[The Fifth]

And so Calad decided to join Thengise and travel back to his home, Mirkwood. The rooms of the guests were swiftly cleaned up, and any belongings packed up and tied onto the group of ponies and horses. As Gwaiglir mounted a horse, a fine bay horse given to him by Elrond, and waited for Thengise. She joined him on her own steed, and soon they galloped across the bridge, past the Fords, and to the direction of the great Forest. The Faeries lingered a while, then soon left to their own homes.

A few months had passed, and yet Gwaiglir felt that a hundred years had gone by since the group first found him, in the darkness of the night, up in a tree, then calling a certain Faerie an 'oliphaunt'. He thought to himself as he rode, the horse's hooves beating against the dirt road.

For days they rode, and soon the forest's tall trees loomed over their heads. Gwaiglir remembered this place; it was his home. The sights and smells of the woods were familiar and sweet, and soon they arrived at the Elven-King's halls. It was then that Gwaiglir found out about Thengise's royalty, and he never treated her the same ever since. The two indeed did fall in love, eventually marrying; but that is a whole different story.

And so one day, he sat on a moss-covered stone, looking at the sky just hardly peeping through the thick layers of leaves, and sung.

O Star Leaf,
go calmly upon your leave,
may you never fall
from the Tree
that keeps you in your sky.

A restless sway
brings your fears away,
O Star Leaf dear
Go with Moon Leaf near
upon your Tree to-night.

O Star Leaf,
as wolves stand below,
the Tree shall bend
and yet grow
for they stray forever so.

Fall shall come
and fate is fate,
you fall from Tree
to land on a spiked gate,
as wolves wait with glee.

O Star Leaf,
do not fear.
The Tree shall keep you dear.
Moon leaves will shine for you
For a tail's swing brings day anew.

From Snaga to Gwaiglir, here ends the story of an Elf.

((It is the end for me, as well. All of you were very good roleplayers, and there were memorable times. At first this was in danger of becoming a 'chat RPG', but you have improved much! I hope to roleplay with you once more, and may the story of Calad never be forgotten, and never to be covered in dust and cob-webs.))