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Gap Assassination, the

The Gap Assassination was an assault by orcs and Uruk-hai on the King of Rohan and some of his soldiers at the end of the Third Age that resulted in crucial losses not only for the Rohirrim but for the Prince of Eryn Lasgalen and his wife as well.

Shortly after the War of the Ring, the King of Rohan and his personal Éored - reduced in size, as the Rohirrim were still dealing with the losses from the war - were on a patrol ride in the area of the Gap of Rohan. There, they were assaulted from behind by a group of orcs. Blindsided by enemies in such high numbers, the riders were quickly overwhelmed, and most of them were slain. 
Éomer’s captain Saphras fought by his King’s side until the end, but then both him and his horse got hit by arrows. When his horse fell, it buried Saphras’ leg underneath it which resulted in bad injuries. With a poisoned arrow stuck in his shoulder, his own fighting strength was soon gone, and Saphras was helpless as the orcs took the King away. 
Éomer was taken to the orc’s base in a cave where he not only found out that there were also Uruk-hai in the enemies’ ranks but that the whole group followed for some mysterious reason a Dunlending; a man who then proudly revealed to Éomer that he’d been among the criminals who had tortured and slaughtered a group of elves a few weeks prior. The orcs then proceeded to torture Éomer, one of them hitting his right shoulder so hard that it was shattered to pieces, an injury that would henceforth trouble him all his life. 
Only a few hours later, a traveling group led by the the future King of the Reunited Kingdom, that was on its way from Imladris to Gondor, found Saphras. With the King came the Prince of Eryn Lasgalen and his wife, a healer who immediately started to treat Saphras. Though Tarisilya sensed that Saphras’ fighting chances were very low, not least because the group couldn’t get him out from under the horse in his condition, Tarisilya sent Legolas and Aragorn away to free Éomer. Aragorn’s future wife stayed with her to protect her which was especially crucial as Tarisilya was being pregnant. 
Aragorn and Legolas were quickly successful, tracking down the enemies and slaying them, the Uruk-hai managed to flee though. After freeing the King, Éomer pointed out the badly injured Dunlending to them, offering to take him along for trial in either Rohan or Gondor. While Aragorn and Legolas - who had been the ones to find and bury the elves’ bodies a few weeks before - were still deeply upset about this tragedy and were not ready to burden themselves with a prisoner on this highly dangerous mission, Aragorn managed to keep Legolas from killing the man on the spot. He convinced his friend that leaving the man to his fate in the cave would be the more just alternative. 
Meanwhile, close to the attack site, Tarisilya’s healing attempts were interrupted by the Uruk-hai who had followed back Aragorn’s and Legolas’ tracks to them. Since she had no fighting abilities, Tarisilya was forced to hide in a cave nearby while Arwen faced the Uruk-hai alone. Arwen managed to stand her ground in spite of being heavily outnumbered, not least thanks to Tarisilya revealing herself by helping her out with a dagger from afar. That led to one of the Uruk-hai attacking her in her hideout though. 
With a simple trick and a quick reaction of despair, Tarisilya managed to kill the Uruk-hai; when the monster fell though, he bumped heavily into her, hitting her hard into her stomach which caused a miscarriage. The act of taking a life for the first time also resulted in Tarisilya’s powerful healing abilities being slightly reduced. 
As Saphras’ condition had already been very bad at this point, he died shortly after Legolas and Aragorn had returned and helped Arwen fight back the last Uruk-hai. Some of the enemies made it to flee.
Upon learning what had happened to Tarisilya and the unborn child, Legolas followed the Uruk-hai and killed them all. The terrible loss they’d suffered would haunt Tarisilya and him ever until their new life in Valinor began, more than a century after the beginning of the Fourth Age, and beyond. Moreover, it would later turn out that the corpse of that very same Dunlendings involved in the Gap Assassination and the Dunland Massacre, had been found by the man’s brother shortly after his death - a family tragedy that should still throw its brutal shadow of revenge 20 years later. . * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * (Tales Untold - a “The Lord of the Rings” series "Tales Untold" aesthetics | "Tales Untold" glossary) * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *

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Ania

Ania (Elvish: “my desire”) was the name of a horse owned by the future Princess of Eryn Lasgalen towards the end of the Third Age. As a young Lórien healer elf named Tarisilya Vandriniel started to come of age, and the horse riding skills she had trained for some time improved considerably, her father Vandrin gifted Tarisilya with her first horse. Ania was one of the animals Tarisilya had often trained with already. The sturdy, bright-furred mare had long taken a great liking to the adolescent she-elf, so the pairing came natural, and Tarisilya and her soon inseparable. Ania had reached a respectable age for her race already, being more than two decades old by then, when Tarisilya became curious about the world outside the well-sheltered Caras Galadhon. Often together with her twin brother Tegiend, Tarisilya started to explore the Golden Wood, visiting places further and further away from her home. In the year T.A. 2070, as the twins turned 70, they were considered to be young adults and no longer adolescents, so they were more free to roam wherever they desired and make their own decisions. While Tegiend aspired to be a marchwarden and started training with experienced elven warriors, Tarisilya felt more and more constricted in her well-protected world and escaped it for long rides as often as she could. Though Ania was increasingly exhausted by age, she did her best to bring her rider wherever she wanted to go, without complaining, as she loved her very much. After Tegiend suffered from broken ribs after a training with Haldir, at the turn of the same year, Tarisilya left the Lórien borders behind on her horse, to find brightherb for cheering Tegiend up. Close to the border, she ran into a foreign elf who was camping by the river, seeking shelter from heavy rain under a mellyrn. Feeling weirdly drawn to the stranger, Tarisilya invited him to come with her to the capital. When she realized that she was talking to no other than the Prince of Eryn Lasgalen though, they agreed that was not a good idea, given the hostility between their realms. After that night, Tarisilya couldn’t get the short meeting out of her head. When Tegiend had recovered a little, she persuaded him to accompany her to the border, hoping to see her new acquaintance again. After several attempts had failed, Tarisilya sent Ania alone into Mirkwood, hoping to send a sign to the elf she longed to see. The brave little mare followed the request without protest, not shying away from the dangers and dark creatures of the foreign realm, and was indeed spotted after a while by Legolas as the Prince had been aimlessly strolling the woods as well, thinking about Tarisilya. He followed the mare back to her, and Tarisilya and him started to quickly and seriously bond over their mutual feelings that they both couldn’t quite place yet. After bringing Tarisilya to another of these secret meetings, that one was abruptly interrupted by Tegiend, who disapproved of the relationship about to start there. Shortly afterwards, Ania carried Tarisilya on their first - and last - really long journey, to Imladris, as Tarisilya was hoping to meet Legolas there. Sadly, weeks of being on the road sapped the horse of its last energy. Relieved to reach the wide meadows and peaceful quiet of the foreign valley, Ania spent the days of the visit very withdrawn on a paddock, sleeping much. When the twins’ departure approached, Lord Elrond gently but clearly let Tarisilya know that Ania would not make another long travel like this and offered her to leave her in Imladris for her last days. He gifted Tarisilya with Mawëra, a stallion of his own breeding, for her journey home. So Tarisilya said good-bye to Ania, with a heavy heart - the first very difficult, mature decision she had ever had to make in her young life up until this point. Many tears were shed when a few weeks later, Tarisilya learned from a letter from Elrond that Ania had peacefully taken her last breath. Though as a healer, she had seen death before, of course, it was her first time to experience a personal loss of someone she had spent much time with, which was another big step into final maturity for her. * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * (Tales Untold - a “The Lord of the Rings” series "Tales Untold" aesthetics | "Tales Untold" glossary) * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *

