#Tolkien OC: Farlen

[growingingreenwood]

In the chap3 of No Other Choice, it begins with Thranduil and Ferdan arguing. Is there a specific reason why they are arguing, and so constantly as a matter of fact? Thank youu :))

There is a specific reason they were fighting ALL OF THE TIME! They were fighting about at what age they should let the Legolas, Farlen, Avaleina, and to a certain extent Eloissa and Tern join Greenwoods Military. They had so many arguments since the elfling's coming of Age Ceremonies were all fast approaching and everybody knew the second they were considered an 'adult' by elvish standards that they'd all want to join the fight for their people and their home.

Thranduil would let them join younger than Ferdan wanted because Thranduil thinks that if they DONT let them join (close) to when they want to, they will channel their energy, skills, and determination to do something to help into less constructive channels. He thinks that if they let them join the military, they'll be able to keep them in the lower ranks and close to home until they're older.

Ferdan's almost positive that if they let the elflings join when they want to, it wont matter WHAT Thranduil and Ferdan want, they wont give them a choice to do anything but move them higher up in the ranks. Maybe at first they could stop it, but not for long. They're too good. They could have already graduated from their training years ago but weren't simply due to their ages. He wants them to join later, when they're older, so that they can be 'kids' longer. He thinks the second they join the miliary they'll be gone. That they'll do everything and anything possible so be anything and everything that the world needs them to be, with little (if any) thought about what they need from themselves.

In hindsight, Ferdan was right.

[growingingreenwood]

I was driving home listening to Todrick Hall and it occurred to me just how much Farlen would L O V E drag and being a drag queen.

Like step aside Rupaul, there's a new queen in town.

[growingingreenwood]

Aside from their obvious martial skills, what do you headcanon the Greenwood crew’s hobbies and skills are?

Thranduil likes to paint the most in his pastime, and for some reason delight in making extremely detailed maps of things that don't really matter. But they look amazing. 

Ferdan plays the lute like he was born with it in his hands, he’s also a pretty good singer and dancer. He was a street performer in his youth, after all. 

Galion likes to bake super complicated desserts. He used to do it with his sister at home all the time, and so he finds it really calming. 

Oropher likes to play games like chess or cards. Mind puzzles please him. 

Legolas takes after his fathers artistic side and likes to draw, usually in charcoal since its to readily available to him. He loves stories and will pester anybody around to tell him one or read hom one, and often draws little pictures or comics of them. At this point, unless a drawing has some sort of personal significance to him, he’ll just leave them around Greenwood to be collected by others. 

Merenth likes to grow difficult plants, either in pots at home or tending to their needs out in the forest. She’s borderline obsessed with the herbology aspect of medicine and always wants to learn more. 

Avaleina loves to dance!!! She used to train under the Dance Instructor version of Ferdan, but eventually quit because of the war. But basically every spare minute she has, she’s probably dancing, even if it's just doing a little shimmy. She also likes to translate old Avari and Silvan texts to help preserve them. Because she’s so involved in the old Silvan culture, she also has the blessing from the Elders to perform tattoo’s. 

Farlen His hobbies take after Ferdan’s, and he loves to write music, sing, and play instruments. One of his most prized possessions in the world is an old Lute that Ferdan gave him from Lindon, its practically his teddy bear. Lowkey his life goal is to have at least a basic grasp of every Silvan instrument and any others that seem cool.  

Eloissa loves to bake and cook. Her and Galion used to do this when she was upset about things but didn’t want to talk about it, because she doesn’t do that. Then later she gets the biggest crush on a chef so that only intensifies the hobby. Her second hobby is being left alone, nobody is sure what she does only that they must not approach. 

Tern parties as a hobby. 

Therion likes to tinker with things in his pass time. Crowded places annoy and overwhelm him, so he likes to be deep inside libraries making up all sorts of cool inventions to help Greenwood or just because it’s cool. 

Ruimen just likes spending time with people he loves, so he’s pretty much down to do whatever his friends and family are doing. He takes a lot of naps and often insisted that if he does not, then he with wither away like a rotten apple.