> messages from Erebor to Mirkwood. I refused to send my people farther than Dale, for who knows what those dwarves had planned. That, >

> and I wasn't exactly on friendly terms with the King Under the Mountain. On the way to Mirkwood from Dale after the battle, I had >

> stopped in Rivendell. Lord Elrond himself had seemed exhausted, and had just finished from a meeting with some old wizard and his mother >

> in law, Lady Galadriel. Lord Elrond's wife, @AmicableElixir along with the minstrel slash assistant of the Lord, @VerecundPeon had >

> been the first to greet me and my court. @VerecundPeon had seemed relieved for some odd reason that it was just me, you know, the Elven >

> King and his court. I had allowed @BehindTheSwords to return to Mirkwood with us, or stay in Erebor. I had no reason to be so cruel to >

> one of my own kind after we had all lost so much. I had informed Lord Elrond that if he were to see the mortal king passing through his >

> langs, that he was no threat, just simply doing me a kindness. Elrond was understanding, and I must say, I was relieved to have him >

> to turn to. While I mourned and drank, this half-elven had been by my side, with all his wisdom. No greater kindess than simply being >

Kindness*

> there for a friend. Upon being in Rivendell, I had spoken to Elrond about Legolas of Mirkwood. I needed for my son to marry a fair and noble >

> maiden. I had even suggested that Arwen would be a perfect match, but I can see how a father to such a maiden would be protective. He >

> spoke of an elleth from Lothlorien. Like a rose, she was. Who was this maiden my friend had suggested to me? ✨ Prιnceѕѕ Jaѕмιne ✨. Fair hair, >

> just like Legolas of Mirkwood's mother. Immediately, ✨ Prιnceѕѕ Jaѕмιne ✨ had come to Mirkwood, and was welcome a place within the court, and given >

> handmaidens and everything. Anything for a future princess and daughter by law. Because I still found @BehindTheSwords to be an odd one, >

> I had made her ✨ Prιnceѕѕ Jaѕмιne ✨'s bodyguard. But what was my next move, you may ask? Tend to my drinks, await the sight of Bᴀʀᴅ Tʜᴇ Bᴏᴡᴍᴀɴ >

> in my kingdom. Well yes to the above, but I also needed for Legolas of Mirkwood and ✨ Prιnceѕѕ Jaѕмιne ✨ to hurry up and get married, and to thank >

> me for bringing them together. Legolas of Mirkwood didn't need a dwarf-lover. He needed a fair maiden like his mother. Someone noble and not >

> a lowly Silvan elf. My son was to be the next king of Mirkwood, and he needed an ideal Queen. Someone like his mother.]]

MAH FACES.