Author ~ Halo Son
Rating ~ PG
Disclaimer ~ How many times must I say I don't own Lord of the Rings?! The characters Trelan, Raniean, Celboril and Moranuen are made up characters belonging to Cassia and Sio and they gave me permission to use them in my story, so DO NOT steal them!
Author's Note ~ A story I came up with while brainstorming, I doubt there's much else to say expect this story takes place before FOTR. Oh yes and also I'm changing a little bit in the history by saying that Aragorn's mother and father both died in an orc attack.
Summary ~ What began as a pleasant stroll for Elladan, Elrohir, Aragorn and Legolas turns into a storm of an argument between the man and the elf prince. In the aftermath, Aragorn goes missing and Legolas doesn't seem to care. Elladan and Elrohir leave to find Aragorn and sort out this mess, but some sinister dangers await the elven twins and their human brother and in the end, they're fate may lay in the hands of the elf prince who is no where in sight.
Oh yes and about the boxer shorts thing in last chappy…it was late at night when I finished the chapter…I was tired…I was not feeling well (I currently have a nasty cold that just doesn't want to go away!)…and I was watching Red Dwarf and this funny bit about boxer shorts came up so I accidentally put boxer shorts. Look just imagine they're the Middle Earth version of pants okay? Now if you'll excuse me, I am going to go into that lil' dark corner over there *points* and die of embarrassment *dashes off*
The Lord Of The Rings
Falling Into Silence
Chapter 2-Of Searches, Memories And Traps
The sun was very low in the sky now and darkness was fast approaching.
Elladan watched in ever growing concern as his twin brother returned as he had left, alone.
"I can't find him anywhere around Rivendell brother." Elrohir reported, worry etched his voice and it was easy to see it in his features too.
"Then he must have gone further out." Elladan murmured grimly.
After the argument, Elladan and Elrohir had followed Legolas back to Rivendell and told their father what had happened. Elrond agreed with their suggestion of letting both the man and elf prince calm down for a while. However, in the fading light, Aragorn still had not returned back home and now the twins were growing fearful.
"I think we should go and look for him." Elrohir said. "I know it's getting darker, but that's all the more reason to go and find him."
Elladan nodded in silent agreement, but he knew their father wouldn't like them going out in the dark. If they told him what they were planning to do he knew what their father would say to it.
"We'll have to leave a note for father." The older twin said. "You know what he'll say if we told him that we were going after Estel in the dark."
"Yeah, he'll say it's too dangerous and we should wait until the morning." Elrohir replied. "Let's get Legolas first."
"Alright."
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"WHAT?!" Elrohir cried in disbelief.
"You heard me." Legolas replied.
"You're not going to come and help us look for Estel?!" Elrohir said in shock.
Legolas was lying on his bed with his head turned to the window next to him, watching the sun fade from the sky. Elladan scowled at him.
"I thought Estel was your friend!"
"He is my friend." Legolas replied. "But not only is it stupid to go out and look for him in the dark, but you heard what he said. He can take care of himself. He'll probably be back by morning."
"And what if he isn't?!" Elrohir gritted through his teeth. "He's stubborn as most humans are and most times, in arguments he's had with us at least, he does not mean what he says."
"You two are his elven brothers and that causes you to worry too much. He'll be fine. As he said, he needs not my help."
"And we both worry easily with good reason! It's a dangerous place out there and not even Rivendell is without its dangers!" Elladan snapped.
"You don't think I know that?" Legolas said with a glare. "But I am not going to chase after Aragorn just so he can yell at me again about me following him all the time and thinking that he can't look after himself."
There was a moment silence between the three elves, but the tension in the room over shadowed it. Finally, Elladan said, "Come on Elrohir, we're going alone."
Elrohir turned and watched his twin brother exit the room and before he did he turned to look at Legolas once more.
"If anything has happened to Estel…" Elrohir let his words hang and he followed after his brother.
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"Here Elladan!" Elrohir called to his twin brother. "I've found some tracks."
Elladan came to his brother's side a few seconds later and kneeled next to him. In the remaining light of day, Elladan and Elrohir had left their home to begin a search for their human brother.