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Just A Glimmer Away

Just A Glimmer Away in the Westron translation is the name of an elvish song of blessing that the future Queen of the Reunited Kingdom sang at the wedding of the Prince of Eryn Lasgalen in Imladris. In the aftermath of the War of the Ring, Arwen rode from Cair Andros back to her home Imladris with the future King of the Reunited Kingdom by her side, for her family to try and heal the dangerous injury she had earned in the Battle of the Black Gate. Her best friend among her kin, Aragorn’s Ring Companion Legolas accompanied them for additional protection from the last scattered enemy troops. With them came a healer she-elf of Lórien that Legolas had been secretly in love with for a thousand years and had become betrothed to before the start of the war already. Upon arrival in Imladris, where unbeknownst to the travelers, Arwen’s father Lord Elrond had called for a realm leader meeting, Legolas and Tarisilya were faced with King Thranduil and Lady Galadriel who to their surprise declared the millennia old feud between Eryn Lasgalen and Lórien resolved, which allowed said relationship to finally bloom without political and personal consequences. To celebrate the reconciliation of the two estranged realms, Legolas and Tarisilya agreed to get wedded in Imladris only a few days later. On the eve of the celebration, Arwen was asked to sing a blessing which she gladly did to honor the deep fondness she felt for the bridal couple.

A full Westron translation of the lyrics can be found attached. “precious, alone in the mountain stood a flower her silver blossom sparkling like a crystal the stars smiled at her by night the moon gave her its lovely light touched by no one, she grew wild and free so no one dared to pick her then there came the wanderer, taken by his journeys to lands far away crossing the mountain, his clothes looking ragged he fell in love with her beauty at once he came to pick her yet the lands screamed fearing to lose their beloved stars hid and moon didn’t shine that night only to protect their little child the flower waited silently, wondering how it would be dreaming of the world’s adventures wanting to leave her mountain she opened her blossom, twinkling more beautiful than ever from this day forth the wanderer took her with him relighting his love, the flower shone at his breast smiling at the stars and the moon above. see, she laughs, I loved being with you for so long yet now there’s more than being adored and lonely now I know that happiness is just a glimmer away from reality” * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * (Tales Untold - a “The Lord of the Rings” series "Tales Untold" aesthetics | "Tales Untold" glossary) * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *

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Until Eru Calls You Home

Until Eru Calls You Home in the Westron translation is the name of an elvish song of blessing that two she-elves of Imladris sang as the wedding dance song for the King and Queen of the Reunited Kingdom at their wedding celebration. As the Stewardaides Crisis arose in Gondor in the aftermath of the War of the Ring, the new King of the Reunited Kingdom delayed the planned wedding to his betrothed Arwen Elrondiel for some time. Thanks to the Stewardaides’ forbidden writings and hate-mongering aimed at elves among other folks, Aragorn and his advisors feared for Arwen’s safety. After an especially dangerous attack of Aragorn’s enemies on the royal couple in the beginning of T.A. 3020 though, Aragorn and Arwen decided that they would no longer give the Stewardaides the satisfaction of being considerate towards the trouble they were stirring in Gondor. In spring of T.A. 3020, therefore, Aragorn and Arwen were wedded in a happy and - fortunately - peaceful celebration in Minas Tirith. When it was time for one of the traditions of Men honored at the joyful event, the wedding dance, Aragorn was happy to see two of Arwen’s and his old elvish friends of Imladris join the musicians, to accompany the quick three-four time tune with their beautiful voices. Since the conflict between the King and the elves of Cair Andros at that point had just had reached a dangerous height, this gesture was a relief for many worried eyes and ears that night.

