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"Oh, what are you doing, And where are you going? Your ponies need shoeing, The river is flowing! Oh, tra-la-la-lally Here down in the valley, ha! ha!" – Elves of Rivendell, The Hobbit

“You are more worthy to wear the armour of elf-princes than many that have looked more comely in it.” – Thranduil, The Hobbit

“May your shadow never grow less (or stealing would be too easy)!” – Thranduil, The Hobbit

"A Elbereth Gilthoniel, silivren penna miriel. 0 menel aglar elenath!" – Elves of Rivendell, The Fellowship of the Ring

"Such is of the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere." – Elrond Halfelven, The Fellowship of the Ring

"Farewell, and may the blessing of Elves and Men and all Free Folk go with you. May the stars shine upon your faces!" – Elrond Halfelven, The Fellowship of the Ring

"Yes, they are elves, and they say that you breathe so loud they could shoot you in the dark." – Legolas Greenleaf, The Fellowship of the Ring

"And now at last it comes. You will give me the Ring freely! In place of the Dark Lord you will set up a Queen. And I shall not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the Night! Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain! Dreadful as the Storm and the Lightning! Stronger than the foundations of the earth. All shall love me and despair!" – Galadriel, The Fellowship of the Ring

"In this phial is caught the light of Eärendil’s star, set amid the waters of my fountain. It will shine still brighter when night is about you. May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out." – Galadriel, The Fellowship of the Ring

"Get thee gone from my gate, thou jail-crow of Mandos!" – Fëanor, The Silmarillion

"...neither law, nor love, nor league of swords, dread nor danger, not Doom itself, shall defend him from Fëanor, and Fëanor's kin, whoso hideth or hoardeth, or in hand taketh, finding keepeth or afar casteth a Silmaril." – Fëanor and His Sons, Morgoth's Ring

Fun fact, Tolkien's elves don't sweat

Nendarnē Indarā

_Names_

Primitive Elvish

“Epessë” = Nendarnē Indarā [Nenda : water, flow + Rnē> Ornē : (straight) tree] > Water tree [In : the (my invention) + Darā : wise] > The Wise

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Quenya

“Epessë” = Nénasarë Isaira [Nén : water, river + Asarë> Tasarë : willow-tree] > Water (willow) tree [I : the + Saira : wise] > The Wise

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Sindarin

“Epessë” = Nenathar Isael [Nen : water, lake + Athar> Tathar : willow-tree] > Water (willow) tree [I : the + Sael : wise] > The Wise

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Telerin

“Epessë” = Duinanëlla Iengoleve [Duinanë : water (my invention) + Lla> Galla : tree] > Water tree [I : the (my headcannon) + Engoleve : wise (my invention)] > The Wise

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Nicknames = ‘Nëlla, ‘Darnē

_Family, birth & age_

Family

As she is one of the Elves born in Cuiviénen, she doesn’t have ‘blood’ family. However, she considers Tata, Tatië, Imin, Iminyë, Enel and Enelyë as her brothers and sisters. She was the first elf to ever awaken, long before the others.

Birth

Nendarnē was ‘born’ in Cuiviénen. She awoke long before the others and took care of their bodies as one would with their children. She was considered to be the first ‘mother’ of Elves. Nendarnē was not so known, for she prefered to spend her days swimming and talking to trees. She was a bit of an introvert and therefore awoke at night and went to sleep at sunrise, passing the day sleeping, most of the times.

Age

She looks to be 27-28, being 7500+ years of age

_Appearence_

Hair = night black and calf lenght

Eyes = arctic blue

Height = 10’7 (326,14 cm)

Race/Ethnicity = Quendi, no distinction from the first races (Minyar, Tatyar and Nelyar) for she awoke first and stayed in Cuiviénen

Mouth = ‘rouge’ (F26B8A)

Skin = Olive, with some tattoos on her arms

Clothes (in Cuiviénen) = it wasn’t really clothes, but she wore the skin of Markhors (named Slōkōmat* in Primitive Elvish and Matango* in Quenya) to support her breasts and bottom. She used the horns of the Markhors to tattoo herself

Clothes (middle of First Age and onwards) = mostly tunics, pants and hunting gear, but sometimes she’ll wear dresses or don her very old clothes from Cuiviénen

Special features/accessories = She has tattoos on her right arm. They are mostly swirls and flowers

*Slōkō means snake and Mat means eat/eater, so Slōkōmat means Snake Eater in Primitive Elvish

*Mat means eat/eater and Ango means snake, so Matango means Snake Eater in Quenya

_Love life_

Promise and loyal to = no one, for she had never any desire to take on a lover, either for sexual pleasure or romance

Children = she has no adopted nor biological children, but she helped her ‘siblings’ raise their children; Illion, Finwë, Olwë, Elwë and Elmo (also Ingwë, Illion’s son)

_Likes, dislikes, fears_

Likes

Nature, hunting, swimming, Ents and Entwives*, children, singing, her culture and taking care of others

*Her favourite Entwife was Lushleaf, who was one of her bestfriends. It hurt her deeply when Lushleaf disappeared

Dislikes

Morgoth, Orcs, cruelty, unnecessary violence, being in a place with too much people

Fears

Being captured by Morgoth or seeing the ones she cares about captured by him, dragons and burning to death

_Hobbies/Passions_

Hunting = As the first Elf to ever awaken, she had to learn how to feed herself all alone. She had to observe animals to fend for herself. At first, she only ate berries for she only saw herbivorous animals. She then saw carnivorous animals and learned from them how to hunt. It became her passion and hobby to hunt. She loves to feel the power and adrenaline hunting prey gives her. Nendarnē was the first elf to ever make a bow and a hunting knife, the bow made out of a solid branch from a tree and animal guts, while the knife was made out of a wolf’s tooth. Hunting for her food was a calming and grounding activity for her and helped her relax when she was overwhelmed or stressed.

Singing = Again as the first Elf to ever awaken, Nendarnē suffered from loneliness for a long time. To remedy this strange and unwelcome feeling inside of her, she started soul singing (fëalindë in Quenya). As Primitive Elvish was born, she started singing words to externalize her feelings. As she learned new languages (Primitive Elvish evolved), she became enamoured with singing in those languages. Quenya, Sindarin, Telerin, Noldorin, Silvan, Avarin, Vanyarin, Valarin, etc., she loved to sing. Whether she learned those languages by Elves who went to Valinor and came back or from people who ‘modified’ Primitive Elvish, she loved to learn new languages to sing in.

_Fun fact_

Nendarnē stayed by the ocean after she left Cuiviénen after the War of Wrath. She misses dearly the Sea of Helcar and sometimes dreams that she is back there, lazing about in the water and looking at the stars. She walks around on beaches and sometimes sings. She sometimes heard a voice singing in a sad voice, a long long lament. Nendarnē sometimes saw a figure after hearing that voice. Later on, after Nendarnē became friends with Mairafinwë, she looks for that voice/figure, as she is convinced that this is Maglor. In the end, she never found him, but gave Mairafinwë enough information to find him.

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