. "Not long after, I found myself sobbing in gratitude. For the gifts I was given. For the universe always providing. For the act of expressing gratitude itself and being in co-creation with the universe."

Jennifer began to write poetry about what she was calling in on this new moon. Strength. Joy. Trust. Truth. "As I brought it to the piano to turn it into music, I wanted to expand this idea beyond my personal desires. I explored my visions for our collective 'highest timeline.' The answer came easily - connection to the earth. Healing our relationship with Gaia,” she says. The words did not need to be complicated: 'Beautiful earth / Earth / Mother Earth."

She let her spirit guide her on the piano, feeling into Mother Earth's cries. Feeling her own cries for Mother Earth and the healing we all need to see us through this transformational time in history. Knowing that as she heals myself and we heal collectively -  it will be reflected back to us in the health of the planet. "This is the deep work we must do."  

Musicians often boast they have music in their blood. They should give singer/songwriter/activist Jennifer Harper a run for her money. After listening to even a few of her missives, it’s all too easy to fall in love with her contemplative, assured artistry.

As a teen, she was drawn into alternative-music venues and reggae clubs. Hearing music at political rallies made the deepest impression on the artist. “I saw how music was motivating change,” she says. And she wanted in.

Strong female voices of the ’80s, like Annie Lennox and Chrissie Hynde, inspired Harper. The raw intimacy of Tracy Chapman’s voice and lyrics gave her the strength to be an artist true to her own experiences.

[caripr94]

🎶✨when you get this, list 5 songs you like to listen to, publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (positivity is cool)🎶✨

Into the West by Annie Lennox

Aníron by Enya

Call Them Brothers by Regina Spektor and Only Son

The Water by Johnny Flynn

Hymn to the Sea by James Horner

[lagendageek]

LE SEIGNEUR DES ANNEAUX ET LE HOBBIT EN CONCERT aura lieu à Bordeaux (33) le 29 mars 2023. Le Seigneur des Anneaux, Le Hobbit et Les Anneaux de Pouvoir — le concert Les hobbits arrivent ! L’univers musical des films de J.R.R.Tolkien, Le Seigneur des Anneaux et Le Hobbit, sera interprété par un orchestre symphonique, accompagné d’un chœur et de talentueux solistes. Faites l’expérience live de la musique oscarisée de Howard Shore, Annie Lennox, Enya, Ed Sheeran et de la bande originale de la nouvelle série Amazon Les Anneaux de Pouvoir. Durant deux heures, vous pourrez découvrir et redécouvrir, la bande son légendaire : les ambiances inquiétantes du Mordor, en passant par l’épouvantable attaque des cavaliers noirs, jusqu’aux douces mélodies elfiques. Le monde fantastique des hobbits et des elfes du « Seigneur des Anneaux » de J.R.R. Tolkien se présente sous forme de concert au CEPAC SILO  le 18 Octobre 2021 avec orchestre symphonique et chorale. Lors d’une performance de deux heures, le monde légendaire des Hobbits prend vie dans un événement musical unique.

[dreamstormdragon]

Elemental Archer: Chapter 1 Preview

On this Hallows Eve I’ve decided to share since it comes out December 15th, the next chapter for Elemental Archer: So, please enjoy.

Chapter 1: The Huntress Routine

The forest was quiet. Only the sounds of the birds and squirrels greeted the hunter as she entered it.

Vala looked around, listening closely, her left ear twitching a bit as she did so, gazing at the dirt, spotting tracks leading farther in.

Kneeling down, she examined the tracks, seeing they were recent and moved onward.

The young elf kept her gait careful and steady, ensuring she would not alert her prey that she was approaching and intending to take it out.

It was not long before she found what it was.

A deer grazed at a patch of grass, its ears twitching, listening for any approaching predators.

Steady Vala. Make no sound.

Vala swiftly drew her trusted bow off her back, lining an arrow up, taking aim.

She took a deep breath to relax herself, letting it out slowly before releasing the arrow as it flew swift and true as she always knew it to.

It was over in an instant.

And so another hunt ends.

It always seemed to take forever though to drag her kills home. It would take longer if she had cut down the deer first but she didn’t feel like getting covered in blood and it would take too long anyway. Either way she looked at it, more time was wasted and she had no interest in that.

She wrapped the deer up in the tarp she used for her bigger kills and moved onward, leaving no evidence she was ever there aside from one less deer.