A full Westron translation of the lyrics can be found attached. “not worth a shred of coin pondering your fate when your heart surrenders to one glimpse at her resting in each other falling into each other’s arms following her trail in the night through every open door the rush in your veins no sweeter yet known falling only at her feet losing yourself only to her blind by her light, deaf by her song the clear mind lost in hers off the ground, off the shores, off your life every day ends with her no morning bright without her smile losing yourself only to her blind by her light, deaf by her song the clear mind lost in hers until Eru calls you home” * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * (Tales Untold - a “The Lord of the Rings” series "Tales Untold" aesthetics | "Tales Untold" glossary) * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *

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Light Whitening

Light Whitening in the Westron translation is the name of an elvish lament that the Prince of Eryn Lasgalen sang before the Battle of the Black Gate, mistakenly believing that his betrothed had left Middle-earth to sail west. When the Fellowship of the Ring rested in Lórien, for the first time in years - due to the secret nature of their relationship at this time -, Legolas met his his betrothed Tarisilya again. Grieving for a world thought lost and for her father who had already left for Valinor, Tarisilya was in a very bad condition at that point, not being able to handle the fear and the worry for the Free Folks and especially her betrothed anymore. Thinking that she would be safer and happier back with her father, Legolas sent Tarisilya away that night, telling her to sail away along with her twin brother Tegiend. After Legolas was severly injured after the Battle of Helm’s Deep and Tarisilya interrupted her journey to Mithlond to come and heal him, Legolas repeated his request for her to leave. As she agreed, they promised to wait for each other, until one way or another, Legolas would one day join Tarisilya in the west and they could finally live their relationship in Valinor in peace. Tarsilya and Tegiend then journeyed on. Not aware that Tarisilya changed her mind shortly after, since she sensed that leaving the elf she loved would break her heart and kill her, Legolas mourned Tarisilya’s loss and wrote a song for her in the few silent days of rest between the battle of the Hornburg and the one on the Pelennor Fields. After the fight at the city gates, in the gardens of the Houses of Healing, Legolas sang for the injured there, knowing the melodic sound of Sindarin always soothed patients’ minds; the lyrics he wrote for his betrothed came from his lips as well. Hearing his Ring Companion sing out his pain, Aragorn tried to get Legolas to talk abut the relationship he long suspected to exist. But being used to deal with his personal trouble mostly on his own, Legolas refused to acknowledge the subject, by that lack of trust unknowingly opening the first first inches of a painful rift between his best friend among Men and himself that would later grow into a painful abyss.

A full Westron translation of the lyrics can be found attached. “for the night’s beauty is cruel and the moon’s face is pale she’d cry down upon her child shadow fading light whitening till the sea caresses her home for what is it but love that lets her go? for what is it but life to breathe in undying lands? bound and promised held and hated uncountable seasons turned, seen and kept yet dusk and dawn too long each when once been laid to rest shadow fading light whitening till the sea caresses her home“ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * (Tales Untold - a “The Lord of the Rings” series "Tales Untold" aesthetics | "Tales Untold" glossary) * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *

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Tercelborne

Tercelborne was the name of a grey Mearas horse, temporarily owned by the Princess of Eryn Lasgalen at the end of the Third and the beginning of the Fourth Age. On their journey from Gondor to Imladris shortly after the War of the Ring, the Prince of Eryn Lasgalen and his future wife, together with their travel group, took a rest in Rohan, meeting with its new King. Noticing that Tarisilya was riding a black Mearh-mare, a species that had gone instinct in Rohan, Éomer asked her to leave her mount with him for a while, to have a foal bred for his Kingdom. As Tarisilya agreed reluctantly, Éomer provided her with one of his proudest Mearas for the time until she could be reunited with her mare. As the young Lórien healer had no royal blood in her according to all knowledge, it took some secret help from Tarisilya’s mare Manyala to get the steed to carry her, but just like Manyala herself many years ago, he soon relented. The grey steed named Tercelborne at that time was still quite young and inexperienced himself, but his speed was impressive, and he turned out to be very courageous, unflinching when soon afterwards, the travel group had to discover some horribly mutilated elven corpses in Dunland. On their further journey to Imladris, both Tarisilya and the future King of the Reunited Kingdom did their best to train Tercelborne further. On the group’s way back to Gondor, when Tarisilya and the future Queen of the Reunited Kingdom were attacked by some Uruk-hai, Tercelborne only left his new owner’s side when Arwen sent him away as a deception. Even then, he stayed close by and immediately returned when the danger was over. Unfazed by the dark creatures, he then carried the Prince of Eryn Lasgalen as Legolas left to hunt down and kill the last of the Uruk-hai. Though he missed the wide plains and untouched nature of his home, Tercelborne settled down in his new temporary home in Minas Tirith without protest. Shortly after Aragorn had taken office, he once more carried the new King to Ithilien, with all the speed and strength he could muster up, seeing as the future Queen had been kidnapped. At the beginning of the following year, it was once more thanks to Tercelborne’s tame temper that Tarisilya could convince him to carry Lord Elrond’s chief advisor for a while, as Erestor needed to accompany the King’s soldier on a search for missing elves of Cair Andros, including Tarisilya’s husband. At the height of the Stewardaides Crisis in Gondor, with Tarisilya being pregnant at that point, Tercelborne had the difficult task of getting her to Eryn Lasgalen safely where Tarisilya was supposed to function as Negotiator. Close to their destination, Tarisilya and her companions were attacked by a group of hostile Dunlendings, and it was again thanks to Tercelborne’s fast legs, in spite of several small arrow wounds he’d suffered, that she could get to safety. In the next months, Tercelborne would recover together with his temporary owner in East Lórien and take her into the depths of Mirkwood several times, never startling away from the sight of last remaining beasts there, the realm’s King included. Since thanks to a deception of the Stewardaides, Tarisilya left East Lórien by ship some time later, Tercelborne stayed in the realm alone for another while before being brought back to her via another detour to Imladris, which should be the last of dangerous journeys for the brave steed. As was the plan, Tercelborne was returned to Rohan once Manyala could leave her foal alone and came back to Tarisilya. There, he enjoyed an uneventful life as one of the herd leaders and a breeding stallion, only used for military quests if there was no other choice, as Éomer sensed it in some way, that the horse’s path as an elven steed was not as an end just yet. Indeed, 20 years after the War of the Ring, when Men’s last big battle against Mordor ended, Tarisilya made one of the hardest decisions of her life by sending Manyala to Valinor, so the mare could be reunited with its twin brother. Until Tarisilya left Middle-earth, Tercelborne stayed by her side as a loyal friend, enjoying, naturally, the many winters that his owner spent in Rohan most of all; their bond was never as deep though, as the one Tarisilya had had with her mare. So Tercelborne did not accompany her into the west then. Instead, the horse, now a very old stallion, went on its last journey back to Rohan where it found a peaceful ending. * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * (Tales Untold - a “The Lord of the Rings” series "Tales Untold" aesthetics | "Tales Untold" glossary) * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *

