[Arien]

“Family is not a good subject for me! But I will tell you what has happened, I see trust in you eyes!”

She drew a deep breath and began. “As you know my mother Vadwati was of the Haradrim, she was a princess, stunning, allowed to rule over her own village, Penal. She was kind and generous to the people in her village and in turn they loved her, and they swore to never betray her. It had been many years since my grandfather Boodoo, a barbaric warlord, had visited our mother for he trusted her and saw no need to.

"One day a stranger wondered into the village, badly wounded from battle and near death. The healer healed his wounds and brought him back to full health. He was introduced to my mother, and he praised her for her kindness and said that there was a gross misunderstanding of how the Haradrim lived. Mymother said there was not, she was an exception. The stranger told of where he came from, Lothlorien, he was an elf captured in battle and left for slaughter by his enemies in Harad.

"My mother and he fell in love, and married without the consent of mothers father and my father gave up his immortality for her.
Now they lived happily and had two children, Niamhand I. The village was remote and everyone promised not to tell Boodoo, for they also feared for their lives. But there was a traitor in the village, and they went and told Boodoo, he came and slew everyone in the village, and my mother. He said she had betrayed him and that, no child of his would ever love the enemy especially one that didnt not worship the dark lord.

"While this was going on my father was leading us to the North, us upon Roman, our horse and him upon Fibro, he lead us to the boarders of Harad then he left us. He told me to take care of Niamh and to keep riding, never to stop for more than 2 days.
And we hadn’t until now. Since Niamh left.”

She stopped, she had just told Fili one of her darkest secrets. What would he see in her?

[ March 15, 2003: Message edited by: piosenniel ]