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Queen of Mirkwood
Jun. 5th, 2022 04:47 pm
Princess of Greenwood the Great, queen of Mirkwood, defender of the realm, Lady Niwë.
Talented both with a blade and with figures, and with a fierce sense of justice, Niwë cut a formidable figure. Early in the Second Age she grew close with the only child of King Oropher. When they were wed, she took the title “princess of Greenwood the Great.” For a time she, Thranduil, and Oropher lived in joy, and shared as much of that with their kingdom as they were able, but their family splintered apart during the War of the Last Alliance when Oropher was killed.
Thranduil and Niwë did their best to mend the wounds of the Greenwood, but their devastating losses in Mordor made it impossible to continue to defend their borders and parts of the kingdom fell into shadow. On a scouting mission to investigate suspected Orc activity in Gundabad, Niwë’s team was ambushed, and she held the line so the others could escape.
In his private notes, Thranduil said of this day: The sun has gone from the sky.
Talented both with a blade and with figures, and with a fierce sense of justice, Niwë cut a formidable figure. Early in the Second Age she grew close with the only child of King Oropher. When they were wed, she took the title “princess of Greenwood the Great.” For a time she, Thranduil, and Oropher lived in joy, and shared as much of that with their kingdom as they were able, but their family splintered apart during the War of the Last Alliance when Oropher was killed.
Thranduil and Niwë did their best to mend the wounds of the Greenwood, but their devastating losses in Mordor made it impossible to continue to defend their borders and parts of the kingdom fell into shadow. On a scouting mission to investigate suspected Orc activity in Gundabad, Niwë’s team was ambushed, and she held the line so the others could escape.
In his private notes, Thranduil said of this day: The sun has gone from the sky.