The forest gradually faded into houses, spaced out enough to give one another privacy and room to grow their gardens as most Earth Tribe elves did.

A few of her neighbors greeted her. Some whistled at the size of her latest kill.

“How many did that take you?” One known as Sabra asked as she passed.

Vala hid the pride that she felt.

“One.” She smirked a bit.

“Very good, young huntress. Onward with you now.” He grinned.

This was her life. As part of the Earth Tribe, she was a hunter ever since she was old enough to hold her bow. There were other hunters, plenty of them but she still took pride in it. Aside from hunting for her own family’s needs, she also sold the meat she brought in. Everything was used up in respect of the animal that it once was.

The horns would go to a Fire Tribe elf known as Etu who was a skilled blacksmith. The man seemed to be able to turn almost anything into a weapon. The hide, they’d tan themselves at home and make use of it as a blanket or if it wasn’t enough, new boots for the winter.

Vala adjusted her grip on the wrapped up deer, trying to keep her focus.

Two goals were in mind:

Get the thing home before her mother started dinner.

Take a nap for a solid two hours before being enlisted to help break down the animal. For as much as Vala loved hunting and bringing home the meat they consumed, it didn’t mean she liked butchering it.

As she grimaced, feeling the weight on her shoulder, something picked up the slack as she felt  considerably less of the load.

Glancing back behind her, she groaned. Clad in hunter's garb and a sword on his back was a boy she knew all too well. From his black hair to his green eyes that seemed to always have a look of mischief in them and the way he towered over her.

“Well hey there, cutie.” He greeted, a playful grin on his face.

Vala gave an audible groan of dismay, trying to move faster in hopes of dislodging him.

“Niiick, what do you want?”

Nick gave a hurt look, flattening his ears, easily matching her stride. “

What? I’m just being helpful.”

“No, you want something.” The shorter of the two retorted, scoffing a bit. Nick smirked as he took note of a few glances they were getting.

“Mm-hm. Not like we haven’t known each other since we were little. Trained together. Hunted together. Vala, we’re practically made for each other.”

He could see her tense up, practically able to see the irritated look on her face. Those were the rumors that flew around their village. It all started ever since they were children, even if a good chunk of the time it was rough housing and making trouble for the adults.

“I swear, one of these days, you're going to go hungry cause I won’t sell you ANYTHING.” She rolled her eyes, momentarily hoping they’d fall right out of her head so she’d have an excuse to leave him there.

Nick laughed, throwing his head back, letting his grip on the tarp slip a bit as Vala stumbled from the sudden weight.

“Mm-hm. Sure shorty. Sure.”

At that, the girl froze and Nick felt a sense of dread.

Maybe that was a bad thing to say.

And do.

Vala slowly turned to him, an eerie grin on her face, her eyes holding a look he couldn’t quite read.

“Five seconds before you join the deer in the tarp.”

“I would. In fact, I really want to run right now. But…” Nick gestured to the load they were carrying. “I’d be a real jerk to leave you to carry this. Since you're so small and all.”

She growled in response, saying nothing else.

It wasn’t long, however, until they were able to get it to her house and around the back where the door to the ice cellar was. Vala looked in the tarp to be sure the horns were still intact before easing it down into it.

Nick leaned against it once the door was closed, giving her a genuine smile.

“You know I mess with you because I care, right?”  

She rolled her eyes, not returning it.

“You know I don’t like it when you do that. It’s annoying.” She murmured, kicking the dirt a little.

Nick gave a shrug, closing his eyes, enjoying a breeze that passed through.

“Is it?” He asked, raising an eyebrow.

Vala gave him a cross look.

“It is.” She said flatly. “And right now, I don’t wanna be around other people.”

Vala did tend to be more of a loner at times. Especially when she was hunting. Very rarely did she join the hunting parties, unlike Nick. They were very different in that regard.

However, it didn’t mean she hated being around the others.

“You mean so you can take your earned luxury of a long nap?” Nick smirked, elbowing her a bit.

She did the same back to him.

“A long nap and then, when I wake up, I’ll go to the bakery and grab some rolls to go with dinner tonight.”

“Mm-hm. Totally not so you can stare and fantasize about swimming in a lake made out of the custard tarts in the window.”

