𝗙𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗲 | Silmarillion & LOTR [Book 2] ✓

3 | The Dark Elf

3 | The Dark Elf

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A hundred years is merely a blink of an eye for an elf, though despite such a time, it does not mean that those hundred years are meant for nothing. Because for such young elves, a hundred years is the opportunity of finding one's self - to find themselves within the world.

For the young lady of the House of the Golden Flower, it was not too difficult though that doesn't mean it was easy.

And it didn't mean that Elemmire Fealassie haven't experienced the truth of growing up...

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Time: 400 F.A

When Aredhel proposed for her to come with her out to Hithlum and down the southern parts of Beleriand such as Doriath and of the East where the Fëanorians resided, Elemmírë took some time to ponder about it. And in the end, she decided that she would come at another time. Maybe when she was a little older.

(Her brother at one point suggested with Ecthelion that she would be allowed when she hit her 1000 year and she almost whacked her brother with her books hadn't he dodged it.)

Curse his incredible reflexes.

In the year 316 of the First Age of the Sun, the Lady of Ondolindë left with her brother and Ecthelion along with other guards out of Tumladen, watching the specks of horses as they galloped through the fields of white flowers and forests until they disappeared within the mountains.

The decades passed rather swiftly. Ever since Aredhel's leave, she began to rise through the ranks of loremasters and loremistresses. Her determination of pursuing knowledge of all various kinds and learning the new languages of the continent had led her to be able to converse with people and read about the history of her people. Elemmírë's curiosity about the unknown also brought her to learn more about the world outside in her own way.

Her craft had begun to show through her love of stars. She began creating star charts and maps of the sky in the city, pinpointing locations of where the sun and moon moved through the sky which helped with the architecture and the agriculture of the city. Her own craft reminded her of what her friend would have loved, for he loved the sea and navigating the waters of Ulmo and Uinen and Ossë. [1][2][3]

It was not only the stars she ventured but also every map she could get her hands on, journals of what places looked like such as Hithlum, Nargothrond and Doriath; or perhaps learning about the coasts such as the Falas in which the Teleri shipwright: Círdan ruled over. However, despite her love of knowledge and learning more, it drew the eyes of those of the higher class such as her. [4][5][6][7]

Nobody expected a high elven lady of one of the great houses of Ondolindë would pursue a craft. Many of the issi were either healers, tailors or bread-makers or minstrels of their own house. Some would find the gift of crafts such as tailoring and jewel making. But other than the sister of the king, Elemmírë was the only nissë who brought her own understanding of lore to change the ways of Ondolindë. [8]

And that intrigued not only the loremasters of the city but of King Turgon himself.

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King Turgon had already known of Elemmírë Fealassie through his daughter Idril, mostly known as the other half that was dragged along with Idril's tendency to wander the city. Though as whispers of a young elleth becoming a name in The Nólecoa, Turgon summoned Elemmírë along with her brother to inspect her proficiency in her craft. [9]