Luinlalaith
(Disclaimer: Luin is a character belonging to a friend. But she has graciously let me play with her. And in return she and other friends play with some of my characters relations :))
Alias: Luinlalaith Idhrengur
Race/class: Guardian Sindar elf
Sexuality: Straight
Gender: Elleth
Age: 5000+
Residence: Caras Galadhon.
Spouse: Curonthos (played by @elgaladwen)
Children: None (do cats and random forest animals count?)
Nature
Composed: Luin is a steady force. Her even air can soothe a sparking conflict. Her past has prepared her for the worst possible outcomes, and so she is unfazed by the hardships of everyday life. With the exception of the death of close loved ones.
Responsible: Never failing to finish what she sets out to accomplish. This is especially evident with her duties, past and present, as a guard . She doesn’t falter too easily when attending to her duties. Then and now.
Wise: Luin may have been younger when the Second Age drew to a close, but her experiences have left her with a wealth of knowledge of people, the outside world, and knowing how to fight. She possesses decent judgement of others and situations.
Bold: She will readily offer her voice in a conversation and isn’t afraid to make suggestions that she deems to be the best in a situation. Luin is willing to act out against the majority if the masses disagree. Nothing will stop her when she has her mind set on something, even if that involves a lick of danger, such as visiting her husband while he’s out on scouting duties.
Maternal: Luin feels very protective of the children around her, and is often the first to take up baby sitting jobs. She dotes on them perhaps too much. Though she respects her husbands wishes to not have children due to personal trauma on his part, she can’t help but yearn for a child of her own someday. In the meantime she also takes in injured wildlife and nurses them back to health, reluctant to let them go when they’ve recovered.
Nostalgic: The older Luin gets, the more she spends time reflecting on the past. She may lose herself in reverie, whether swimming in memories of joy or bad times. She often speaks of the past as well, though is careful to not bring up the more unpleasant times.
Solemn: Prefers to keep herself composed, dignified, and formal in the face of strangers or acquaintances. Only really lets herself laugh freely and act playful when around her husband and other close relations.
History
Born and raised in Lindon during the middle second Age. During her younger centuries she worked as a caravan guard for merchant elves travelling to and from the newer elvish settlement of Imladris. Eventually worked her way up to being stationed permanently in Lindon guarding important ports of entry. Used to be quite loud with a child-like playfulness, though her duties and admonishing looks from those who were stuck in the tragedies of the past quieted and tempered much of that spirit. In her free time she was fond of working with her hands, often taking up the arts of sewing, rope-making, and even going down to the docks to watch the ship builders, where she would help a friend of hers with the more menial tasks.
Before Numenor’s fall she had often heard the stories about the mighty Mallorn forests that grew near some of it’s shores. And though it would be another millennia until elves were forbidden utterly from the isle, the ban of the elven tongue made her parents worried, and they implored her not to travel there. The fact that mellyrn couldn’t grow in Lindon did not help her desire to see them someday.
Near the time of the downfall of Numenor, felt a great, uneasy quiet within herself and the world at large. Asked to be assigned to a group of fellow elves visiting Lorien, which was ruled by Amdir at the time, thinking traveling might help her unease. On the way there, she went on ahead during a rainy night to patrol while the envoy rested. Somewhere there she met a couple silvan scouts of Lorien by the name of Curonthos and his brother. She grew fond of the former during a brief stay there, and would find herself going back and forth between the two elven realms just to visit him. In time she fell in love, and they were wed. She later went to live with him in Lorien. Tried her best to adapt to the ways of the Silvan elves who lived there originally. Put her guard experience to good use in that realm also.
Was secretly overjoyed that Curonthos would stay in Lorien to guard the realm with her when the War of the Last Alliance broke out. Though was heart broken to learn his brother, who had went instead, was slain, and even moreso knowing how much he meant to her husband and others.
When the war was over and the world entered the Third age, she tried her best to comfort Curonthos and help him through his grief. Amroth became the ruler of Lorien, as his father was also slain in the war. Though he himself was lost later on. Luinlalaith was hesitant to accept Galadriel and Celeborn as Lord and Lady, hoping they would not disturb the native Silvan elves even further. While she’s not quite satisfied with their sovereignty, she does appreciate that they have seemed to adapt more to their culture more than Amdir and Amroth had, as little as may be thought. Even better is the fact that Galadriel had brought Mallorn seeds, and though they never grew to the greatness of the ones in Numenor, it was enough. Luinlalaith made good friends with their neighbors, Gallorith and Elgaladwen, as the former was the best friend of Curonthos’s brother.
She now lives in unchanging relative peace in Caras Galadhon in the wake of Sauron’s defeat, still serving as a guard for the main gates of the place. But despite the peace In this day and age she worries for Curonthos during his scouting missions. Being a mother is something she thinks she might want, but her husbands trauma has convinced him that he will die ere a child is born to them, leaving it without a father. Luinlalaith hears the call of the sea, but her will is strong enough still for her to remain in Middle-Earth for many more years to come, until men can prove trustworthy stewards of it.