Chapter4: Sorrow and new love
Morimaite just stood there with fear and desperation in his eyes as Gayaer knelt over Lirimaer with a dagger to her throat. Then Morimaite spoke sayings, 'Why father. What have we done to make you do this?' And Gayaer just looked at his son with a evil glint on his face and madness had taken him. He laughed and Lirimaer lay frozen in shock and her eyes pleaded with Morimaite but Gayaer was too fast and he drew the dagger across Lirimaer's throat in a slow spiteful motion. Morimaite was fast and leaped at his father before the dagger was halfway across and with a great cry that sent birds fleeing from the trees, he hewed Gayaer down with one swift and powerful stroke from his sword. Dropping his bloodstained sword, Morimaite fell to his mother's side and held her in his arms as she was dying. Then with her last breath she looked up at Morimaite and touched his face and said, 'Thou art strong and valiant. In your short being you have made your mother very proud'. And with that her hand fell from his face and Lirimaer became no more.
Leaving Gayaer where he lay, Morimaite took up Lirimaer and dug her a grave and as he set her body in it, he cried and the tears flowed freely from sorrow. Around this time Dimire was coming in on her horse when she saw Morimaite standing over a mound of dirt and she went to him saying, 'What is wrong brother?' And when he did not answer her, she looked around a noticed the bloodstained sword laying in the grass and she cried, 'What evil has befallen on our family? Where is father? And mother? Do they need our help?' Then Morimaite turned and she saw that he was crying and he said, 'No sister, they are in no need of help'. Dimire stepped off his horse and went to Morimaite and came into view of Gayaer's broken body and she cried aloud. She ran to Gayaer and knelt beside him weeping and Morimaite went over to comfort her but she turned on him in rage and screamed, 'What happened? Why is he dead?' and Morimaite turned away consumed with sorrow and said 'He made me. Madness filled him and he tried to kill me. I was just defending myself.' Now Dimire cried and Morimaite cried beside her not knowing what to do when suddenly Dimire asked, 'Where is mother then?' and Morimaite sobbed and looked at the grave he just dug.
For hours Dimire cried beside her father and when Morimaite refused to burry him she became wrathful and blamed Morimaite for all the had befallen. It was then when Morimaite decided that he need to leave the woods of his home and seek aid. He gathered up as much as he could carry and packed his horse. He also packed for Dimire and when he was done she was still mourning over her father and Morimaite said to her, 'Sister the day is late, let us leave these grief stricken woods.' And Dimire was reluctant to go but she had strength in her too and lifted herself up and walked beside her brother.
Morimaite led them to into the woods of Doriath and there they became lost. By chance the two elves were walking through the woods and they came upon Morimaite and Dimire. The elves, they would later learn, were Maublung and Beleg the companions of Turin Turambar. Both of the elves took pity on the children and led them do Menengroth and when Meilian looked upon Morimaite and Dimire she wept, for she knew what had happened and that Lirimaer was lost. At Thingol's bidding Morimaite told what had befallen and Dimire was silent in grief and never again would Dimire utter any words. When Morimaite was done with his story Thingol also took pity on them and granted them stay in Menengroth. For many years Morimaite and Dimire stayed under the care of the elves and Beleg took a great liking to Morimaite and he would train him to wield a bow and learn to hunt steathly. Dimire would spend her days in silence either ridding upon her horse or sitting outside thinking. She became a mystery to the elves who had never heard her speak and the gave her a new name, Nyewen, the grief maiden.
When Morimaite was 23 he asked Thingol for leave and he was granted it. Morimaite had learned all he was going to from Beleg and he went off on his own to learn more. Morimaite's plan was to go to Norgothrond and talk to Finrod the king and Thingol told Beleg to follow Morimaite and make sure he got there safely. Soon after saying goodbye to his silent sister, Morimaite left Doriath and started on his journey but even after the first day he knew he was being followed. He would play games with Beleg, losing him and for a couple of hours and reappearing and Morimaite found great pleasure in outsmarting the elf. One this particular day while still in the woods of Doriath, a strange women suddenly dropped out of a tree and took her sword to Morimaite's throat. Immediately she spoke saying, 'Who are you and who has sent you?' Now Morimaite did not answer for he knew that Beleg was still following and he waited. The strange warrior repeated the question, but again Morimaite did not answer and this time Beleg, sitting up in a tree with his bow trained on her said, "Release him and no harm will come to you'. The woman did not answer but pushed Morimaite always from her forcefully and he looked at her and grinned slyly. Then Beleg said again, 'Who are you that you enter the forests of Thingol and Melian?' Beleg hopped down and eyed her suspiciously for he was just as tall as her and she stared Beleg in the eyes and said, 'My name is Loteninque'.