Elladan immediately recognised the tracks as Aragorn's and from the looks of them, the young human had indeed gone out of Rivendell's boundaries. Elladan looked at Elrohir and they both shared worried glances.
Wasting no time, the two elves continued down the path that they guessed Aragorn had taken. For a few hours they trekked in the darkness through the dark trees, becoming more and more wearing and tense the further they travelled from their home. All the while they become ever more concerned with where their human brother was.
When they finally reached the edge of the forest, the twins were wearing to leave the cover of the trees and reluctantly decided to rest there for the night and continues their search at first light.
"Do you think Estel is alright?" Elrohir asked as he sat in front of a large tree, leaning upon the trunk.
"I hope that he is." Elladan replied, sitting opposite his twin brother. "If he is not, then I will have to beat into him out how much he lacks the ability to think properly."
"Oh, like you did last time?" Elrohir asked with a wryly grin.
Elladan glared at his snickering twin and replied, "No, most certainly NOT like last time."
A few weeks before, Aragorn had gone off to hide from his brothers and Legolas and hadn't returned by nightfall. When the three elves found him during the night he was soaked to the bone and caught in a high fever. When Elladan had tried to give him a long talk on how much little common sense he had and how reckless he tended to be, he had put Aragorn to sleep, much to Elrohir's and Legolas' amusement.
Elrohir sighed and turned his head upwards, being able to just see the few twinkling dots of the stars in the dark sky through gaps in the trees. Elladan turned to his twin and studied him carefully. The last time they had trekked out like this was when they were hunting the orcs that had taken their mother captive.
Old buried memories of what had happened back then were resurfaced, unsettling the twin elves. Elladan in particular did not wish to relive the memories, he found them too painful.
When Elladan learned that their father could do nothing for their mother and she was leaving for the Grey Havens, he felt like his heart had been ripped into tiny shreds. He felt like he had failed his himself, failed his father, failed his brother, but most of all failed his mother.
After their mother had left, Elladan spent most his time comforting Elrohir. He knew how much Elrohir adored their mother and the younger twin had taken her passing very badly. But when Elladan was alone in his own company, he would be endlessly blaming himself.
He knew Elrohir had suspected that he blamed himself and he tried his best to shrug off his twin's concerns. But in the end it came to such a point that Elrohir had gone to their father to ask him to help Elladan, for he could not get through to his brother. That night, when Elrond talked with him about letting go of guilt before it caused him to fade away, Elladan couldn't remember a time when he had cried so much in his life.
Elrohir let a sigh escape his lips, but his attention was brought back to the camp when his sharp elven ears picked up a faint sound. His looked across to Elladan and his mouth fell slightly.
"Elladan…"
The younger twin stood up and walked across to his brother and kneeled down in front of his, sliding his hand on Elladan's face and lifting his head so he their eyes met. Small droplets of silver that sparkled in the pale moonlight worked their way down the elf's face accompanied by soft sobs.
"By the valar Elladan, why are you crying?" Elrohir asked, concerned filled his eyes for seeing his brother like this. It had been a long time since he had seen the elf cry.
"I'm sorry Elrohir." Elladan replied, turning his head away. "But I worry so for Estel. He is young, so full of life and has a great destiny ahead of him. If anything has happened to him, I couldn't live with myself."
Elrohir guessed there was something more to this and he was pretty sure he knew what it was, so taking a gamble he replied, "Her passing to the Grey Havens was never your fault Elladan. You know that."
Elladan spun his head back to look at Elrohir.
"What does mother have to do with this?"
"Everything Elladan, because you blamed yourself for what happened to her after she departed. You may not remember, but I clearly remember fearing that not only would I lose my mother, but my twin brother too." Elrohir reached up and placed his hand back on Elladan's cheek. "And I remember you doing the same when Arathorn and Gilraen were slain in the orc attack and when we found Estel, you vowed to be his guardian as well as a brother. Now that he is missing, you're doing the same all over again, but please Elladan you must not. You must not blame yourself for events that you could not have changed. If mother was here with us now, you know she would say the same."
Elladan took a moment to let Elrohir's words sink into his mind before smiling and pulling his twin into a gentle embrace.
"Thank you Elrohir."
Elrohir smiled and rested his head on Elladan's shoulder, letting a few of his own tears fall before grinning, "Can you image what mother would say now if she knew what we were doing."
