Note; TA 1000 is when Thranduil claimed his inheritance as king

TA stands for third age of the sun.

Not much was written about Thranduil besides the fact that he was the Elven king of the Silvan Elves of Mirkwood in the woodland realm. To find a book on him was something I never expected.

I scramble back to my desk and open to the first page of the fragile book. It was old, very old. The writing was hand written in beautiful inked cursive writing, this had to be a journal. I scanned through the pages to find that some pages had beautiful hand drawn pictures.

On the last page there was a striking sketched portrait of an Elven maiden wearing an incredible dress. She had beautiful hair and a lovely face.

'Could this woman have anything to do with Thranduil's life', I thought aloud.

I turn to the first page and read the first entry . . .

TA 1000 1/9/TA Monday

My father Oropher has left for the undying lands and has handed down the role of being king of the sylvan elves of Northern Mirkwood to me. From this day forward I am known as king Thranduil, it will take me some getting used to it because I never was one to go by formal names not even as prince.

I do not yet have a queen at my throne for no one has caught my eye. I feel lonely sometimes but my work and duties are a distraction and fill my entire day. Even if I did have someone on my mind I could not promise that I would have time to be with her.

TA 1000 2/9/TA Tuesday

Today I have received a letter from Rivendale, it said that the nobles of Rivendale would like to visit us in the woodland realm and would be grateful if I could host them in my castle chambers. I had no idea how many were to come so I had made sure that there were plenty of rooms organized before I sent out the welcoming letter.

TA 1000 3/9/TA

I have received a letter from Rivendale once again claiming that they will be in our company three days from now. I have spent the whole day making plans for when our guests arrive.

TA 1000 6/9/TA Saturday

The day started with the arrival of the nobles, five of them along with their chamber maids had come and all of them Elven maidens. I was greeted with warm regards and I had welcomed them to North Mirkwood.

The nobles headed in the castle were my guards showed them to their chambers along with their chambermaids following behind. None of the noble maidens caught my eye but I could tell that some were the persistent type. Just as I was heading inside a chambermaid holding a delicate wooden box in her hand came rushing towards me.

She was the most beautiful maiden I had ever seen, she had beautiful long blonde hair and eyes that were a river blue colour, her face was as beautiful as a rose and she had a slender body with a beautiful white complexion. She introduced herself then handed me the wooden box, she smiled sweetly before bowing and then headed inside to find the noble she served.

Her name was Elerrian, she was a chambermaid of one of the nobles and someone who I have set my eyes on.

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