Introduction
Athena was the daughter of the great wizard Andreas. When she was only a few years old, he was slain by Orcs as he travelled through Rohan. Radagast the Brown, who was a great friend of her father's, took her in as his own. From him, she learned about Herbalism and the forests, as well as perfecting her own magic. She became a very talented sorceress.
When she was 19, Radagast took her to see Rivendell. There she met a friend of Gandalf's. A Ranger named Aragorn, or "Dunedain" as the elves refered to him as. The two of them seemed to warm to each other almost immediately. Maybe it was their mutual mistrust that drew them together. But whatever it was, they felt a bond grow between them that day.
Some time after, Aragorn was walking through Rhovanion, when he was attacked by Orcs. Athena was nearby and heard Aragorn call out. It was this encounter in which she proved herself as a skilled swordsman, and a powerfull sorceress, binding the leader of this army, thus allowing Aragorn to decapitate him. When Aragorn asked her what her there business was, she told him that she had felt drawn to this point. 'Call it chance if you will, I call it fate', she answered. The thought that fate could have dealt him such a good hand lifted Aragorn's spirits, and he did not think to ask anymore of it.
Also, he had been impressed with her skills. It was obvious that she had been raised to understand the wild, and to protect herself against it. He invited her to join him as he made his was to Rivendell. Under usual circumstances, neither of them would consider this, as neither of them were quick to trust, but the had met and warmed to eachother under the eye of Gandalf. He was a shrewd judge of character.
They ended up travelling far and wide together; they're skills complimenting each other perfectly. Separately, they had each done well in the past, but together, they proved unstoppable. Even though their paths took them far afield, they always returned to Rivendell in the end. But this story starts west of Rivendell, in Bree…..