#74 Hidden
It had been several thousand years since that awful incident involving the fire drake in the North. Thranduil had been severely burned and not even the best healers had been able to heal him. For many weeks afterward, Thranduil took to hiding himself in his rooms, not allowing anyone including his beloved wife to see him for fear he would be rejected, feared, or even ridiculed.
Finally, after several attempts of deep magic, Thranduil succeeded in hiding his horrible scars. No one must ever see me otherwise. The thought of anyone seeing me as a monster would be too much for me to bear, he thought to himself darkly.
And with that, he went about his days as if nothing ever happened, living life in a lie.