Often, the tales worth telling are the tales that end up not being told. Or, perhaps it wasn't the tale that wasn't told, but the part of the tale that was forgotten. But then again, not everyone wants to hear every part of every tale that deserves telling. This holds true with this tale, which shall be told in full if I can manage it.
Many, many years ago, when the First Age of Middle-earth was alive and blossoming, something horrible was done. One day, possibly by accident, a new kind of creature was created. One so horrible, cruel, and terrible, that it stuck fear into the hearts of men. It was the orc, and it was formed from elves. The creators of the orc had captured elves, longing to bend them to their will, and tortured them, and mutated them, until they no longer knew happiness, joy, or sunlight. They hated the light, and only knew death, and destruction.
The elves that still knew joy grew angry at this, as would be expected. After all, their friends and family had been morphed into this terrible creature. But not one of them knew what to do about it. It seemed that there was no hope for taking care of this unimaginable predicament. And because the elves were usually so happy, they knew very little about revenge.
But one elf, Adanion, wanted to take revenge on the makers of the orcs. So, he consulted wiser elves, and even a wizard of two, and found a way to curse the orcs. His curse was simple, yet very powerful. It was later known as Adanion's Curse. This is what it said: "Ye makers of malice shall not go unrewarded. I say to thee, one day, one of your kind shall betray you. One shall be born which knows love, which knows light, which knows hope. And he shall play a role in the downfall of you all, by showing his love to another."
Adanion wrote down his curse to make it more effective. Unfortunately, the paper was lost in the Gondorian library. Therefore, no one knew about Adanion's Curse, and soon, the First, and the Second Age had passed, and the Third Age was well under way. This is when our story truly begins.