“I do not have a sweet tooth.” She denied. “Now, if you’ll excuse me…”

“You’ll court me one day.” He called to her as she walked away.

“Not on your life!”

oooooo

As she had told, Vala did spend a good few hours resting before being awoken by the sound of the bedroom door opening.

“Mm…?” She yawned, rubbing her right eye, her ear on that side twitching a bit.

There was a younger girl in the room, her hair cut just above her shoulders, a light golden brown compared to Vala’s dark brown hair. Her green eyes had an amused look in them.

“Hi there, Sister.” She giggled. “You up, finally?”

Vala nodded, stretching.

“Yeah, I’m up. How long have I been out for?”

“Enough that Mom already started on that deer. We’re having stew tonight…  Which means…” she smirked. “You get to go get the bread that goes with it.”

“Why me?”

“Because I help with dinner. You brought it home.”

Vala scrunched her nose up, sighing. She also knew if her mother was already out there working then she better get out there herself.

“Aireth, I wish you would let me nap more.” She remarked, grabbing the clothes she had worn the day before, not wanting to get her hunting garb dirty. It was just an undershirt and a pair of worn in slacks she usually slept in but it would do.

Aireth giggled, giving a shrug.

“I would, but then I’d have to do it.” She said, giving a cheeky look.

“Yeah, no. No baby sister of mine is butchering a deer.”

Vala didn’t take too long with getting dressed before hurrying out behind her house.

The home her family resided in was a bit more out of the way than the others mostly for the amount of space they had. Vala’s tribe, the Earth Tribe, had connections with nature, which manifested in their magic and their gifts.

Due to this, Aireth was able to create an expansive garden that looped around the side of the house, parted only by plants making a living trail of vines the fourteen year old had been working on for years. At the back of the house were several rigs for drying meat out and a device made for canning food safely.

Vala spotted her mother, Enya, smiling when she saw her. Her mother was hard at work, her nearly white blond hair piled into a bun on the back of her head.

“Mother!” She called, shoving on some gloves she had grabbed, picking up one of the knives laid out. “So, what do you think?”

Enya looked over to her eldest, a smile coming to her face.

“It’s worthy of selling the meat on its own. We’ll keep a small portion for ourselves but this will be perfect for selling or trading.” She responded. “Now, you ready to help me with the worst part?”

Vala cringed. She was not. She would rather go back to the woods or go to the bakery but it was part of her responsibility.

“Yes, Mother.”

“Atta girl.”

Vala and Enya got to work, keeping quiet, neither wanting to talk while doing this task.

Normally, Vala wouldn’t be doing this. It was a new normal. Usually, her father would’ve been doing this with Enya and helping portion off the meat.

The girl frowned, remembering him.

Dad…

“Vala?”

She looked up, seeing Enya giving her a concerned look.

“What’s on your mind?”

Vala chewed her bottom lip a bit, not wanting to answer.

“Nothing of importance. Not right now.” She murmured.

Enya raised an eyebrow but decided now was not the time for this kind of discussion.

After it was done, Vala got cleaned up, getting ready to head out.

“Aireth, I’m going to the marketplace. You wanna come with? I know Markus wanted some of your blueberries for his muffin recipe.”

Aireth hurried to catch up, a basket in hand with said fruit, an excited smile on her face.

“Of course! C’mon, Sis!”

Vala couldn’t help but smile, hurrying to keep up with her sister and doing so with ease.

The marketplace was full of different shops of all kinds from seemingly every tribe.  

From weapon shops, to fish mongers to the bakery Vala wouldn’t admit she loved visiting.

“Oh, it smells so good here.” Aireth sighed happily as she looked around them. No matter how old she got, it was still nice to visit and see anything new the shops had to offer.

Vala nodded in agreement, biting her lip as she saw a small child being picked up by their father.

“Hey, Aireth… Do you still think about him?”

She gave her sister a weirded outlook before it seemed to click. She looked down, her stride slowing a bit.

“Trying not to…”

Vala cringed, feeling guilt crop up. She hated seeing Aireth like that.

“I’m sorry. I know you and Dad were close too.”

“I miss him… but we don’t know for sure if he’s gone for good.”

It had been almost a year since their father Aiden went into the woods for a night time hunt and never returned. It was hard on the girls and their mother… but as much as it hurt them and how much they missed him, they had to carry on. They still had to help out and they still had to live.

