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『"』𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘪𝘮𝘭𝘢𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘴, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘺 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴, 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘯.... 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘭𝘦𝘧𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘥𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘢𝘺. 『"』 ➵ 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙘𝙧𝙚𝙩𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙨A once great warrior elf, Oreldes has retired from Rivendell's army and elected to hide herself away from the ever-complicated politics of Middle-earth and the fear that has been spreading since her retirement. Shedding the title of "𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘦𝘥 𝘙𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳", known only to those closest to her, she teaches equestrian sports to one Estel, a human child who has quickly taken up the skill and the strength. When he grows up to be a Ranger of the north, the One Ring passes into Rivendell's possession, and Oreldes is forced to face her past. Her commitment to the Fellowship returns her identity to her, allowing her to realize the great web of connections between the past and the future, and at last showing her the path to her destiny. Along the way, one elf in particular helps her learn to see hope in everything....…