Elladan chuckled and nodded, "Yes I can Elrohir and for once I am glad we will only have to face father's wrath when we get back."
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"Master Neron, the scout party is returning."
A tall figure clad in dark clothes a long black cloak stood up from the fire and nodded in approval to the messenger who joined those by the glowing warmth. Then five other figures approached the standing man and bowed in respect.
"Master Neron, we have returned with some interesting news to report." The leader spoke.
"Go ahead then Captain Toria." The figure, who appeared to be in command of the whole human encampment, replied.
"We have spotted two elves at the edge of the forest. We managed to get close enough to hear of what they spoke. They are in search of someone called Estel."
Neron smirked in delight and his head turned to look upon the humans sleeping opposite the fire. There were at least 16 in total and they were his newly captured slaves. Neron looked at one of them in particular. They had captured the man that very day in the afternoon. The youth was of great strength and skill and Neron had special interest in him.
"Listen carefully to me Captain Toria." Neron finally spoke. "Gather your best hunting men and go back to where the elves rest. At first light when they awaken, drive them out of the forest and to the river by the waterfall."
The Captain bowed and did as commanded.
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Elrohir stirred as a pair of hands shook him awake. He yawned lightly and looked up at his twin with unfocused eyes and scowled a little.
"There are others near us Elrohir." Elladan whispered. "I the trees are screaming danger and I hear the leaves upon the ground being disturbed."
Elrohir become instantly alert and slowly got to his feet. Taking his bow in hand he walked over to where his brother was now standing, listening to the wind and trees.
"Who do you think they are Elladan?" Elrohir whispered.
"Mostly likely men." The elf replied, glancing around. "It would be best to continue our search southwards on the edge of the trees. I do not like going out of the cover of the trees with men nearby."
Elrohir merely nodded in response and began to follow Elladan. Suddenly there was a shrill whistle sound and Elrohir ducked down with lightning speed as an arrow embedded itself in a tree behind them. Both twins turned and fired their own arrows at the same time before being forced out from the cover of the trees and across the rugged, stony ground.
Every few moments the twins would turn and fire arrows back at their pursuers before continuing their path of escape. They were led to a large river with a waterfall above them to the right.
"Hurry Elrohir, cross the river by way of the large rocks there." Elladan swiftly pointed out.
However, just as Elrohir was preparing to do so, an arrow from the opposite side of the river missed his head by inches and he froze.
"Elladan, there are men on the other side of the river! We've been forced into a trap!"
Elladan growled under his breath as men from both side of the river emerged and aimed their arrows at them. Both the twins kept their own arrows aimed at the men, though it would do little good considering they were outnumbered.
"Ah, so you are the elves my men spoke of last night." A loud, harsh voice spoke from the top of the waterfall, making the twins look up.
They saw a tall man in black with short, messy brown hair smirk at them, obviously delight with catching them. Elladan and Elrohir narrowed their eyes, still holding up their bows.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you elves." Neron said. "Not unless…"
Neron then knelt down and pulled up a youth in his arms and held a knife to the throat of the young man. Elladan and Elrohir gasped.
"Not unless you want this boy to die. Put down your weapons now or he will."
"Estel!" Elrohir cried.
Aragorn looked down at his elven brothers with shock and horror filled eyes and then spoke in defiance, "Don't do what he tells you! Do not let yourselves be taken by him! Do not worry for me!"
Neron glared at Aragorn and sharply punched him in the stomach. Aragorn yelped and doubled over in pain before being forced back on to his feet as the older man pulled him up by his hair.
"Estel no!" Elladan yelled, taking a bound forward and being rewarded with an arrow that almost hit his head.
"I would really have to hate to kill him." Neron said. "After all, he is a young one and so full of strength."
Elladan's heart hammered in his chest and he turned to his twin who was equally distressed. Slowly, they both knelt down and put down their bows and arrows. Neron smirked in triumph and ordered his men to secure the elves and bring them to him, while Aragorn could only watch in fear.
TBC…
Note ~ Just so no one gets confused, as I said before I changed a bit of the history by saying that both Aragorn's parents were slain, as Cassia and Sio have done in their stories. It is easier for me to handle this way, just wanted to make that clear.
