Translations and Author's Notes
In the course of the story, I used several phrases in elvish to make the story seem more authentic. They were:
Haldir to Legolas before the battle: Lle naa vanima (You are beautiful)
Aragorn to Haldir upon their arrival at Helm's Deep: My heart sings to see thee (Cormamin lindua ele lle)
Haldir to Legolas while comforting the youth: Be silent, Legolas (Dina, Legolas)
Haldir to Legolas: Don't worry, [you will live.] (Uuma dela)
Haldir to Legolas, comforting him: I know your strength in battle. (Amin sinta thaliolle e dagor)
I got my phrases from The Grey Company. They provided the phrases and translations to the preceding phrases and more. Very useful!
Author's Notes
This is my first slash fanfic, at least, the first one I've ever actually kept instead of tossed into the recycle bin. I try to make my slash fics with as little graphic detail as possible. No one needs to read pornography. Unless of course that's what you're looking for. In that case, go to The Library of Moria.
My slash fics are more…frothy, than graphic. Think: hopeless romantic meets Lord of the Rings. Enough said? (Thought so.) I hope you all enjoyed reading the fic as much as I enjoyed writing it! I couldn't wait to get all three parts in. I originally meant to make you all wait for the final part, but hey, why prolong the fun?
I'm sorry to those of you who hate me for spoiling and/or changing the plot from Tolkien's text, but I couldn't stand killing Haldir. He's just too handsome to die, and no mistake (*sighs*). So I kept him alive. My apologies.
That said, please review! Thank you to all of you who have already responded, your comments were taken to heart. So from one elf-at-heart to another:
Diola lle, amin harmuva onalle e' cormamin!
Mirahcles