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Haradrim Imladris Ambush, the

The Haradrim Imladris Ambush was an assault on the Prince of Eryn Lasgalen and the future King of the Reunited Kingdom at the end of the Third Age that, while turning a first big milestone in the deep friendship between the two leaders, would be crucially affecting the Prince’ health far beyond the War of the Ring. Invited to a celebration of the turn of the year of Men in T.A. 2999, the Crown Prince of Mirkwood visited Imladris that year for the first time in a long while. On the evening of said event, Legolas saw Lord Elrond’s foster son Estel for the first time. Learning about Arwen’s relationship with the Man left Legolas deeply worried for the fate of his best friend among elfkind though, and Legolas felt little interest to meet Estel in person. It was merely minutes later that an elf ambassador from Lórien named Tarisilya Vandriniel arrived at the palace. A healer that Legolas had fallen in love with almost a thousand years ago and whom he hadn’t seen almost as long, since Tarisilya’s father had forbidden the relationship until she would be mature enough for it. Their reunion quickly revealed that time had not changed the two elves’ feelings; on the next evening, they finally started their relationship. A development not going unnoticed by Elrond’s chief advisor whom Tarisilya had had a short flirt with a few centuries ago. Though Erestor's short enthusiasm about a possible relationship that was never meant to be, had long died down, Erestor and Tarisilya had never made amends after a big fight. Erestor still cared for the so innocent-seeming and passionate healer from Lórien though, who had made it to pull him from millennia old depression for a few weeks back then. Out of this old sense of responsibility for her, Erestor was honestly worried that Tarisilya would be hurt badly by this romance. Not only because of the ongoing feud between the Mirkwood and Lórien leaders, but because Erestor knew Legolas’ father well from his time of helping out in Mirkwood at the beginning of the Third Age, and knew that the whole family wasn’t dealing with emotions well. Trying to talk Tarisilya out of her feelings though, only made the rift between them worse, and Erestor started to be seriously angry with her. After Legolas and Arwen on their part had gotten in a bad fight about Estel, Elrond decided to try and get Legolas and Estel to reconcile, as he sensed, good relations between the two of them would not only be important for his foster son’s fate but for the fate of all of Middle-earth. He asked Estel under the pretense of a secret message to accompany Legolas back to Mirkwood, to which both agreed only reluctantly. A few hours after leaving Imladris, they were attacked by a group of hostile Haradrim. The motivation for this assault should always stay unclear; it is not unlikely though that this tribe, dwelling so close to Imladris, had at least a vague idea about who the man and the elf were they had run into by accident, and wanted to weaken their respective realms by wiping them out. Superior in their numbers and with the luck of the high ground on a too small battlefield, the men made it to overpower the two powerful warriors, rendering Estel’s left arm useless by the elbow for many months to come, and wounding Legolas dangerously with a sword stabbing through his side. In the fall down a steep slope after being struck thus, Legolas badly hit his head on a rock which caused his eyes to go blind. Estel and him were taken to an abandoned village of the Haradrim then and locked in a half buried cellar, debris and thick walls not only preventing escape but continually cutting off their air, to the point of threatening slow suffocation. When Estel woke up from unconsciousness, he quickly realized that it was possible, they would not make it out of that trap. Treating and examining Legolas, he noticed there was something wrong with his eyes and decided not to tell him, in case they would be found after all. Estel knew from his long history of being raised by the elves that there was little more worse for them than losing their eyesight. Estel’s foresight and care tore down all walls of mistrust and anger between Legolas and him and built the start of their friendship that would last until Estel’s death in the Fourth Age and beyond. Back in Imladris, Tarisilya felt, in the vague, instinctive connection she had with people she loved, that Legolas' life might be in danger, as so many elves could with other Firstborn they were being close to, sometimes even without a formal bond. She asked Elrond to send someone after Estel and him, just to go sure. Still caught in anger, Erestor who was present as well, refused to listen to her closely. Out of his justified doubts about an old superstition about the moon that Tarisilya was much too hung up on, he discouraged Lord Elrond to send out soldiers, not realizing that this part of Tarisilya's mental powers was indeed real, coming from the same talent for telepathy all beings of Middle-earth under certain circumstances were able to have. Since Elrond didn't listen to Erestor, the prisoners could fortunately be saved; but Tarisilya couldn't forgive what she falsely blamed Erestor to have done out of jealousy, and the two of them would live in bitter enmity until the end of the Stewardaides Crisis. Together with Elrond’s twin sons, Tarisilya made it to heal Legolas from his wounds and restore his eyesight. What Elladan, Elrohir and she never knew until after the War of the Ring though, was that their help had only been a temporary remedy. The damage Legolas had suffered in that fall would cause him problems for decades to come still and be a crucial factor in the Stewardaides Crisis, before after the Drying of the Marches, finally, the twins and Tarisilya found a permanent solution. * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * (Tales Untold - a “The Lord of the Rings” series "Tales Untold" aesthetics | "Tales Untold" glossary) * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *

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Your legend will ever live on

Your legend will ever live on in the Westron translation is the name of an elvish lament that the Queen of the Reunited Kingdom, after an orc attack, sang for a soldier of Rohan in the last minutes of his life. A short while after the War of the Ring, the future Queen of the Reunited Kingdom traveled back to Gondor after a short visit to Imladris, together with her future husband and the Prince of Eryn Lasgalen. While approaching the Gap of Rohan, the group found the captain of King Éomer’s Éored, Saphras, a man they’d already met on their journey to Imladris. The soldier was heavily injured and buried under the dead body of his steed. While Saphras revealed to them that a group of orcs had taken the King prisoner and slain all the other soldiers of his group, Legolas’ wife, a healer of Lórien, immediately started to treat the man. The group was already suspecting though, that his fighting chances weren’t good. They couldn’t risk getting the man’s mangled leg out from under the horse before he wasn’t stable, and he had already suffered poisoning and infections from an arrow wound to his shoulder as well. With a heavy heart, they decided that Legolas and Aragorn would go find Éomer while Arwen and Tarisilya kept on helping Saphras. Soon afterwards, the two she-elves were attacked by a group of Uruk-hai that were part of the same enemy host that had brought down the King’s men, and Tarisilya had to go into hiding while Arwen faced the dark creatures. At this point, Saphras’ body had already almost given up on him, so when he woke up once more after the battle, he asked Arwen, whom he was having a little crush on, to gift him with a song, knowing about the comforting effect of elvish voices. Arwen granted him this wish, and it was to the sound of the words from her lips that the courageous soldier died.