Rating ~ PG
Disclaimer ~ How many times must I say I don't own Lord of the Rings?! The characters Trelan, Raniean, Celboril and Moranuen are made up characters belonging to Cassia and Sio and they gave me permission to use them in my story, so DO NOT steal them!
Author's Note ~ A story I came up with while brainstorming, I doubt there's much else to say expect this story takes place before FOTR. Oh yes and also I'm changing a little bit in the history by saying that Aragorn's mother and father both died in an orc attack.
Summary ~ What began as a pleasant stroll for Elladan, Elrohir, Aragorn and Legolas turns into a storm of an argument between the man and the elf prince. In the aftermath, Aragorn goes missing and Legolas doesn't seem to care. Elladan and Elrohir leave to find Aragorn and sort out this mess, but some sinister dangers await the elven twins and their human brother and in the end, they're fate may lay in the hands of the elf prince who is no where in sight.
Oh yes and about the boxer shorts thing in last chappy…it was late at night when I finished the chapter…I was tired…I was not feeling well (I currently have a nasty cold that just doesn't want to go away!)…and I was watching Red Dwarf and this funny bit about boxer shorts came up so I accidentally put boxer shorts. Look just imagine they're the Middle Earth version of pants okay? Now if you'll excuse me, I am going to go into that lil' dark corner over there *points* and die of embarrassment *dashes off*
The Lord Of The Rings
Falling Into Silence
Chapter 2-Of Searches, Memories And Traps
The sun was very low in the sky now and darkness was fast approaching.
Elladan watched in ever growing concern as his twin brother returned as he had left, alone.
"I can't find him anywhere around Rivendell brother." Elrohir reported, worry etched his voice and it was easy to see it in his features too.
"Then he must have gone further out." Elladan murmured grimly.
After the argument, Elladan and Elrohir had followed Legolas back to Rivendell and told their father what had happened. Elrond agreed with their suggestion of letting both the man and elf prince calm down for a while. However, in the fading light, Aragorn still had not returned back home and now the twins were growing fearful.
"I think we should go and look for him." Elrohir said. "I know it's getting darker, but that's all the more reason to go and find him."
Elladan nodded in silent agreement, but he knew their father wouldn't like them going out in the dark. If they told him what they were planning to do he knew what their father would say to it.
"We'll have to leave a note for father." The older twin said. "You know what he'll say if we told him that we were going after Estel in the dark."
"Yeah, he'll say it's too dangerous and we should wait until the morning." Elrohir replied. "Let's get Legolas first."
"Alright."
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"WHAT?!" Elrohir cried in disbelief.
"You heard me." Legolas replied.
"You're not going to come and help us look for Estel?!" Elrohir said in shock.
Legolas was lying on his bed with his head turned to the window next to him, watching the sun fade from the sky. Elladan scowled at him.
"I thought Estel was your friend!"
"He is my friend." Legolas replied. "But not only is it stupid to go out and look for him in the dark, but you heard what he said. He can take care of himself. He'll probably be back by morning."
"And what if he isn't?!" Elrohir gritted through his teeth. "He's stubborn as most humans are and most times, in arguments he's had with us at least, he does not mean what he says."
"You two are his elven brothers and that causes you to worry too much. He'll be fine. As he said, he needs not my help."
"And we both worry easily with good reason! It's a dangerous place out there and not even Rivendell is without its dangers!" Elladan snapped.
"You don't think I know that?" Legolas said with a glare. "But I am not going to chase after Aragorn just so he can yell at me again about me following him all the time and thinking that he can't look after himself."
There was a moment silence between the three elves, but the tension in the room over shadowed it. Finally, Elladan said, "Come on Elrohir, we're going alone."
Elrohir turned and watched his twin brother exit the room and before he did he turned to look at Legolas once more.
"If anything has happened to Estel…" Elrohir let his words hang and he followed after his brother.
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"Here Elladan!" Elrohir called to his twin brother. "I've found some tracks."
Elladan came to his brother's side a few seconds later and kneeled next to him. In the remaining light of day, Elladan and Elrohir had left their home to begin a search for their human brother.
Elladan immediately recognised the tracks as Aragorn's and from the looks of them, the young human had indeed gone out of Rivendell's boundaries. Elladan looked at Elrohir and they both shared worried glances.
