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Entry the First – Lothlorien
So much has happened; I scarcely know where to begin. I suppose I should begin at the beginning. My name is Memoria Valkyrie; I am an elf with long chestnut hair and glowing amber eyes. I call Lothlorien home. I scarcely know how I came to be here, but I do remember I was once a mortal woman called Melanie. I lived far from here, almost in another world. That place had a magic unseen in Middle Earth, but just as dazzling in its own way. I remember the shadow of death constantly looming over me, but there were many other things that made my existence painful. There was not another being who understood me; I was very much alone. In that respect, I have not changed.
When I was called Melanie, I studied, as does every mortal. I remember I excelled at Biology, the study of living things. I was deeply involved in the school gardens, and would spend hours there, just listening to the plants. Of course, I could not hear them as I do now, but I felt their spirits nonetheless. Amongst the green leaves I found my only peace, for the other mortal children sensed the difference in me and I was shunned because of it. Men are such fickle creatures, and are often afraid of that which they do not understand or are unaccustomed to. My sorrow became such that I left before the completion of my studies. I had planned to continue them through a magic called "email" if memory serves. However this would never come to pass, for I was called home to Middle Earth soon after I left my school. I know that fate has wisely chosen to bring me here as an elf, for that reflects my personality and behavior in the times previous to this, but the reasons fate has called me back at all are still unclear.
This brings me to the part of my story where I awoke, wandering by the Silverlode, where the Lady's guards brought me immediately to her. As soon as she laid eyes on me, she knew I was not here by natural means; I had been called by some great power for some great purpose. She spoke to me of many things and at length of the reasons for my summons. As of now, several possibilities stand, the most likely of which is a wish. She and Celeborn also addressed the matter of what I should be called, for I had no name in elven form. He called me Memoria, so that all my memories from the past will find me again, and that I should never forget a happy moment in my life. Galadriel gave me a maiden's name, Valkyrie, after the dwarf's Angel of the Battlefield. She conducts the souls of dwarves who die nobly in battle to heaven. I do not understand why I am to be called after a dwarven angel when I am an elf, and yet I do not dare question the Lady's wisdom. Soon she will allow me to gaze into her famous mirror, and see what I am to see. Perhaps that will bring some answers.
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