Prologue

Legend has it that some Mirkwood elves set out one day to travel to Rivendell. They had said they would be back in a few months, but when they never returned King Thranduil sent messengers to Rivendell. The messengers returned with news that the group had never made it to Rivendell. In fact, they stopped at every town along the way asking if anyone had seen the group passing through and they had gotten some answers of yes until they got across the Misty Mountains where no one had seen them. They guessed that the group had gotten lost or attacked in the Misty Mountains and there were no survivors. The king was devastated to hear this news because some good friends of his had gone with the group. The king also remembered their daughter, Narawen, and felt even worse for she was only almost 1,000 along with his own son. Although he had never met the girl he still felt very bad for her since that had been the first time she had ever left the boundaries of Mirkwood. Now, almost 100 years later, the grieving of Mirkwood is about to stop.