A Voluntary Detour From the Grey Havens
Rinnien of Rivendell should have boarded the ship in the Grey Havens with her kin and a company of elves who were all leaving Middle Earth before the Dark Lord Sauron covered the world in darkness.
It would have been so easy for her to leave with her friends and family and not have another care in the world. But something was nagging Rinnien and at the last minute she fled from the shores of the Grey Havens and travelled to Celondim to seek refuge and spend time thinking about why she changed her mind.
Several days and nights passed and still Rinnien had no answers. So she offered to help the elves in Celondim and she made some new friends. These new friends warned her to be vigilant while travelling the countryside of Ered Luin, for the animals were wild and unpredictable and were known to attack travellers, and news of goblins setting up camps in Rath Teraig and Limael’s Vinyard made everyone very nervous.
Cardavor was one of the leaders in Celondim who dispatched warriors to the various areas to slay the goblins, for he believed they slew his son Avorthal. Rinnien volunteered to accompany them for she was a loremaster with some skill and could control crowds and deal quite a bit of damage using elemental forces.
She was trained by Elrond of Rivendell and though she had much more to learn, she had become quite powerful. The elves in Ered Luin soon heard about her brave deeds and they showed their appreciation by inviting her to feast with them and they gave her beautiful gifts.
It was during one such feast that the answer came to Rinnien. She had abandoned her journey to Valinor for she felt that she was still needed in Middle Earth. She wasn’t ready to retire yet, though there were times later on that she would regret her decision briefly. In the meantime, there was work to be done, and Rinnien was ready to do her part.
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