A full Westron translation of the lyrics can be found attached. “iron as Anduin breaking the sea untamed through drought and crud steady across every mountain and stronger every year you take to climb your mind never wavering kept awake by Eru in the sky your courage cuts through foe and wall controlled by nothing but your heart keep on riding, keep on standing protect the light your legend will ever live on if you never lose sight protect the light fear not for the Valar have graced you and allowed you ever to grow your mind steady, patient and free and wild like a foal’s first spring run no glimmering rock shining brighter your sight will always be clear and true your sword ever ready but never too swift until the light welcomes you home always too far and never far enough your hand reaches for the stars no stronger shield than your belief no fight unworthy of your heart keep on riding, keep on standing protect the light your legend will ever live on if you never lose sight protect the light protect the light” * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * (Tales Untold - a “The Lord of the Rings” series "Tales Untold" aesthetics | "Tales Untold" glossary) * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *

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Washed by rain

Washed by rain in the Westron translation is the name of an elvish song that Lord Elrond’s chief advisor wrote for the future Princess of Eryn Lasgalen towards the end of the Third Age, in a time when he hoped to court her. In T.A. 2417, a young healer elf of Lórien named Tarisilya Vandriniel and her twin brother Tegiend came to spend the summer in Imladris, to visit old friends like Lord Elrond’s family. In T.A. 2070, right after coming of age, Tarisilya had met the Prince of Eryn Lasgalen outside of Lórien and in Imladris a few times, and the two of them had developed feelings for each other. Tarisilya’s father had forbidden the relationship at that time though since he thought Tarisilya to be too young. A few centuries later then, with no attempts of contact at all from Legolas in the meantime, Tarisilya met Lord Elrond’s chief advisor in his library for the first time. She was soon fascinated by the Ages-old elf who looked and acted so unconventional compared to everything she knew. Erestor’s usual gruff, harsh behavior as well improved soon in Tarisilya’s presence as he felt drawn to the very trusting, open and innocent she-elf. Especially her healing powers having an effect on a strange condition that Erestor had been carrying since birth, that made it almost impossible for him to feel pain, felt like a proof that maybe she was the romantic partner, Erestor had always been looking for ... unlike the solely casual physical relationship with Lord Glorfindel that was so rare for elves anyway, that he had maintained irregularly since the Second Age. It was Glorfindel as well who knew who Tarisilya’s old suitor was and who sensed that the young elf was indeed meant to become Legolas’ wife one day. Therefore, he tried to warn Erestor without giving away Tarisilya’s secret, but in vain. As the careful flirt continued, Tarisilya warned Erestor herself several times that she had once promised another elf that she would wait for him to come back to her, never revealing Legolas’ identity. And that therefore, she didn’t know if she would be able to open her heart to another and give up on that first romance that she held so dear in her heart. Time hadn’t left the vague budding feelings for that stranger from a land at emnity with Lórien untouched though. Besides, Erestor offered Tarisilya a freedom she had longed for all her life, seeing as she was fed up with her brother’s and father’s over-protectiveness. Erestor seemed to be someone who finally listened to her wishes and ambitions, who didn’t try to talk her out of becoming a fighter just because she was a healer. Even Tegiend that summer finally stopped insisting on accompanying her almost everywhere to take care of her, trusting her to be safe with Erestor. When Tegiend together with Elrond’s sons was missing for a few days after a wolf attack, Erestor took Tarisilya to a hill just outside the valley to distract her. There, he gave her a parchment with a song he had written for her. Tarisilya once more staggered in her hesitation about her feelings and maybe would have forced herself to overcome these doubts that afternoon, if it hadn’t been for another wolf attack, this time on the two of them, that they barely escaped, relatively unscathed. Healing from her wound, Tarisilya repeatedly had a bad nightmare about leaving Legolas and soon realized that it was really escaping her too sheltered life that she longed for and not Erestor himself; just like Erestor, with time, would have to admit to himself that he had been merely in love with the idea of loving someone who presented all the light and hope, he had once lost with the fall of Gondolin. The day Tarisilya told him her decision though and left the valley to return home, his hurt pride and anger were still too big to see that, and the two elves parted on very bad terms. It was a fight that would last ever until the end of the Stewardaides Crisis in Gondor at the end of the Third Age. Only in the course of the Rauros Tragedy, Tarisilya and Erestor would finally find peace with each other, a relief and new start for a friendship that should be abruptly cancelled just a few minutes later though, as Erestor had to pay the price for the many wrong decisions he had made out of the best intentions in the months before. Both of them are hopeful though that they can pick up where they left in their new life in Valinor one day. A full Westron translation of the lyrics of Erestor’s song can be found attached. “seeing through no horizon in the end endless lines in the dark ending up in dwellings of the lost mind not even broken found running from the start like colors washed by rain. found by one who knows beholding inside waiting to remember found by falling stars caught by the eyes of a dreamer and a dream worth believing” * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * (Tales Untold - a “The Lord of the Rings” series "Tales Untold" aesthetics | "Tales Untold" glossary) * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *

