Chapter Five:
Yala I aman tel' seldarine o Edain a nauva Edain
(Summon the bless of man, to be mortal)
Everybody stared. There was nothing in the book. Elrond flipped through all of the pages, but all were blank. What little hope he had had before was all gone. He looked at Gandalf hopelessly.
The old wizard seemed to be deep in thought. He looked up, only to find Elrond staring at him. He sighed.
"Mellonamin (my friend), I do not know what to do."
Elladan turned the book over so that they could see the title.
"I wonder.if the title might have something to do with revealing the spells," he said.
"Amin naa lle nai.I am yours to command," Elrohoir mused, continuing on Elladan's train of thought. The twins looked to Aragorn for further assistance.
Aragorn's eyes were glued to the cover. He took it from Elladan traced something invisible to the others on the book.
"There is a faint handprint here."
Aragorn laid his hand inside the outline of the "handprint". The book flew open and writing appeared on the pages. It read: "Amin naa lle nai. Mani uma lle merna tuulo' amin?" (I am yours to command. What do you want from me?)
"How did you do that?" Elrond breathed.
"I pressed my hand into the handprint on the cover and thought: what am I supposed to do?" Aragorn said, voice full of wonder.
"So.to 'command' the book," Arwen thought out loud," you have to put your hand on the handprint and think your problem. That's what the book means by 'I am yours to command'."
"That's pure genius!" Gandalf exclaimed. "Why didn't I think of that before?"
Aragorn, Arwen, and the twins exchanged a glance.
"Hmm.uh, Gandalf.Just wondering.Why didn't you think of it?" Elrohoir asked innocently.
All he received was a glare from the wizard before Gandalf turned back to Elrond, who was looking at the others seriously.
"Back to business, everyone," he said.
There seemed to be a big sigh as the four children of Elrond sensed the seriousness in the room. *Back to business, right*
The Lord of Rivendell carefully placed his hand within the boundaries of the faint handprint. He closed his eyes and concentrated hard. Sweat dripped down his forehead as he telegraphed his thoughts down into the book. It shook, quivering with unreleased energy under Elrond's hand.and flew open once more, it's many pages now saturated with writing, fluttering in an unknown wind.
Elrond turned to the first page of the book. His brow furrowed.
"Now it's in the Common Tongues. I wonder how that happened."Elrond murmured.
"My thoughts were in Elvish," Aragorn supplied. "So that may be why the writing was in Elvish.
"And my thoughts were in Common," said Elrond, turning his attention back to Amin naa lle nai, satisfied that that had been solved and began to read.
"Be you elf, man, dwarf, or halfling, the song that you used to find me will never reveal me again. Do not come to me to solve your ordinary problems, for those I will not heed. Only the ones important in my aspect will I give counsel to.
~Amin naa lle nai~
"Ten' Eldar (For Elves): You must become of mortal kind and take on a different form millennias from now and travel to that time. At first, you will not be aware of this transformation but will gradually come to know of it. To turn mortal, the spell is: Yala I aman tel' seldarine o Edain a nauva Edain (summon the bless of man, to be mortal). Your immortality will fade away, you light will be quenched, and you will live for a maximum of 100 years, unless you return** to Middle Earth before your 100 years has passed and become immortal again To travel in time, the spell is: Amin yala len ed 'templa lema ed' ando en 'templa ar' irma haennon (I summon teleport, gate travel, and dimension door) ** To return, you must leave a symbol of your immortality behind with a mortal. If destroyed or lost, you will not be able to return
~Amin naa lle nai~
"For Men-"Elrond stopped. "Unless Aragorn is joining us, I will not read the other sections."
"It seems impossible now for me to go," Aragorn replied," for I must be the one to receive your symbol of immortality if you are to return, which I trust you will."
"Yes, we will return. But.wait." the Lord of Rivendell trailed off.
"Others in Middle Earth will be transformed as well. Though you are entirely in another world (no trace of you remains in Middle Earth save in memory and in the immortality symbol) any other that does not perform the spell will only be half there in the other world. They are still in Middle Earth and have a form here and know who they really are in the other world (only part of their soul will subsist in the world in which you are totally in)," Elrond read.
"So, you are actually going to be partly there in a different form like us, but unlike us, you still exist mainly in Middle Earth," Elladan told Aragorn.
