Thread:The Second Age Server/@comment-30839120-20170125205115

Username: StevenValeyard

Character Name: Celeborn

Faction: Eregion

Character Background (Of course, not taking into account anything past SA 1600):

Celeborn is a Sindarin elf, son of Galadhon and a former Prince of Doriath, as well as a kinsman to the late Thingol, who was King of Doriath before its destruction by the dwarves of Ered Luin and the sons of the former High King of the Ñoldor, Feanor. His date of birth is unspecified.

Somewhere around the year 52 of the First Age, Celeborn met Galadriel, a Ñoldor elf who had come to Middle-earth with the other Ñoldorin who wished to rule as lords, ladies, kings and queens. As is well-known, Celeborn and Galadriel fell in love and got married.

Celeborn grew a mistrust of all dwarves after the events that transpired around the year 502 of the First Age: King Thingol famously summoned dwarven craftsmen from Nogrod to set a Silmaril in his necklace, Nauglamír, which had been recently made by dwarven smiths from Belegost. Of course the dwarven craftsmen were absolutely in love with the gorgeous necklace, made even more attractive by the Silmaril that was now in it. They demanded Thingol give them the necklace, after all this was a necklace of Dwarven craftsmanship! Surely, it belonged to the dwarves by right! At least, that is how they saw it. Thingol of course refused them, and in their anger the dwarves killed the King of Doriath. The elves pursued the dwarves and killed them, except for two, who escaped to Nogrod and told a story which can only be described as a lie, for it pursued the dwarves of Nogrod to march on Doriath. The armies of Nogrod defeated the elves in Doriath and took the necklace once again. Beren, a Man famous for not only his romance with the Elf Lúthien (daughter of Thingol) but also described as the most accomplished hero and adventurer of the First Age (he was in fact the one who, aided by friends, stole a Silmaril from the Iron Crown of Morgoth and gave it to Thingol in exchange for the permission to marry Lúthien) reclaimed the necklace once more. Celeborn escaped the sack of Doriath (his role in the fight itself is unknown), but his mistrust of dwarves would carry on through the First Age and well into the Second.

Not much is known about Celeborn between the sack of Celeborn and the War of Wrath, except that with Morgoth defeated and Beleriand ruined and quite literally beneath the sea, many of the Ñoldor returned to Valinor, pardoned by the Valar. Galadriel, however, remained in Middle-earth with Celeborn, and the two probably lived in Lindon into the Second Age.

Early in the Second Age, though the time is not precisely known, Galadriel and Celeborn moved eastward with a group of elves following them in this journey. Although the factuality of this information is not known, they might have lived near Lake Evendím, to the south of which the city of Annúminas would one day be founded as the first capital of Arnor. It is said Celeborn and Galadriel's daughter, Celebrian, may have been born in this time.

Around the year 700 of the Second Age, they moved further eastward. On the year 750 of the Second Age, the realm of Eregion was founded, where Galadriel and Celeborn settled and lived among Celebrimbor and other Smiths of Eregion. While the Elves of Eregion as a whole had friendly relations with the Dwarves of Khazad-dûm, Celeborn's mistrust kept him away from them, even though these dwarves had no hand in the destruction of Doriath.

As is known, on the year 1200 of the Second Age, Sauron came disguised as Annatar the Lord of Gifts, and, on the year SA 1500, had the Smiths of Eregion forge the Rings of Power with his help. As is also known, another Ring was forged in secret on the year SA 1600. "One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them". When Sauron put on the Ring, the Elves sensed his treachery, removed their rings and Celebrimbor hid them, as they were created without Sauron's knowledge. The other sixteen rings, however, were either captured, destroyed, or lost.

Roleplay Experience: Outside this server I've roleplayed on only a handful Minecraft servers, one being The Official Server, and a handful Garry's Mod servers (which all had historical themes).

Reason for wanting to become this character: For a long time Eregion has needed a Celeborn, and I would be honoured to be the one to bring him to life on the server. While I was glad being Arveldir, I feel I would be happier as Celeborn and be able to roleplay more as him.

Experience with the Mod: I've played on TOS since the 13th of December, if my memory serves me right, and on Second Age since around the 23rd.

I hope you will consider, and hope even more that you will accept, my application. Any grammar mistakes are due to English being my second language, and any Lore flaws are due to me only knowing what I know from the movies and personal research.  