Morimaite just stood there with fear and desperation in his eyes as Gayaer knelt over Lirimaer with a dagger to her throat. Then Morimaite spoke sayings, 'Why father. What have we done to make you do this?' And Gayaer just looked at his son with a evil glint on his face and madness had taken him. He laughed and Lirimaer lay frozen in shock and her eyes pleaded with Morimaite but Gayaer was too fast and he drew the dagger across Lirimaer's throat in a slow spiteful motion. Morimaite was fast and leaped at his father before the dagger was halfway across and with a great cry that sent birds fleeing from the trees, he hewed Gayaer down with one swift and powerful stroke from his sword. Dropping his bloodstained sword, Morimaite fell to his mother's side and held her in his arms as she was dying. Then with her last breath she looked up at Morimaite and touched his face and said, 'Thou art strong and valiant. In your short being you have made your mother very proud'. And with that her hand fell from his face and Lirimaer became no more.
Leaving Gayaer where he lay, Morimaite took up Lirimaer and dug her a grave and as he set her body in it, he cried and the tears flowed freely from sorrow. Around this time Dimire was coming in on her horse when she saw Morimaite standing over a mound of dirt and she went to him saying, 'What is wrong brother?' And when he did not answer her, she looked around a noticed the bloodstained sword laying in the grass and she cried, 'What evil has befallen on our family? Where is father? And mother? Do they need our help?' Then Morimaite turned and she saw that he was crying and he said, 'No sister, they are in no need of help'. Dimire stepped off his horse and went to Morimaite and came into view of Gayaer's broken body and she cried aloud. She ran to Gayaer and knelt beside him weeping and Morimaite went over to comfort her but she turned on him in rage and screamed, 'What happened? Why is he dead?' and Morimaite turned away consumed with sorrow and said 'He made me. Madness filled him and he tried to kill me. I was just defending myself.' Now Dimire cried and Morimaite cried beside her not knowing what to do when suddenly Dimire asked, 'Where is mother then?' and Morimaite sobbed and looked at the grave he just dug.
For hours Dimire cried beside her father and when Morimaite refused to burry him she became wrathful and blamed Morimaite for all the had befallen. It was then when Morimaite decided that he need to leave the woods of his home and seek aid. He gathered up as much as he could carry and packed his horse. He also packed for Dimire and when he was done she was still mourning over her father and Morimaite said to her, 'Sister the day is late, let us leave these grief stricken woods.' And Dimire was reluctant to go but she had strength in her too and lifted herself up and walked beside her brother.
Morimaite led them to into the woods of Doriath and there they became lost. By chance the two elves were walking through the woods and they came upon Morimaite and Dimire. The elves, they would later learn, were Maublung and Beleg the companions of Turin Turambar. Both of the elves took pity on the children and led them do Menengroth and when Meilian looked upon Morimaite and Dimire she wept, for she knew what had happened and that Lirimaer was lost. At Thingol's bidding Morimaite told what had befallen and Dimire was silent in grief and never again would Dimire utter any words. When Morimaite was done with his story Thingol also took pity on them and granted them stay in Menengroth. For many years Morimaite and Dimire stayed under the care of the elves and Beleg took a great liking to Morimaite and he would train him to wield a bow and learn to hunt steathly. Dimire would spend her days in silence either ridding upon her horse or sitting outside thinking. She became a mystery to the elves who had never heard her speak and the gave her a new name, Nyewen, the grief maiden.
When Morimaite was 23 he asked Thingol for leave and he was granted it. Morimaite had learned all he was going to from Beleg and he went off on his own to learn more. Morimaite's plan was to go to Norgothrond and talk to Finrod the king and Thingol told Beleg to follow Morimaite and make sure he got there safely. Soon after saying goodbye to his silent sister, Morimaite left Doriath and started on his journey but even after the first day he knew he was being followed. He would play games with Beleg, losing him and for a couple of hours and reappearing and Morimaite found great pleasure in outsmarting the elf. One this particular day while still in the woods of Doriath, a strange women suddenly dropped out of a tree and took her sword to Morimaite's throat. Immediately she spoke saying, 'Who are you and who has sent you?' Now Morimaite did not answer for he knew that Beleg was still following and he waited. The strange warrior repeated the question, but again Morimaite did not answer and this time Beleg, sitting up in a tree with his bow trained on her said, "Release him and no harm will come to you'. The woman did not answer but pushed Morimaite always from her forcefully and he looked at her and grinned slyly. Then Beleg said again, 'Who are you that you enter the forests of Thingol and Melian?' Beleg hopped down and eyed her suspiciously for he was just as tall as her and she stared Beleg in the eyes and said, 'My name is Loteninque'.