Numinous // LOTR

Author's Notes

Torn between her blood and her kin Rekena may be an elf but her loyalty and love lies with the dwarfs under the mountains. Raised from a young age by the men of Durin she has fought to earn her place alongside their warriors but as the races of middle earth are called to destroy a great evil she will follow her kin once again to war.

Unsure of who she really, Rekena is reminded of her eleven blood as a fellowship of the most unlikely companions battles across middle earth to say the very known world before it is too late.

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Sadly been left in the drafts catching dust for far too long I have decided to revisit this book, it has been five years since Rekena's journey began and perhaps for me a silver lining of 2020 can be that I decided to come back to this passion project of younger days.  I have always love middle earth and so I always new I wanted to write in such a magically vidid world; somewhere between my drafts, notes and multiple wiki pages I hit inspiration and finally understood that it was Rekena who I wanted to write this story with.  When I started out with her in 2015 all I had was a name and notion that I was writing about an elves who dwelt among dwarves and that was probably why I hit a brain block so early on.  Now, however, I find myself with direction and thankfully (perhaps finally) know what the future holds for Rekena.

It is with a happy heart that I can say the show shall go on!  Under the swanky new name Numinous, Rekena shall endure in a new light but she shall still be the same formidable young lady.  

numinous

(adj.) describing an experience that makes you feel fearful yet fascinated, awed yet attracted - the powerful, personal feeling of being overwhelmed and inspired.  

This word has a powerful meaning but also I think a deep connection to what I am setting out to do with this book and these characters.  Numinous is perhaps the only word that truly encapsulates the way I feel looking upon Tolkien's master piece, his world building is unparalleled and the mystery of middle earth is rather beautiful.  Furthermore, Rekena herself as a character invokes such feelings - she is wild and unnamable and often hard to pin down but I feel as though perhaps numinous would be the word for how she would feel upon the eve of a journey so great as that awaiting the Fellowship of the Ring.  

Rekena's journey shall begin anew!

Thanks for your continuing support and to new readers welcome!

Emma xox