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Of Mithril

Of Mithril in the Westron translation is the name of an Dwarvish folk song. After the Battle of the Black Gate, the future King of the Reunited Kingdom, along with his future wife and his elvish Ring companion, traveled to Imladris, as Arwen due to a bad war injury needed her family’s healing powers before Aragorn’s coronation. For the duration of that journey, Aragorn asked his other Companion of the Dwarf Folk to stay in Minas Tirith and oversee reconstruction work there. Always a dwarf man of action, Gimli, son of Glóin, didn’t just restrict himself to administrative duties but helped the citizens with manual labor a lot as well in these weeks after the war had ended. The men in Minas Tirith came to appreciate him and his dwarvish helpers a lot in that time. After work, they would often had drinks together in one of Minas Tirith’s inns. On such evenings, there was often a lot of music. Gimli introduced the men to more than one folk songs of his people, and those were often sung by everyone together, once enough beer and wine had been consumed. One of the songs, named Of Mithril became something of a favorite to many of the workers. As it was, it could also be heard on the fateful evening many months after the war, when the King of Gondor was attacked in the Citadel by his political enemies for the first time.

A full Westron translation of the lyrics can be found attached. “screaming as the crumbling mountain yet my ears will not hear too many words by too sweet a voice and not a thing said right punched and breached and cut still all their blows will only hit them stumbling on my knees, still going strong heart of mithril, born to win come if you dare, come shoot those arrows, hear them slip come if you dare, come take my land and take my gold never will you have me heart of mithril, born to win come if you dare, come forged by rock, led by gold never turn your back to me heart of mithril” * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * (Tales Untold - a “The Lord of the Rings” series "Tales Untold" aesthetics | "Tales Untold" glossary) * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *

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Matis

Matis (Elvish: “hoggish one”) was the name of a black Mearas horse owned by Lórien marchwarden Tegiend Vandrinion at the end of the Third and the beginning of the Fourth Age. Part of the rare occurrence of a horse twin pregnancy, Matis and his sister Manyala were born to an unknown Mearh mare at the end of the Third Age. It is believed that the mother died at birth. Lady Galadriel who was responsible for bringing the twin foals to Lórien never revealed their exact origins though. At this point, black Mearas had gone almost extinct in Middle-earth and had a dubious reputation, due to their most infamous representatives serving as mounts for the Nazgûl at the time of the War of the Ring. By keeping the horses’ origins a secret, Galadriel protected them from prejudice and rejection. Having sensed in visions that the foals would once play a big part in the lives of twin elves that Galadriel had helped raised after their mother’s death in the last millennium, she gave the horses to said twins. Tegiend Vandrinion and his sister Tarisilya brought the at this point quite weak foals up on the bottle. It is believed that thanks to the thereby established deep bond, Matis and Manyala accepted the twins as their riders later, in spite of their missing noble blood. Tegiend called the tiny stallion Matis, as he was a lot more hoggish than his sister and would always look and beg for food and treats wherever he went and whoever he met. Once grown into a proud battle steed, Matis fearlessly accompanied Tegiend - long since a seasoned marchwarden at the Lórien borders - on countless patrols, missions and fights. When during the War of the Ring, the time came for Tegiend to turn his back to Middle-earth and follow Tarisilya’s and his father to Valinor, Matis brought his owner quickly and reliably to Mithlond, not even shying away from a dangerous detour to the battlegrounds of Helm’s Deep when Tarisilya was needed there for a crucial healing and Tegiend had to escort her. As a reward for his courage and loyalty, Matis was granted the honor to accompany Tegiend to the Undying Lands. Once arrived at the harbor across the sea, with a heavy heart, Tegiend allowed Matis to settle in the wilderness without his owner. Matis frequently returned to Tegiend’s new home in the settlement of recent arrivals though, and they often explored the widths of the far green land together. Once Manyala joined the life in Valinor as well, the siblings quickly found each other again and enjoyed their reunited life greatly for many years. Matis fathered many strong foals in the rest of his long lifetime and helped strengthen the so rare-turned lines of mortal black Mearas in the realms beyond the sea. As his time drew to an end, he returned to see his dear friend a last time. Tegiend then said good-bye to Matis with many tears on the white shores of their new home, comforted only by the knowledge that the memory of his loyal steed would live on in many heirs. * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * (Tales Untold - a “The Lord of the Rings” series "Tales Untold" aesthetics | "Tales Untold" glossary) * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *

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Brightherb

Brightherb herb was a plant native to Middle-earth that grew in the area between Lórien and Eryn Lasgalen. While it served no higher purpose than spreading a pleasant sweet smell, it was one of the most important factors in the meeting and the budding relationship between the Prince of Eryn Lasgalen and his future wife. In the last days of T.A. 2070, Crown Prince Legolas of Mirkwood was sent on a diplomatic quest in a mining settlement close to Lórien. On his way back, the Prince camped just outside of Lórien to seek shelter from heavy rain under the mellyrn. As Legolas set up tent, he stumbled over a beautiful flower, star-shaped and snow-white, that he had never seen before, and he plucked a few of them to take them home. In the late evening hours then, he was surprised by a young female she-elf of Lórien, named Tarisilya Vandriniel, who sneaked up on him to see if he was a possible threat to her people. The two elves immediately felt connected, but Legolas had to decline Tarisilya’s offer to accompany her to Caras Galadhon as he knew his father would not approve of him entering Lórien. When he learned, Tarisilya was searching for exactly the flower he had found earlier, for her injured brother, he gave her the ones he had collected, safe for a single blossom that he kept as memory. Upon returning home, Legolas had a hard time getting the meeting out of his head. Though there were no serious feelings involved yet, for Tarisilya’s young age and the hostility between their realms alone, he yearned to see her again and learn more about her. Aimlessly strolling through the woods near the borders, Legolas was very pleased to find Tarisilya’s mare running free there a few weeks later. Suspecting that she was trying to talk to him, he hid the brightherb blossom he had been carrying ever since that night, under the horse’s reins and sent it back outside. Indeed, when he followed the mare, he found Tarisilya waiting there for him, and the two of them deepened their acquaintance, sensing more and more that there might be more between them than sympathy and curiosity. Indeed, after almost a thousand years of waiting, when Legolas and Tarisilya met again in Imladris, their feelings had only matured and not vanished, and they finally started their relationship. By that time, due to the heavy poisoning and damage caused between the realms by several dark creatures, brightherb had sadly gone instinct; but both elves always fondly thought back of these first meetings whenever they saw white flowers. * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * (Tales Untold - a “The Lord of the Rings” series "Tales Untold" aesthetics | "Tales Untold" glossary) * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *

