The Guardian Of Nature ~The Rise Of A Heroine

After The Return

"I recon you must have realized by now that the stories in Tolkien's works are real. From the Silmarillion, to The Hobbit it's all true. And the movies are true... sort of, but this is a talk for another time.

Well, after The One Ring was destroyed and peace was restored once again over Middle Earth, Aragorn son of Arathorn, was crowned King of the Kingdom of Gondor. He could finally be married to his love Lady Arwen Úndomiel, daughter of Lord Elrond The Half-Elven. Through her lineage, Arwen could choose ether the mortal life of Humans, or the eternal lifespan of the Elves. Basically chose if she wanted to stay an Elf forever or if she wanted to become a Human. She chose to become a Human, so she could spend the rest of her days with Aragorn. Together they united the Kingdoms of Men, Elves and Dwarves in a long lasting peace and prosperity.

After their marriage, Aragorn and Arwen decided to give something to the remaining Elves in Middle Earth. Almost all the Elves had left Middle Earth and went to The Undying Lands Of The West. Most left while The War Of The Ring was still going, many died in The War itself, while others left after Aragorn and Arwen's wedding. Including her father. So the remaining Elves where significantly fewer in comparison to their original population. Only 540 stayed at the Kingdom of Lothlorien, 1.004 in Mirkwood and fewer than 20 in Rivendell, Arwen's Kingdom. The royal couple wanted the Elves to be united after all that had happened. They didn't want them to be scattered, especially now that their time had passed and the dominion of Men had begun.

So, they gave them a city. Best to say, they built them one. Siniath Citui. Men and Dwarves and Elves help to built it, the royal pair included. The area they picked was a beautiful rocky spot by the sea with natural caves, but as you went further from the sea you would get into a forest and the ground would get soft enough grow vegetables. The progect was massive, like nothing that had ever been built. It was designed to connect the Elven life style with the Human architecture, while the Dwarves way with stone was valuable in the rocky environment and all of it done in a way that would house every Elf and even the next generations of them. Working nights and days, everyone did their best to finish the city as fast as they could and in just a little over a year the city was completed and ready to welcome every Elf that wished to live there. And most of them came. Every Elf from Rivendell and Lothlórien came, but only 547 from Mirkwood, for the rest stayed under the rule of King Thranduil and his son, Prince Legolas.

The royal pair proclaimed the city as a part of the Kingdom of Gondor, but made sure that it would stay independent, for the Elves to live as they will. So they gave them Lords of their own kin. Arwen chose a personal friend of hers Aistaraina, who was one of her maidens back in Rivendell, to be the Lady of Siniath Citui. Aistaraina was honored by Arwens choice, but said she would accept if only her younger sister Móreathiel would rule by her side until she found a husband. Arwen would never deny her that and agreed without a second thought.

With the Elven city done, Aragorn and Arwen decided it was time to start a family. They had five daughters, Vanya the oldest, Valadhiel the second, the twins Thandiel and Nanethiel and the youngest Ithilwen. They had an only son who they named Eldarion. Since Eldarion was their only son and youngest child, Aragorn and Arwen gave him the Evenstar Necklace. The white gem that shined brightly in the center of an elegant silver flower and a silver chain, it was Arwen's necklace that she gave Aragorn when he was to leave for The War as a symbol of her love. They told him to keep it until he found someone to give it in return.

Aragorn and Arwen were the loveliest parents in the Kingdom. They would always spend time with their kids and they would sare all the work in rising them. Teaching them everything about the two worlds they belonged to, the Human and the Elven, telling them stories and legends, songs and poems of days and heroes of old. Of course never skipping the talk about their lineage. Because Arwen was their mother, the time would come for kids too to choose between the mortal and the imortal lives, but until that day the kids would have a prolonged life span and would age significantly slower than any other. That gave them the oportinity to learn all that there was to know about all the Kingdoms of Middle Earth and all that came to pass.