Following the deaths of his father and brother, Aldarion of Mirkwood took the throne and commenced immediately to have Melglìniel stripped of her title and detained in the deepest oubliette beneath the palace, left there to be forgotten by all.
Unable to remain any longer in the land where his love had perished, Haldir left Mirkwood not for Lothlorien but for Belfalas, to seek the company of the mystic Nilwathiel. Neither of them, however, found any comfort in the presence of the other, reminded only of shattered happiness and poisoned love. The younger returned at last to her land in Imladris to serve as an apprentice healer, binding the fall of her hair with black ribbons for the deaths in her past and the death she foresaw.
Living in Belfalas for three short years along, gazing out to the sparkling waters of the tepid bay, Haldir at last took off his life by his own hand, driven half-mad by agonizing grief.
For the blood of their blood and the ones their hearts loved, Thranduil the Elvenking of Mirkwood, his son Legolas and the Marchwarden Haldir of Lorin lay down their lives, paying not with an ounce but a sea of blood.
Farewell, my loves, and may the Valar light your path.
10:31 AM, 27 April 2003.
"An ounce of blood is worth a pound of friendship."