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Chapter 7: The Lord and the sword
The Lord was a small old man with grey hair and was sitting in a chair behind a wooden table.
"You are King Elessar of Gondor's son?" He said in a low voice to Arazeize
"Yes, and this is Legosis son of Legolas the King of Mirkwood, Giblet son of Gimli the Lord of the dwarves of Moria and Legaramir of Lothlorien."
"An elf you say" The lord surveyed me up and then down before his eyes rested on my ears. "He doesn't look much like an elf" A sudden thought struck my mind. My ears! They weren't pointy. Arrgghh!!!
"Tell me Legaramir of your parents" Help me! I thought and looked at Arazeize. I didn't know anything about elf parents!
"Erm...well...My mother..." I began. I was now beginning to panic.
"His mother was an elf of Lothlorien and his father a proud warrior for Gondor who died in battle two months before Legaramir was born and he has not seen his mother for three years, he has been training in Gondor to be a warrior like his father" Arazeize said quickly, noticing my sudden worry. "Legaramir does not know the full story of his father and I think it would be best to leave his parents out of this. I can assure you that, like me, he is half elven. I don't have pointy ears though as you can see" He brushed back his hair and showed his ear, which was perfectly human.
The Lord did not argue but still looked as though he needed a little more convincing. I made a mental note to myself to thank Arazeize for his quick thinking and to ask him what he meant by 'like me he is half elven'. Was he half elven?
"So you are here to destroy a gem with the sword of Elladur?" "Yes, we have been sent by my father, the King of Gondor, to destroy the gem before the enemy can get hold of it."
"I see. I will destroy the gem personally. Please hand it over to me"
"I am afraid my father has requested that only I may touch the sword and the gem, you will have to show me to the chamber. You can stay and watch if you do not trust the Prince of Gondor."
"I'm afraid I can not allow you in to the chamber, I am the Lord I will do it."
"I am the Prince and my father the King of Gondor. I believe I have more right to the sword than you and it will be I who destroys the gem." Arazeize now looked very angry and quite dangerous.
The Lord did not say any thing for a few minutes. He seemed to be silently debating, what the safe thing to do was, with himself.
"Very well I will show you to the chamber" The Lord rose from his chair and headed for the door. Arazeize followed. Legosis, Giblet and I all followed too.
When we entered the large, round, underground chamber in which the sword was kept a sudden cold breeze swept passed me. I shivered.
"There it is, do what you were sent to do." The Lord said looking from Arazeize to the sword.
The long sharp blade was sheathed inside a long decorated ivory cover. The sword handle was also ivory and bore three crests, one in gold, one in silver and the other in bronze. I wonder what the crests are for.
Arazeize uncovered the long shining silver blade and placed the blue gem on the stone alter before him.
He raised the sword and it came crashing down shattering the gem into millions of different pieces. I covered my eyes with my hands to protect them against any pieces that flew in my direction. The gem was destroyed.
Arazeize sheathed the sword and walked over to the Lord.
"Well our business here is done. Thank you" He bowed to the Lord in courtesy and we left the chamber and went back into the town.
"Arazeize, are we going back to Gondor now? What were the crests for on the sword? Are you half elven?" I asked eagerly.
"Yes we are going back to Gondor. I will answer your other questions later on the way home. We will need something to talk about when we are not being attacked for destroying the source of evil."
He turned and lead us all to the stables to collect our horses.
Chapter 7: The Lord and the sword
The Lord was a small old man with grey hair and was sitting in a chair behind a wooden table.
"You are King Elessar of Gondor's son?" He said in a low voice to Arazeize
"Yes, and this is Legosis son of Legolas the King of Mirkwood, Giblet son of Gimli the Lord of the dwarves of Moria and Legaramir of Lothlorien."
"An elf you say" The lord surveyed me up and then down before his eyes rested on my ears. "He doesn't look much like an elf" A sudden thought struck my mind. My ears! They weren't pointy. Arrgghh!!!
"Tell me Legaramir of your parents" Help me! I thought and looked at Arazeize. I didn't know anything about elf parents!
"Erm...well...My mother..." I began. I was now beginning to panic.
"His mother was an elf of Lothlorien and his father a proud warrior for Gondor who died in battle two months before Legaramir was born and he has not seen his mother for three years, he has been training in Gondor to be a warrior like his father" Arazeize said quickly, noticing my sudden worry. "Legaramir does not know the full story of his father and I think it would be best to leave his parents out of this. I can assure you that, like me, he is half elven. I don't have pointy ears though as you can see" He brushed back his hair and showed his ear, which was perfectly human.
The Lord did not argue but still looked as though he needed a little more convincing. I made a mental note to myself to thank Arazeize for his quick thinking and to ask him what he meant by 'like me he is half elven'. Was he half elven?
"So you are here to destroy a gem with the sword of Elladur?" "Yes, we have been sent by my father, the King of Gondor, to destroy the gem before the enemy can get hold of it."
"I see. I will destroy the gem personally. Please hand it over to me"
"I am afraid my father has requested that only I may touch the sword and the gem, you will have to show me to the chamber. You can stay and watch if you do not trust the Prince of Gondor."
"I'm afraid I can not allow you in to the chamber, I am the Lord I will do it."
"I am the Prince and my father the King of Gondor. I believe I have more right to the sword than you and it will be I who destroys the gem." Arazeize now looked very angry and quite dangerous.
The Lord did not say any thing for a few minutes. He seemed to be silently debating, what the safe thing to do was, with himself.
"Very well I will show you to the chamber" The Lord rose from his chair and headed for the door. Arazeize followed. Legosis, Giblet and I all followed too.
When we entered the large, round, underground chamber in which the sword was kept a sudden cold breeze swept passed me. I shivered.
"There it is, do what you were sent to do." The Lord said looking from Arazeize to the sword.
The long sharp blade was sheathed inside a long decorated ivory cover. The sword handle was also ivory and bore three crests, one in gold, one in silver and the other in bronze. I wonder what the crests are for.
Arazeize uncovered the long shining silver blade and placed the blue gem on the stone alter before him.
He raised the sword and it came crashing down shattering the gem into millions of different pieces. I covered my eyes with my hands to protect them against any pieces that flew in my direction. The gem was destroyed.
Arazeize sheathed the sword and walked over to the Lord.
"Well our business here is done. Thank you" He bowed to the Lord in courtesy and we left the chamber and went back into the town.
"Arazeize, are we going back to Gondor now? What were the crests for on the sword? Are you half elven?" I asked eagerly.
"Yes we are going back to Gondor. I will answer your other questions later on the way home. We will need something to talk about when we are not being attacked for destroying the source of evil."
He turned and lead us all to the stables to collect our horses.