Wasting no time, the two elves continued down the path that they guessed Aragorn had taken. For a few hours they trekked in the darkness through the dark trees, becoming more and more wearing and tense the further they travelled from their home. All the while they become ever more concerned with where their human brother was.
When they finally reached the edge of the forest, the twins were wearing to leave the cover of the trees and reluctantly decided to rest there for the night and continues their search at first light.
"Do you think Estel is alright?" Elrohir asked as he sat in front of a large tree, leaning upon the trunk.
"I hope that he is." Elladan replied, sitting opposite his twin brother. "If he is not, then I will have to beat into him out how much he lacks the ability to think properly."
"Oh, like you did last time?" Elrohir asked with a wryly grin.
Elladan glared at his snickering twin and replied, "No, most certainly NOT like last time."
A few weeks before, Aragorn had gone off to hide from his brothers and Legolas and hadn't returned by nightfall. When the three elves found him during the night he was soaked to the bone and caught in a high fever. When Elladan had tried to give him a long talk on how much little common sense he had and how reckless he tended to be, he had put Aragorn to sleep, much to Elrohir's and Legolas' amusement.
Elrohir sighed and turned his head upwards, being able to just see the few twinkling dots of the stars in the dark sky through gaps in the trees. Elladan turned to his twin and studied him carefully. The last time they had trekked out like this was when they were hunting the orcs that had taken their mother captive.
Old buried memories of what had happened back then were resurfaced, unsettling the twin elves. Elladan in particular did not wish to relive the memories, he found them too painful.
When Elladan learned that their father could do nothing for their mother and she was leaving for the Grey Havens, he felt like his heart had been ripped into tiny shreds. He felt like he had failed his himself, failed his father, failed his brother, but most of all failed his mother.
After their mother had left, Elladan spent most his time comforting Elrohir. He knew how much Elrohir adored their mother and the younger twin had taken her passing very badly. But when Elladan was alone in his own company, he would be endlessly blaming himself.
He knew Elrohir had suspected that he blamed himself and he tried his best to shrug off his twin's concerns. But in the end it came to such a point that Elrohir had gone to their father to ask him to help Elladan, for he could not get through to his brother. That night, when Elrond talked with him about letting go of guilt before it caused him to fade away, Elladan couldn't remember a time when he had cried so much in his life.
Elrohir let a sigh escape his lips, but his attention was brought back to the camp when his sharp elven ears picked up a faint sound. His looked across to Elladan and his mouth fell slightly.
"Elladan…"
The younger twin stood up and walked across to his brother and kneeled down in front of his, sliding his hand on Elladan's face and lifting his head so he their eyes met. Small droplets of silver that sparkled in the pale moonlight worked their way down the elf's face accompanied by soft sobs.
"By the valar Elladan, why are you crying?" Elrohir asked, concerned filled his eyes for seeing his brother like this. It had been a long time since he had seen the elf cry.
"I'm sorry Elrohir." Elladan replied, turning his head away. "But I worry so for Estel. He is young, so full of life and has a great destiny ahead of him. If anything has happened to him, I couldn't live with myself."
Elrohir guessed there was something more to this and he was pretty sure he knew what it was, so taking a gamble he replied, "Her passing to the Grey Havens was never your fault Elladan. You know that."
Elladan spun his head back to look at Elrohir.
"What does mother have to do with this?"
"Everything Elladan, because you blamed yourself for what happened to her after she departed. You may not remember, but I clearly remember fearing that not only would I lose my mother, but my twin brother too." Elrohir reached up and placed his hand back on Elladan's cheek. "And I remember you doing the same when Arathorn and Gilraen were slain in the orc attack and when we found Estel, you vowed to be his guardian as well as a brother. Now that he is missing, you're doing the same all over again, but please Elladan you must not. You must not blame yourself for events that you could not have changed. If mother was here with us now, you know she would say the same."
Elladan took a moment to let Elrohir's words sink into his mind before smiling and pulling his twin into a gentle embrace.
"Thank you Elrohir."
Elrohir smiled and rested his head on Elladan's shoulder, letting a few of his own tears fall before grinning, "Can you image what mother would say now if she knew what we were doing."
