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25. Epilogue
Legolas Greenleaf, Prince of Eryn Lasgalen and son of its Lord Thranduil was back in his native country. He was sitting in one of its trees, on a top branch. It was just before dawn and the view was breathtaking. He listened to the wind and felt it, it was a warm breeze. He leaned back against the trunk and felt whole.
Suddenly the wind picked up and in it he could her pieces of his past and future:
Legolas, Greenleaf, Rîn o'Môr, King of the elves of Eryn Lasgalen and Lord of Mordor.
What is a remembrance without a breath of life? It is only half, no not even half, it is death...
Neniel, daughter of water, daughter of Nenmírdan, water in a dessert is as a breath of life...
Thûlocuil O'Môr, Breath of Life of Mordor, Sûmob Slaiumlob Mordôrob, Gadroben, The Prisoner, Master Warrior, Heir of Mordor, Lady of Mordor, Queen of the elves of Eryn Lasgalen...
The view before his eyes changed and he could see Mordor develop. The vegetation was, like its Lady, one of a kind, unseen before in Middle Earth: a night-vegetation that lived not of the light of the sun, but of the light of the moon, because its origin had been inside a dark cave. There was the Elisil (Moon-star) that was the Minelloth (First flower) for it was the first thing growing in Mordor after the Ringwar. Its flowers reflected the moonlight, so with the passing of years, Mordor looked like a carpet of stars at night, like Elbereth herself had come down. The place were it all begun was named Parth Elenath (Starry field) and there appeared a new and large house, it had not the looks of a palace, yet it was, with a bedroom in it that only could be reached trough the garden, down a stone stairway and through corridors strewn with fluorescent stones.
A strange mixture of people inhabited the land. Dwarves who explored mines from which dept stones were dug up that were going to play a significant role in the history of Arda; Men from Gondor and Ithilien and some even from the eastern regions like Khand and Rhûn and Elves, some from Greenwood (1) but Legolas could hear the voices of elflings and Thûlocuil saying: "A dwarf-midwife... An elf for the healing and a dwarf to keep your head cool is what every woman should have while giving birth"; followed by a familiar dwarf-voice crying out in joy: "There are sane ones in this race of elves after all!"
Then came his own voice saying: "I told you once I could kill at least a dozen of orcs with one finger? Well, bring on a gross this time!" And then, swift like a raging tornado names came on the wind: Elisil, Moon-star; the name of the first flower in Mordor for the first child. She would become the second Lady of Mordor after her mother;
Gildin, Silver spark; who inherited her mother's ability of 'sensing life'. There was the promise of another love story with Aragorn and Arwen's son Eldarion. In a flash he subconsciously felt the pain in his heart when she gave up her mortality, like Arwen did, to marry Eldarion. So the son took after the father...
But the pain was gone before he was aware of it as the last two names came up: Ithilwen, Moon girl and Ránarod, Noble moon; but also: noble, not certain of his path. This last son became king of all the elves of Eryn Lasgalen through his father's line. He married a descendent from Haldir. The uncertain bit was not clear as the whirl of air started to calm down...
And suddenly the wind dropped and a soft whisper filled his head:
"Melamin..."
Legolas looked at Thûlocuil in his arms and even before she could finish the word, he kissed her.
With that the first beams of sunlight spread over the tops of Mirkwood.
(1) "Legolas also brought south Elves out of Greenwood, and they dwelt in Ithilien, and it became once again the fairest country in all the westlands. But when King Elessar gave up his life Legolas followed at last the desire of his heart and sailed over the sea." Appendix A, LOTR.
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