Mírnna

Disclaimer- I do not own Lord of the Rings or any of its characters. The race known as gelflins is mine, as is the character of Naomiel. Enjoy!

Prologue:

Everyone knows of the lands of Middle Earth. The elf realms- Rivendell, Mirkwood, Lothlorien.the dwarven mountain halls- Lonely Mountain, the mines of Moria.the lands of men- Gondor, Bree, Laketown.and of course the home of the halflings- The Shire. All of these lands were of Middle Earth, and known to most everyone who lived there.

But there was another land apart from the rest. Across the sea, far to the south of Valinor, there was a rather remarkable place. Known to very few in the rest of the world- only through myth and rumor- and never set upon by elves, men, or any of the other known races. It was a land known to the inhabitants as Mírnna.

The people of this land were peaceful, fun loving, and varied in appearance as much as in the rest of the world. But nowhere could you find elves, humans, dwarves, or hobbits. None of these races had ever existed in Mírnna.

The people of this land instead consisted mostly of fairies, unicorns, nymphs, centaurs, (good) dragons.and gelflins.

Most beings in middle earth had probably heard of or knew plenty about most of these creatures. But a good many would also ask, "What in the cosmos is a gelflin?"

Well, to summarize them, they are a pleasantly equal mix of elves, fairies, and hobbits. They were hobbits sized, with ethereal elven beauty, and fairy-like wings. Some would ask how they could be like hobbits and elves when neither of the two races had ever set foot upon that land. No one really knows for certain, not even the gelflins themselves (who have never heard of such beings).

Mírnna was a lush, fertile land. Everything was bright, and colorful, and the inhabitants took care to keep it so. The people of Mírnna loved their land dearly, and were very proud of it. They all lived with each other in harmony.except for the occasional out of control satyr in a glade full of nymphs, or a rampant demon, but that was the most trouble the land ever saw. But then, the day came when, for the first time in history, a dark shadow cast itself over the peaceful land, a shadow that would change the people of Mírnna forever.