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Mawëra

Mawëra (Elvish: “personal gull”) was the name of a horse bred by Lord Elrond and owned by the future Princess of Eryn Lasgalen towards the end of the Third Age. In the course of establishing and governing Imladris, Lord Elrond soon began to pride himself in raising a number of precious horse breeds. There were two Mearas lines among them, as well as other, similarly strong, fast and resilient breeds, many of them serving the valley’s armies in battle. In T.A. 2066, a mare especially close to Elrond’s heart gave birth to a black foal with three white socks. It grew into a tall and headstrong stallion that never seemed to feel really comfortable in the valley’s constricted remoteness amidst the mountains. With regard to the horse’s growing urge for freedom, Elrond called it Mawëra. When a young Lórien healer elf named Tarisilya Vandriniel visited Elrond’s valley for the first time, he soon took a liking to the young she-elf, especially since he had been good friends with her diseased mother. Besides, it did not escape Elrond’s notice how on that visit, Tarisilya grew very close to the Prince of Eryn Lasgalen who was staying in Imladris at that time too. Elrond sensed that a serious relationship would sooner or later develop between the two of them. Knowing, just like Tarisilya’s foster mother Lady Galadriel, from vague vision and suspicions that the Prince would play a considerable role, should the danger in the east ever start to rise again, Elrond silently decided to help Tarisilya out if she needed support outside her sheltered little world in Lórien. Elrond also quickly realized that the young elf was just as talented and adamant a healer as her father Vandrin. When Legolas and Tarisilya’s brother Tegiend brought a seriously wounded woman to the valley, after a battle against orcs close to Imladris, Tarisilya tended to the patient without much difficulty, neither shying away from the mental burden of the torture, the woman had gone through by the hands of the orcs nor from the sadness of the miscarriage the patient had suffered. As the twin’s visit drew to an end, Elrond decided to thank Tarisilya for her efforts at the healing with a very special gift. The mare that the young elf had ridden to Imladris - the first, she had ever owned - was old and very exhausted by the long journey, and Elrond knew, it wouldn’t have survived the way home. So he asked his daughter to choose a horse from his breeds for Tarisilya and was very pleased with Arwen’s empathic insight as she left the stables with Mawëra soon after. Both of them thought the young stallion who wanted to see so much more of the world, a perfect choice for a just as adolescent she-elf who felt the same urge. Though Tarisilya did grieve for Ania for a long time, after Elrond had told her of her death in a letter, she soon started to bond with Mawëra. The two of them grew very close, especially on the journeys htat Vandrin took his children on from time to time in the following years. After almost three decades of close friendship, it finally was time to say farewell to the stallion. This time, Tarisilya didn’t shy away from the good-bye she could not have said to Ania back then, but accompanied Mawëra’s last breaths, with his head resting on her lap. Processing that grief helped the young elf along another big step into maturity. But until Galadriel would gift her with her beloved Mearh-mare Manyala towards the end of the first age, Tarisilya would never be as close to another horse again as to Mawëra. * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * (Tales Untold - a “The Lord of the Rings” series "Tales Untold" aesthetics | "Tales Untold" glossary) * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *

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Celegar

Celegar (Elvish: “King of speed”) was the name of a horse, Lord Elrond’s chief advisor owned towards the end of the Third Age. One of the things, the chief advisor and librarian of the realm of Imladris was famous for, was his alleged indifference towards horses. Unlike his Lord, Erestor didn’t find joy and satisfaction in working with horses, and throughout the millennia of his life, he seldom owned one himself. Not many people knew that this distance towards the animals arose from Erestor’s old life in Gondolin, as Erestor’s horse had been one one of the first beings around him he had to watch die when the city fell, even before his parents and his brother. Towards the end of the Third Age, when restlessness was spreading on Middle-earth again and there was talk about the Imladris army needing reinforcements, Erestor took up his usually quite casual soldier training again whenever he had time to spare. Around the year T.A. 2400, he finally let Lord Elrond persuade him to take responsibility for a young black stallion of Elrond’s breed, with the same thought. Erestor soon felt very close to the particularly fast and headstrong steed that he called Celegar. From now on, he spent more afternoons than usual outside his library, to relax on long rides outside the valley. In T.A. 2417, returning from one of those rides, Erestor arrived by the city gates just in time to see two visitors from Lórien being greeted by the Lord whom he’d never met before. The young healer Tarisilya Vandriniel caught his eye thanks to her exceptionally innocent aura, and when the young she-elf showed up in his library not too long afterwards, he felt more and more fascinated by her - an interest that seemed to be mutual. Though a romance between the two elves had never been in the books, as it would turn out later, Erestor and Tarisilya spent some time together this summer. One afternoon, Erestor took her one a ride with him on Celegar to train her with a bow and arrow a little bit. In the same week, Tarisilya’s twin brother Tegiend went missing, along with Elrond’s twin sons, after the group had gone on a ride far outside the city. Seeing how much Tarisilya was suffering from worry for her brother, Erestor decided to try and look for them and meant to ride out with Celegar. Tarisilya stopped him before he could leave though, as Elrond had ordered his people to wait, knowing that his sons would bring Tegiend home safely. Instead, Erestor and Tarisilya rode to a hill just outside the city to talk. It was there that they got attacked by a pack of physically and mentally very ill wolves. While the two elves made it to escape the situation only with minor injuries, Celegar fell victim to the wolves’ teeth, dying as he tried to protect his rider. After having watched the second horse in his long life suffer such a gruesome fate, Erestor decided against ever owning a horse for himself again. * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * (Tales Untold - a “The Lord of the Rings” series "Tales Untold" aesthetics | "Tales Untold" glossary) * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *

