[Alassante]

Then for a season they wandered together in the glades of Lothlórien, until it was time for him to depart. And on the evening of Midsummer Aragorn, Arathorn's son, and Arwen daughter of Elrond went to the fair hill, Cerin Amroth, in the midst of the land, and they walked unshod on the undying grass with elanor and niphredil about their feet And there upon that hill they looked east to the Shadow and west to the Twilight, and they plighted their troth and were glad.

'And Arwen said: "Dark is the Shadow, and yet my heart rejoices; for you, Estel, shall be among the great whose valour will destroy it."

' But Aragorn answered: "Alas! I cannot foresee it, and how lit may come to pass is hidden from me. Yet with your hope I will hope. And the Shadow I utterly reject. But neither, lady, is the Twilight for me; for I am mortal, and if you will cleave to me, Evenstar, then the Twilight you must also renounce."

'And she stood then as still as a white tree, looking into the West, and at last she said: "I will cleave to you, Dúnadan, and turn from the Twilight. Yet there lies the land of my people and the long home of all my kin." She loved her father dearly.

Return of the King Appendix A
Tale of Aragorn and Arwen
J R R Tolkien


In honor of June brides everywhere, I thought a great theme for June would be Love. It doesn't have to be romantic love however - it can be the love of friends or family.

It does not have to be based on documented events or characters in thebooks and the words in the theme do not have to be included in the fiction. Each writer has until June 30 at 11:59PM PST to turn in the story to alikatskorner@rockfan.com. Please include the proper formatting for LJ. If you have any questions about how to do that, feel free to ask. Here are a few simple ones -

bold - <b>

italics <c>

center <center>

Good luck and happy writing!


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