Introduction
I don't own Middle-Earth or any characters or settings, I merely borrow them! This could be considered AU in some aspects, and is certainly not movie based. Haldir hasn't died in this, although it is possible (not likely) that he survived the battle in Helm's Deep for those who like fics to tie into the movies.
I am the Princess Elandra of Gondor, High King Elessar's younger sister. His sister! You exclaim, but he's an only child. But no, really, he is my brother, twenty years older than I.
Oh yes, Arathorn, Mother's husband and Aragorn's father died when Aragorn was a young child; he was only two and never knew his father well, in fact he didn't remember his father. Until he grew up, and was told of his heritage, he believed Elrond really was his father, and still called Elrond father even as a grown man.
Where do I come in? No, mother didn't remarry as many expected such a very young widow might have been expected to. You see, Mother had a secret lover, and I am that man's daughter. Like my brother I was reared in Rivendell, and like Aragorn, I too was adopted by Lord Elrond. And like Mother and Aragorn I was trained as a Ranger by Elrond's twin sons, Elladan and Elrohir.
My dear brother has asked me to write down the story of my life, as until the son Arwen bore him a few months ago comes of age, I am heir to Gondor's throne. Without this explaination, many would doubt my claim, and as tomorrow I ride into great danger, equal to that I saw in the recent Ring was when I rode with the Grey Company and fought like a man, the only Northern female Ranger to do so, I have agreed to leave this document in his and Arwen's care.
Lord Elrond tried to stop me from riding to war, but as Elladan and Elrohir unexpectedly supported me, he gave way. Maybe it was because I am Aragorn's sister and as such had a vested interest in seeing my brother succeed. Then again, perhaps no one else wished to be entrusted with Arwen's message to Aragorn.
But I am wandering from the point of this document; although I am supposed to relate some of my deeds here, I am first supposed to tell of my parents. Of course Aragorn and Arwen know who my father is, but this is not public knowledge, and between us we have decided the people of Gondor have a right to know.
I will tell the first and longest part of my tale as Mother told me. I think it will shock many people, but I used to shocking people. I am not ashamed of the circumstances of my birth, that here in Middle-Earth I am that rare thing: a child of parents who did not wed.
I don't own Middle-Earth or any characters or settings, I merely borrow them! This could be considered AU in some aspects, and is certainly not movie based. Haldir hasn't died in this, although it is possible (not likely) that he survived the battle in Helm's Deep for those who like fics to tie into the movies.
I am the Princess Elandra of Gondor, High King Elessar's younger sister. His sister! You exclaim, but he's an only child. But no, really, he is my brother, twenty years older than I.
Oh yes, Arathorn, Mother's husband and Aragorn's father died when Aragorn was a young child; he was only two and never knew his father well, in fact he didn't remember his father. Until he grew up, and was told of his heritage, he believed Elrond really was his father, and still called Elrond father even as a grown man.
Where do I come in? No, mother didn't remarry as many expected such a very young widow might have been expected to. You see, Mother had a secret lover, and I am that man's daughter. Like my brother I was reared in Rivendell, and like Aragorn, I too was adopted by Lord Elrond. And like Mother and Aragorn I was trained as a Ranger by Elrond's twin sons, Elladan and Elrohir.
My dear brother has asked me to write down the story of my life, as until the son Arwen bore him a few months ago comes of age, I am heir to Gondor's throne. Without this explaination, many would doubt my claim, and as tomorrow I ride into great danger, equal to that I saw in the recent Ring was when I rode with the Grey Company and fought like a man, the only Northern female Ranger to do so, I have agreed to leave this document in his and Arwen's care.
Lord Elrond tried to stop me from riding to war, but as Elladan and Elrohir unexpectedly supported me, he gave way. Maybe it was because I am Aragorn's sister and as such had a vested interest in seeing my brother succeed. Then again, perhaps no one else wished to be entrusted with Arwen's message to Aragorn.
But I am wandering from the point of this document; although I am supposed to relate some of my deeds here, I am first supposed to tell of my parents. Of course Aragorn and Arwen know who my father is, but this is not public knowledge, and between us we have decided the people of Gondor have a right to know.
I will tell the first and longest part of my tale as Mother told me. I think it will shock many people, but I used to shocking people. I am not ashamed of the circumstances of my birth, that here in Middle-Earth I am that rare thing: a child of parents who did not wed.