AFTER the Battle of Five Armies, an elf prince journeys to the north of Middle Earth in search of the mysterious Strider. But to also escape the grief of a 'love unspoken' as well as the oppressive regime of his father, King Thranduil. There among the Dúnedain, Legolas finds friendship, adventure, a sense of humor and a female ranger who is not quite what she seems. Is he fated to forever love another unrequited? And what of the broken relationship with his father, will the prince's choices drive a deeper wedge between them? A classic love story, filled with adventure and intrigue, but ALSO a journey into the unwritten years of the beginning of an epic friendship with Aragorn; all set prior to 'The Lord of the Rings'. *Feb 2018: 2nd in The Middle Earth Awards* *June 2018: 2nd in Arkenstone (The Hobbit) category, The Tolkien Awards* *July 2018: Official Featured Wattpad Fanfiction* *Jan 2019: #3 in Romance Hotlist (181k stories) -0-0-0-0-0- I may have nicknamed this story 'Pride and Prejudice for Elves', our silver-haired princeling has several centuries of repression he needs to work through, as well lighten up - before he can become the elf that we know and love in LOTR! The story is COMPLETE! All votes and comments greatly appreciated. I'd be absolutely thrilled to have you join me on this journey of self-discovery in Middle Earth. The best writing in this story belongs to @GreenScholarTales, who kindly allowed me to weave my romance into her story, 'Starting Anew.' Please go and see her other works and her original series on Wattpad, The Book of Terrus. The beautiful painting on the cover was kindly loaned by the highly talented Irishmellow, see her awesome work at https://irishmellow.deviantart.com/ Copyright: Tolkien owns all the familiar characters, Jackson & Co. own Tauriel and the starting premise, Green Scholar owns several significant events and almost all of the rangers ... but one, Wren, she is all mine!

"𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐤𝐞𝐧, 𝐀 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐬𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠." A traitor to her former king, an outcast to some, and a stranger to even herself, a child of war and shadow is faced with a war of her own as she drags the chains of her past through the dirt of battlefields old and new. #1 IN LOTR --- DECEMBER 2022, AUGUST 2024 #1 in MIDDLEEARTH --- January 2023 #1 in GONDOR --- August 2022, March 2023, April 2023

『"』𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘯.... 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘺. 『"』 ➵ 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨 A once great warrior elf, Oreldes has retired from Rivendell's army and elected to hide herself away from the ever-complicated politics of Middle-earth and the fear that has been spreading since her retirement. Shedding the title of "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘥 𝘙𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳", known only to those closest to her, she teaches equestrian sports to one Estel, a human child who has quickly taken up the skill and the strength. When he grows up to be a Ranger of the north, the One Ring passes into Rivendell's possession, and Oreldes is forced to face her past. Her commitment to the Fellowship returns her identity to her, allowing her to realize the great web of connections between the past and the future, and at last showing her the path to her destiny. Along the way, one elf in particular helps her learn to see hope in everything....