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Conuiril

Conuiril (Elvish: “Ruler of radiating white”) was the name of a cat, the Lord of Cair Andros and his wife owned for many years in the Third and Fourth Age. Conuiril was given to Tarisilya shortly after the War of the Ring, as a gift by the sister of one of her patients in Minas Tirith. The smallest of its litter, the white baby cat was very weak at this point, and one of its siblings had bitten half its ear off. Though Tarisilya had never wanted to own a pet before, seeing that melted her heart, and she decided to keep the cat. Her new owner living in Minas Tirith at this point, working in the Houses of Healing while her husband established a new elf settling at Cair Andros, Conuiril grew into a fearless and insolent beast that terrorized half the Royal court and only let anyone pick her up if it was her own idea. In constant friendly rivalry with Queen Arwen’s dog Fain, the two animals were often seen fighting or chasing each other, bringing a daily smile to more than one face in the difficult time of the Stewardaides crisis. When Tarisilya got pregnant and Legolas sent her to the other new elven settling being built at that time, East Lórien, to be safe, Tarisilya took Conuiril with her. The cat felt very comfortable in their remote talan and merciless ruled over all food rations and the frequent squirrel visitors that kept her owner company. At the end of the Stewardaides crisis, when Tarisilya was tricked into sailing back to Gondor, she wanted to leave the cat behind in safety, but Conuiril sneaked her way onto the boat. There she stayed when her owner was kidnapped. The boat captain found her - in the pantry of course, because a crisis is no reason to neglect your appetite, thank you very much - a few days later and brought her to East Lórien. After she had been well taken care of there for a while, the next group of elves traveling to Mithlond took Conuiril with them to Imladris to deliver her to Legolas’ second-in-command Thondrar. On his way back to Cair Andros, finally, Thondrar returned Conuiril to her owner safe and unharmed, which probably makes her the cat who’s traveled farthest in all of Middle-earth. With Tarisilya being far along with her pregnancy at this point, Conuiril hardly ever left her side anymore then, always snuggling up and seeking nearness to her owner’s belly and purring against it, soothing both her and the baby in this troubled time. When the Stewardaides crisis finally drew to an end and Tarisilya and Legolas started their new peaceful life at Cair Andros, Conuiril of course accompanied them to her new Kingdom, to a whole settlement of elves spoiling her rotten and another army of squirrels to command. Legolas’ and Tarisilya’s son soon loved Conuiril just as much as his parents, and until Conuiril’s death, they would be inseparable. * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * (Tales Untold - a “The Lord of the Rings” series "Tales Untold" aesthetics | "Tales Untold" glossary) * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *

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Saphras

Saphras was the name of a Rohir captain of the Éored, assigned as the King’s personal guard after the War of the Ring. Shortly after the War of the Ring, the future King of the Reunited Kingdom traveled from Gondor to Imladris with his future wife and one of his Ring companions. They passed Rohan for a short rest and to meet the land’s new King. Approaching a temporary fortress by the gap where Éomer had sat up camp, to oversee reparations in this area, the group was spotted by Saphras and his Éored. They were quickly cornered, as they were being armed, and Saphras needed to make sure they weren’t posing a threat to the King, especially seeing as there were still scattered groups of orcs and hostile men roaming the area. When Saphras recognized Aragorn, he apologized and personally escorted to group to the fortress. While the young man was visibly fascinated and enchanted by Arwen’s presence, Saphras was being openly uneasy about the other female elf of the group, riding by the Prince of Eryn Lasgalen’s side, as she was commanding a black Mearh-mare. Mearas of this color had been extinct in Rohan for some time; most Rohirrim knew them only as mounts of the Nazgûl and therefore thought any black Mearas to bring bad luck and even be dangerous. Out of that superstition, Saphras refused Tarisilya and her mare entry to the fortress when they arrived. He was quickly admonished by his King though who invited Aragorn’s whole group in. After a private conversation with the King, the captain realized his mistake and tried his best to put his unfounded fears aside. A few weeks later, Éomer and his personal Éored were once more on a patrol ride in the area of the gap when they were assaulted by a group of orcs from behind. Not expecting enemies in such high numbers, the riders were quickly overwhelmed, and most of them were slain. Saphras fought bravely by his King’s side until the end, but at some point, both him and his horse got hit with arrows. As his horse fled and then fell, Saphras’ leg was being buried under it and badly injured. With a poisoned arrow stuck in his shoulder, his own fighting strength was quickly waning, leaving him helpless as the orcs overwhelmed the King, too, and took him away, while they left Saphras back to die a slow and painful death. Only a few hours later, Aragorn’s traveling group passed the gap, being on their way back from Imladris to Gondor, and there, they found Saphras. Tarisilya immediately started to treat the soldier, sensing though, that his fighting chances were very low. Not least because they couldn’t get him out from under the horse as long as she hadn’t stabilized the man and put proper tourniquets around his leg. So while Legolas and Aragorn left the group to find Éomer, Arwen and Tarisilya helped Saphras best as they could. Their attempts were interrupted soon by an attack of Uruk-hai that belonged to that very same orc group that had assaulted the King’s men. Not being trained as a warrior, Tarisilya had to leave her patient back to hide. Saphras’ condition already being very bad at this point, he only woke up once more after the fight was over. Feeling it himself now, that there was nothing that could be done for him, he asked Arwen to sing for him as he had heard about the beautiful and comforting singing voices of elves. He died to the sound of a Sindarin lament. Since the traveling group had to bring their injured to the fortress as quickly as possible, they couldn’t take the soldier’s body with them. But it was retrieved by another Éored on the same day still and buried with all honors. * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * (Tales Untold - a “The Lord of the Rings” series "Tales Untold" aesthetics | "Tales Untold" glossary) * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ * ~ *