I have decided to rewrite this story. I was not happy with the way it was developing or how I was portraying Ilde and her journey into Middle-Earth. Since I was only two chapters in, I felt like it was not yet too late to completely rewrite and redefine this story. So here is the first chapter of the new and improved first chapter of "Runedar". I have taken some artistic liberty by weaving together the world created by J.R.R. Tolkien and the World of the Forgotten Realms Setting of Dungeons & Dragons.

Please review and tell me what you liked and disliked and what could be improved :)

Disclaimer: I do not own the works of J.R.R Tolkien or the worlds created by Wizards of the Coast. I only own my own OC's.

PROLOGUE

At the beginning of Time itself, prior to the Ages Ilúvatar created the world in a concept of music and then gave it actual being. He created the Ainur and taught them music, in time commanding them to make music of his design. After the music stopped Ilúvatar showed his meaning to the Ainur and shaped Eä (the universe) so that the Ainur may share in its experience. The Ainur filled Eä with stars and many more objects beyond the reach of men, for Eä was shapeless in the Beginning of Time.

The Ainur spread far across the universe and in time, they created Arda. The fifteen most powerful Arda on this world were named the Valar, with Aulë as their leader. Each Valar was attracted to a particular aspect of their world and became the focus of their powers. After driving out Melkor, the most powerful and evil of the Valar, they settled and watched over Arda to prepare it for the awakening of the Children.

The First and Second ages were riddled with phases of peace and of war. But at the end of the Second Age the greatest Evil, Sauron had been slain. Hopefully for good.

But unbeknownst to the people of Arda, their plane was not the only one in Eä. For there are more Ainur then the fifteen Valar. The Ainur Ao created the world known as Abeir-Toril. He created a crystal sphere that would hold the world of Abeir-Toril. But the sphere was, much like Eä at the beginning of time, empty and devoid of time. For light and darkness had not yet become two seperate things. Out of this shadowed realm came the two beautiful Twin Godesses, Sêlune the goddess of light and Shar the goddess of darkness.

At the beginning the surface of Abeir-Toril was dominated by dragons, giantkin and races that would later evolve into humans, elves, dwarves and the many other creatures that would one day roam the surface. During this time the Ageless war between the Gods and Primordials - natural beings of entropy, elemental power and destruction – was waged, which eventually led to the sundering of Abeir and Toril in two seperate planets, an event later known as the changing of the stars. Ao split the world into, to save it from near destruction, in the process granting the Primordials control over Abeir, and granting the Gods the government over Toril and its people.

Though the peoples of these two worlds may not know of each others existence, nor of the existence of the countless other planets in Eä, the Ainur and Ilúvatar himself know of their co-existence.

Darker forces may seek to invade more worlds than one... and so our story begins.

The world of Toril exists of seven contintents. One of them is named Faerûn, it is a diverse landscape inhabited by creatures who are equally diverse. With races like Humans, Elves, Dwarves, Gnomes, Halfings, Orcs and many more. It is a realm where dragons can be good as evil, where Gods can roam the earth and the realm where our heroine was born.

Far in the North of Faerûn, within in the Spine of the World lies Mithral Hall, hidden deep beneath Fourthpeak Mountain.

Through the high entrance of the mountain, navigating through the Maze, many a dwarf would find itself in the magnificent Undercity, a tall cavern with curved shaped walls. The glow of the Forge in the Centre of the Undercity lit and warmed the entire Undercity. Along the edges of the Undercity numerous small homes were carved into the rockface and in one of these homes lived a humble dwarven family.

That's it! Just the prologue mind you, prepare to meet our heroine in the next chapter.