#tatharwen

[tathrin]

Some more Elves of Mirkwood, courtesy this picrew (and some heavy editing).

Legolas and his three closest childhood friends: Tulinwen, Gladhanar, and Ladinion. They're some of the last elves born before the Shadow fell over the forest, and maintain bright and youthful spirits despite the darkness that hangs over their lives.

Tiraran and Tarlas, Thranduil's two closest surviving friends and advisors. They are two of the oldest elves left in Mirkwood, and were both born before the Sun and Moon. It took them thousands of years to figure out they were in love.

Eregmegil and Hírilhúrin. Hírilhúrin is the chief (and much beleaguered) healer of the woods. Eregmegil is a Sinda of Doriath who was a child during the Kinslaying. Thranduil rescued him, and Eregmegil has been fanatically devoted to him ever since.

Tiraran, Eregmegil, and Hírilhúrin all fought for Greenwood in the Last Alliance, while Tarlas oversaw caring for the woods and those who stayed behind.

Tatharwen and Nivion, from Legolas's sister's generation. They were some of the first elves born after the war. (In fact, Nivion was one of the only elves actually born during the war, and he never met his father, who died in Mordor. He's not bitter.) Both are fierce fighters, and Tatharwen is especially famed for her dancing (but don't worry, she's just as graceful with her knives.)

Most of them have shown up in my Mirkwood fics already, and the ones who haven't will be making appearances in my Celebrimbor-Joins-The-Fellowship-AU story soon.

More picrews of my Greenwood OCs, including that sister, here!

[aklahan]

Elf Generations II

Continuing this post, in my Fires of the Night series, Tauriel is 689 y.o. Her mum Baralinel is 1450 and her dad is 1804. Aelon is 2117.

The reason Aelon keeps calling Tauriel by her patronymic is that he likes her well enough, and prefers to keep reminding himself that she's his best friend's daughter and not someone to fool around with. Plus, he enjoys being an ass.

And yes, him marrying Tauriel's childhood best friend Tatharwen (~700 y.o.) IS meant to be a bit weird, but not so much as to cause any real problems between the families, apart from, well, this being Aelon specifically.