Merisuwyniel is an orphaned Elven maiden of 42 years, almost adult by Elven standards. She is very beautiful, having long, rippling golden hair and violet eyes, slender and tall. She is graceful, friendly, courageous, very strong and yet shy. Her customary clothing is tasteful yet utilitarian; she wears practical but feminine divided skirts when questing. She carries a living bow made of the wood of an Ent, which she rescued from orcs when she was yet a child. The bow communicates with her by touch and/or by speech, as the occasion requires, and never misses its mark. (Well, almost never – it missed its mark once, with devastating results, but that is another story.) She rides a black steed, Falafel, a direct descendent of Felaróf, the first of the mearas.
Merisuwyniel recently discovered that her mother was Vinaigrettiel, the twin sister of the Elven non-Queen Saladriel. However, the message reached her after her mother had died. In the course of her adventures, she also lost her first youthful love, the half-Elven hero Lord Halfullion Gormlessar, who was slain in the Battle of Gol Dulldor. As if that hadn’t already been enough, the love of her life, the Orc Gravlox, was killed in a duel at the fortress of Minus Moreghoul. These tragedies have placed in her heart the wish to be a healer rather than a stereotypical weaponslinging shieldmaiden. For this reason she is in the Wight City, Minus Teeth, to learn the art of healing.
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth.. .'
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