"Yes."said Aragorn. " But another problem has arisen-must we tell Glorfindel and Erestor of our secret?"
Everybody stared. There was nothing in the book. Elrond flipped through all of the pages, but all were blank. What little hope he had had before was all gone. He looked at Gandalf hopelessly.
The old wizard seemed to be deep in thought. He looked up, only to find Elrond staring at him. He sighed.
"Mellonamin (my friend), I do not know what to do."
Elladan turned the book over so that they could see the title.
"I wonder.if the title might have something to do with revealing the spells," he said.
"Amin naa lle nai.I am yours to command," Elrohoir mused, continuing on Elladan's train of thought. The twins looked to Aragorn for further assistance.
Aragorn's eyes were glued to the cover. He took it from Elladan traced something invisible to the others on the book.
"There is a faint handprint here."
Aragorn laid his hand inside the outline of the "handprint". The book flew open and writing appeared on the pages. It read: "Amin naa lle nai. Mani uma lle merna tuulo' amin?" (I am yours to command. What do you want from me?)
"How did you do that?" Elrond breathed.
"I pressed my hand into the handprint on the cover and thought: what am I supposed to do?" Aragorn said, voice full of wonder.
"So.to 'command' the book," Arwen thought out loud," you have to put your hand on the handprint and think your problem. That's what the book means by 'I am yours to command'."
"That's pure genius!" Gandalf exclaimed. "Why didn't I think of that before?"
Aragorn, Arwen, and the twins exchanged a glance.
"Hmm.uh, Gandalf.Just wondering.Why didn't you think of it?" Elrohoir asked innocently.
All he received was a glare from the wizard before Gandalf turned back to Elrond, who was looking at the others seriously.
"Back to business, everyone," he said.
There seemed to be a big sigh as the four children of Elrond sensed the seriousness in the room. *Back to business, right*
The Lord of Rivendell carefully placed his hand within the boundaries of the faint handprint. He closed his eyes and concentrated hard. Sweat dripped down his forehead as he telegraphed his thoughts down into the book. It shook, quivering with unreleased energy under Elrond's hand.and flew open once more, it's many pages now saturated with writing, fluttering in an unknown wind.
Elrond turned to the first page of the book. His brow furrowed.
"Now it's in the Common Tongues. I wonder how that happened."Elrond murmured.
"My thoughts were in Elvish," Aragorn supplied. "So that may be why the writing was in Elvish.
"And my thoughts were in Common," said Elrond, turning his attention back to Amin naa lle nai, satisfied that that had been solved and began to read.
"Be you elf, man, dwarf, or halfling, the song that you used to find me will never reveal me again. Do not come to me to solve your ordinary problems, for those I will not heed. Only the ones important in my aspect will I give counsel to.
~Amin naa lle nai~
"Ten' Eldar (For Elves): You must become of mortal kind and take on a different form millennias from now and travel to that time. At first, you will not be aware of this transformation but will gradually come to know of it. To turn mortal, the spell is: Yala I aman tel' seldarine o Edain a nauva Edain (summon the bless of man, to be mortal). Your immortality will fade away, you light will be quenched, and you will live for a maximum of 100 years, unless you return** to Middle Earth before your 100 years has passed and become immortal again To travel in time, the spell is: Amin yala len ed 'templa lema ed' ando en 'templa ar' irma haennon (I summon teleport, gate travel, and dimension door) ** To return, you must leave a symbol of your immortality behind with a mortal. If destroyed or lost, you will not be able to return
~Amin naa lle nai~
"For Men-"Elrond stopped. "Unless Aragorn is joining us, I will not read the other sections."
"It seems impossible now for me to go," Aragorn replied," for I must be the one to receive your symbol of immortality if you are to return, which I trust you will."
"Yes, we will return. But.wait." the Lord of Rivendell trailed off.
"Others in Middle Earth will be transformed as well. Though you are entirely in another world (no trace of you remains in Middle Earth save in memory and in the immortality symbol) any other that does not perform the spell will only be half there in the other world. They are still in Middle Earth and have a form here and know who they really are in the other world (only part of their soul will subsist in the world in which you are totally in)," Elrond read.
"So, you are actually going to be partly there in a different form like us, but unlike us, you still exist mainly in Middle Earth," Elladan told Aragorn.
"Yes."said Aragorn. " But another problem has arisen-must we tell Glorfindel and Erestor of our secret?"