Board Thread:Lore Texts/@comment-31507215-20170529133647

Here is another Lore Text that I am working on. It isn't super impressive, but I like it.

It was written by Ingiwon, a Noldorin historian, some time in the second age. It is a book (in multiple parts) that reflects on, and sorrows over, the deaths of elves over the first age. If you have any suggestions to improve it, I will gladly hear them!

 Many years have gone, yet still we mourn the loss of those whom we loved.
 * 1) By S'moregoth
 * 2) title: A Lament for the Lost, Part 1
 * 3) This can be changed
 * 4) author:Ingiwon, the Historian
 * 5) types:lindon,rivendell,lothlorien
 * 1) author:Ingiwon, the Historian
 * 2) types:lindon,rivendell,lothlorien
 * 1) types:lindon,rivendell,lothlorien

Many of our kin were killed or lost, and those of us who yet live are old, and long to leave this world.

Yet still we remember those who have gone before us. Some have gone to the sacred halls of Mandos, where we all long to be. Others have been lost to the Darkness. It is these we mourn for the most, for there is no way that we will ever have them back with us. Still others, although only a few, have gone where Men go when they pass from this life. It is these that we miss the most, for they were some of the most wonderful of our kindred, but we do not know where they have gone. We do not mourn them as much as those that have been lost to the Darkness, however, for we are assured that they are in Illúvatar's loving hands, yet we still mourn, but for ourselves, for we cannot follow them where they have gone, nor can we ever experience what peace they have in their current lives.

 The first of our kin that were lost were many of the Teleri, our sea-loving brethren. It is for their passing that we feel the most shame, for they were not slain by the foul orcs, nor by the Balrogs of old, nor by any servant of the Enemy, but it was by the hands of us, the Noldor, that they were slain. In our greed, we slaughtered them because they would not let us embark upon their ships. We killed them wrongly, for they were right to hinder us, for many of us were swept away by hate and greed, and many others were only there to support their closest kin. Many of us curse the hour in which Fëanor and his sons swore their oath to retrieve the Silmarils at the cost of any who hindered them, but we cannot lay all the blame upon them. Many of us, and our families, are guilty of slaying our kin, but all of us who still live and took part in it regret it to this day.
 * 1) By S'moregoth
 * 2) title: A Lament for the Lost, Part 2
 * 3) This can be changed
 * 4) author:Ingiwon, the Historian
 * 5) types:lindon,rivendell,lothlorien
 * 1) author:Ingiwon, the Historian
 * 2) types:lindon,rivendell,lothlorien
 * 1) types:lindon,rivendell,lothlorien

 During our journey across the great sea to Middle-earth, many of our kindred were lost, for the Valar, in their wrath against us for the slaying of our brethren, the Teleri, sent a great storm after us. That horrible storm sank many of the Teleri's beautiful ships, and many Noldorin lives were lost in those tragedies. When we reached Middle-earth, however, the worst was yet to come. Fëanor and his followers betrayed those of us who regretted the kinslaying, and abandoned us on the Western shores of that land. They stole the ships that they could, and burned those that they couldn't, leaving those of us who followedFingolfin and the sons of Finarfin stranded on the cold shores of that land. Driven by hope, bitterness, and Illúvatar's sacred will, we marched on through the glaciers, snowstorms, and deadly cold, until, at last, we reached the place that is now called Lindon. There, many of our close kindred still live, close to the sea that they love.
 * 1) By S'moregoth
 * 2) title: A Lament for the Lost, Part 3
 * 3) This can be changed
 * 4) author:Ingiwon, the Historian
 * 5) types:lindon,rivendell,lothlorien
 * 1) author:Ingiwon, the Historian
 * 2) types:lindon,rivendell,lothlorien
 * 1) types:lindon,rivendell,lothlorien

 Upon reaching Lindon, we tried to make peace with Thingol, lord of that land. He accepted us for a time, but upon hearing of the slaughter of our kin, the Teleri, he drove us out of his realm. The few of us that had survived that horrible march through the snow and ice retreated northward, back towards the frozen wastes where Melkor, called Morgoth by some, had delved and erected his abode. Many wars were fought with the evil creatures that issued from that stronghold and plagued that land, and we were often victorious. But, I am sorrowful to say that even victory has a price. Many, many of our brothers and sisters were slain in those long years, and we grieve for them, but not as much as for those who were imprisoned in that accursed fortress. Not a few of our brethren were captured by Morgoth and his vile underlings, and were taken to Morgoth's stronghold. Angband, they called it, and rightly so, for an iron prison it was, and there, many of our kindred were enslaved, forced to labor all their lives, and often corrupted to produce more of his foul servants. It makes us sorrowful to even think of the suffering that they had endured, and to think how many more of our kin, twisted by Morgoth, we may have killed in those accursed wars.
 * 1) By S'moregoth
 * 2) title: A Lament for the Lost, Part 4
 * 3) This can be changed
 * 4) author:Ingiwon, the Historian
 * 5) types:lindon,rivendell,lothlorien
 * 1) author:Ingiwon, the Historian
 * 2) types:lindon,rivendell,lothlorien
 * 1) types:lindon,rivendell,lothlorien

 It was in those wars that Fingolfin, our first High King, was slain. The songs still sing of his bravery, how he fought Melkor in single combat. He put up a valiant fight, but what can any of us, even the strongest of us, do against one who is nearly as powerful as the Vala? In the end, Fingolfin was slain, but he had dealt the Enemy many wounds, and will be remembered for all time. From then on, we all fought with heavy hearts, but the enemy was weakened, too, for a time. There are many tales of might and woe to tell after that great battle, many filled with despair, others with rejoicing, but it would be hard to fit them all into a book such as this. Whether it is written down or not, however, we still remember with heavy hearts those who have passed from this life.
 * 1) By S'moregoth
 * 2) title: A Lament for the Lost, Part 5
 * 3) This can be changed
 * 4) author:Ingiwon, the Historian
 * 5) types:lindon,rivendell,lothlorien
 * 1) author:Ingiwon, the Historian
 * 2) types:lindon,rivendell,lothlorien
 * 1) types:lindon,rivendell,lothlorien

We, the Noldor, have had a long, hard history, filled with pain and sorrow, yet we still live on in the hope of, one day, joining those who have gone before us in Valinor, where we may forever be at peace.

Hopefully everything is in the proper format. 