truth and justice he loved, and bore good will to all

Threatened with an arranged marriage he does not want, Maitimo takes matters into his own hands - and Findekáno’s.

Rating: E | No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Maedhros/Fingon Characters: Fingon, trans!Maedhros, Fëanor, Finwë Word count: 1.4k for chapter 1

As flies to wanton boys are we to the gods. They kill us for their sport.

          Lissa was a maiden of Arnor in the Fourth Age of Middle-earth. She was raised on tales of the elves, little though they were seen in those days, and one afternoon she followed sweet music to the riverbank near her home. There she beheld a wondrous sight: a white and golden ship led by swans, upon which three elves crowned in silver-grey rowed down to the Sea.           Amazed, Lissa called out asking where they were going, and the elves replied that they were following the Last Road to Elvenhome, where all their kin now dwelt: for they were the last elves in Middle-earth who would sail, and among them was Círdan the Shipwright, aboard this the Last Ship. With him also was his companion Galdor of the Havens and his kinsman Celeborn of the White Tree, and looking upon fair Lissa they mistook her for an elven-maid of their own kin and offered her a place upon their ship.          Lissa was quick to demur and reveal her own mortality, but the choice once offered was not rescinded. Galdor in particular was taken with Lissa’s beauty and clever demeanor and urged her to board: he named her Fíriel, the mortal woman, the Earth-maiden, and thought to take her with them to Elvenhome where she could become great among Men.          For a moment Lissa was swayed, stepping onto the river-bank—but then her feet sank into the river-clay, and she halted even as the ship passed her by, for she knew then that she was truly Earth’s daughter and not fated for distant shores. Galdor mourned at the loss of her spirit, for now she would die: but Celeborn, whose half-elven granddaughter had chosen the mortal path, reminded him that Fíriel was also a Child of Eru and had her own destiny among Mankind.           Thus the Last Ship passed from Middle-earth, bearing only its elven-lords, and never more have Westward ships brought elven-song to mortal waters. But Lissa who was Fíriel returned to her home and became great in the land of Arnor, and even the kingdoms of the elves faded into myth and legend, she remembered and told their stories to the generations of Men who came after.

          Húrin the Tall was the Warden of the Keys of Minas Tirith at the time of the War of the Ring. Alongside Forlong, Hirluin, and Imrahil, he rode to the aid of the Rohirrim in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, and when the Captains of the West marched on the Black Gate he remained in Gondor. When King Elessar returned victorious, it was Húrin who opened the barricade of the gatehouse to make way for the new King.           The husband of Húrin was Suilor, the Warden of the Houses of Healing in Minas Tirith. He was fascinated by herbs and herb-lore and tended to ramble on on these topics of his interest, much to the irritation of certain of his patients! Despite his enthusiasm for lore, Suilor was ignorant of certain important topics; it was not him, but his aged colleague Golunil, known by all as Ioreth for her advanced age, who remembered the old adage that The hands of the King are the hands of a healer. Hearing this wisdom, Mithrandir brought Aragorn to the Houses of Healing to tend to the sick, and both Ioreth and Suilor were able to bear witness to his miraculous healing of Faramir and Éowyn using the so-called “weed,” athelas.           Another of Aragorn’s patients was the soldier Ingold, who manned the north-gate of Forannest. When an army out of the east crossed the River Anduin, Ingold had been forced into retreat, bringing the grim news that the Rohirrim were blocked from riding to their aid. Yet Rohan’s warriors found their way to the battle nonetheless, and their timely coming saved Ingold’s life in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, though he was not spared all injury. With the King’s careful healing, Ingold was brought back from the brink of death and was able to reunite with his brother Targon, a storehouse worker who had played his small part in the War by giving food to Beregond and Peregrin Took some days earlier.           Suilor and Húrin had one daughter, an adopted orphan they named Morwen after the wife of Húrin’s namesake. She aided her father in the Houses of Healing, where she briefly flirted with Lady Éowyn’s brother Éomer. Morwen was well-regarded by Lothíriel of Dol Amroth, and her high opinion of the Rohirric king influenced her friend’s decision to give Éomer a chance when he began to court her. Morwen attended Lothíriel and Éomer’s wedding, and shortly thereafter moved to Meduseld as her lady’s handmaid, where she found true love with Idis, a lady of Rohan’s court.