Elladan chuckled and nodded, "Yes I can Elrohir and for once I am glad we will only have to face father's wrath when we get back."
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"Master Neron, the scout party is returning."
A tall figure clad in dark clothes a long black cloak stood up from the fire and nodded in approval to the messenger who joined those by the glowing warmth. Then five other figures approached the standing man and bowed in respect.
"Master Neron, we have returned with some interesting news to report." The leader spoke.
"Go ahead then Captain Toria." The figure, who appeared to be in command of the whole human encampment, replied.
"We have spotted two elves at the edge of the forest. We managed to get close enough to hear of what they spoke. They are in search of someone called Estel."
Neron smirked in delight and his head turned to look upon the humans sleeping opposite the fire. There were at least 16 in total and they were his newly captured slaves. Neron looked at one of them in particular. They had captured the man that very day in the afternoon. The youth was of great strength and skill and Neron had special interest in him.
"Listen carefully to me Captain Toria." Neron finally spoke. "Gather your best hunting men and go back to where the elves rest. At first light when they awaken, drive them out of the forest and to the river by the waterfall."
The Captain bowed and did as commanded.
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Elrohir stirred as a pair of hands shook him awake. He yawned lightly and looked up at his twin with unfocused eyes and scowled a little.
"There are others near us Elrohir." Elladan whispered. "I the trees are screaming danger and I hear the leaves upon the ground being disturbed."
Elrohir become instantly alert and slowly got to his feet. Taking his bow in hand he walked over to where his brother was now standing, listening to the wind and trees.
"Who do you think they are Elladan?" Elrohir whispered.
"Mostly likely men." The elf replied, glancing around. "It would be best to continue our search southwards on the edge of the trees. I do not like going out of the cover of the trees with men nearby."
Elrohir merely nodded in response and began to follow Elladan. Suddenly there was a shrill whistle sound and Elrohir ducked down with lightning speed as an arrow embedded itself in a tree behind them. Both twins turned and fired their own arrows at the same time before being forced out from the cover of the trees and across the rugged, stony ground.
Every few moments the twins would turn and fire arrows back at their pursuers before continuing their path of escape. They were led to a large river with a waterfall above them to the right.
"Hurry Elrohir, cross the river by way of the large rocks there." Elladan swiftly pointed out.
However, just as Elrohir was preparing to do so, an arrow from the opposite side of the river missed his head by inches and he froze.
"Elladan, there are men on the other side of the river! We've been forced into a trap!"
Elladan growled under his breath as men from both side of the river emerged and aimed their arrows at them. Both the twins kept their own arrows aimed at the men, though it would do little good considering they were outnumbered.
"Ah, so you are the elves my men spoke of last night." A loud, harsh voice spoke from the top of the waterfall, making the twins look up.
They saw a tall man in black with short, messy brown hair smirk at them, obviously delight with catching them. Elladan and Elrohir narrowed their eyes, still holding up their bows.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you elves." Neron said. "Not unless…"
Neron then knelt down and pulled up a youth in his arms and held a knife to the throat of the young man. Elladan and Elrohir gasped.
"Not unless you want this boy to die. Put down your weapons now or he will."
"Estel!" Elrohir cried.
Aragorn looked down at his elven brothers with shock and horror filled eyes and then spoke in defiance, "Don't do what he tells you! Do not let yourselves be taken by him! Do not worry for me!"
Neron glared at Aragorn and sharply punched him in the stomach. Aragorn yelped and doubled over in pain before being forced back on to his feet as the older man pulled him up by his hair.
"Estel no!" Elladan yelled, taking a bound forward and being rewarded with an arrow that almost hit his head.
"I would really have to hate to kill him." Neron said. "After all, he is a young one and so full of strength."
Elladan's heart hammered in his chest and he turned to his twin who was equally distressed. Slowly, they both knelt down and put down their bows and arrows. Neron smirked in triumph and ordered his men to secure the elves and bring them to him, while Aragorn could only watch in fear.
TBC…
Note ~ Just so no one gets confused, as I said before I changed a bit of the history by saying that both Aragorn's parents were slain, as Cassia and Sio have done in their stories. It is easier for me to handle this way, just wanted to make that clear.