Vala nodded, sighing heavily, kicking a pebble out of her way, perking up as she saw the bakery come into view.

She saw a young man around her age removing a loaf of bread from the oven, a content look on his face.

“And Markus is working his magic as always” Vala licked her lips, practically running in.

“Hey! I’m the one delivering something here!” Aireth called after Vala, hot on her heels, the sisters nearly slamming into the counter.

“Oof!”

Markus laughed, his blue eyes alit with amusement at the sight. He set the bread onto a cooling rack, taking off his oven mitts.

“And so comes the Lennox sisters barreling in like a stampede of kelpie.” He remarked, propping his chin up on his hand. “To what do I owe the pleasure?”

Aireth held out her basket.

“You wanted these, right? They’re finally ripe.”

“I just want to stare at the custard tarts.” Vala added, her eyes already trailing to the dessert she could see cooling next to the rack the bread was on.

Markus chuckled, looking the berries over, nodding in approval.

“These will do perfectly, thank you.” He looked to Vala and nodded to one of the tarts. “You take that as payment. I think it’d be torture to send her out of here without one.”

Aireth nodded, giggling.

“I’d hear about it all the way home for sure.”

“And we can’t have that. What else?”

“Either some good hard rolls or something really crusty. It’s to go with stew.”

Markus nodded as he filled a sack with several well sized rolls and wrapping one of the custard tarts in a paper satchel, tying it shut tightly.

“Your mom’s famous stew, huh? I hope you’ll sell some this time when you set up your stand during the Moonlit Bazaar.”

Vala and Aireth shared a laugh.

“We’ll see. If we can convince her to part with more of this catch than the last.” Aireth said.

“I’m sure finding another deer wouldn’t be hard.” Markus smirked. “If your sister accepts help dragging one home instead of doing it herself.”

Vala felt her face heat up as she put her money on the counter, taking their food.

“Oh be quiet, Markus. I get plenty of help. I made use out of Nick, didn’t I?”

“Use? Or making him think you needed help?” He teased. “Wouldn’t want him to think you're a pansy, right?”

“I know I’m not one. Markus, you can admit it to me if you are though.” Vala teased back.

“Mm-no. Now begone with you two!” He gave a dramatic wave of his hand. “And bring me some stew!”

“Maybe.” The sisters laughed hurrying out.

Vala held their groceries close, not wanting to drop anything.  

“Markus is really nice - even if he thinks that.”

“Thinks what? About the stew?”

“No. About…” Vala trailed off, seeing Nick in one of the weapon shop windows. He took notice of her and grinned, blowing her a kiss dramatically as she growled audibly. “HIM.”

“Vala, he’s not worth it.”

Vala grumbled to herself the whole way home.

“If he shows up during the Moonlit Bazaar he’ll set up right next to ours if we get there early.”

“He won’t. Nick never does.”

“Yeah. Across from us is more likely.”

Aireth sighed as Vala ranted to herself.

This was nothing new.

oooooo

The woods were silent. Not even the songs from the birds could be heard.

Vala moved slowly, following the tracks in the dirt, her eyes shifting from the ground to the area around them.

“Sister.”

She turned around, seeing a face poking out from behind a tree.

“Aireth?”

What was she doing here? Aireth didn’t like hunting that much. She preferred to forage or garden.

The girl disappeared behind the tree.

Vala walked briskly over to it, peering behind the tree, seeing nothing was there.

“Sister.” Called the voice of her sibling farther away, Vala seeing the same glimpse as before.

“Aireth, cut it out.”

Vala picked up her pace.

“I mean it!”

The younger elf disappeared as Vala heard movement just behind her, whirling around, catching a glimpse of a figure moving oddly across the way. It looked a bit like her sister… but it didn’t look like her all the same.

“Ssssiiissster…”

The creature disappeared once more, prompting Vala to draw her bow and arrow.

It wasn’t Aireth.

It wasn’t.

She felt something behind her as she froze, feeling fear start to crop up.

She heard something whisper in her ear.

“Vala.”

ooooooooo

And that’s all for now. Final preview chapter will come out next month. Stay tuned!

[thethirdtreeofvalinor]

What’s your ranking of the ending songs of the Tolkien movies from most liked to least liked?

Mine is:

Into The West

The Last Goodbye

May It Be

I See Fire

Gollum’s Song

Misty Mountains