[The Silmarillion] Romimus

The current situation is not the same as what the elves thought at the beginning, or in other words, there is nothing they had prepared before.

What is the Land of Twilight?Except for the locals, I am afraid that no one can give a clear answer, because most of the people who have been there in person are already dead, and the female lord there is a villain whose reputation in Middle-earth is second only to Sauron, just reporting the name is enough Let those who are interested stay away.So it stands to reason that even if the Land of Twilight is not as smoky, horrible and desolate as Mordor, it should definitely not be a good place, and the people there should be as evil and depraved as Orcs, who regard elves and all other good things. The two races are thorns in the flesh, and it is only reasonable that they are in the same position as fire and water.

So... what's the situation now?

"As the legends say, the elves are beautiful and elegant creatures." After the elves redressed, Herudil looked at them, and he couldn't help showing a look of envy and love in his eyes, and said to the bell.

"I think even among the elves, they can be regarded as superior figures." Bell shook his head and looked at Elrond and Glorfindel, "or at least one or two people are of extraordinary status. After all, they are old acquaintances of Luo Mi .”

Elrond felt uncomfortable being stared at by them. Bell may be a simple water demon, but this does not mean that she has no knowledge. Obviously, her lifespan is very long, and she may be as close to immortality as the elves. Whether it is identifying Maia's When it comes to rings, or the status of elves, her judgment is very accurate.She just didn't use her wisdom to suspect too much of the purpose of the elves coming to the Twilight Land. I am very confused. As an ally of Mordor, how can the people here hate Orcs so much that they want to use the second layer of illusion to isolate them, but they seem to have good intentions towards elves?

This feeling of falling into a premeditated trap made Elrond restless.

"Excuse me, when can we go on the road?" he asked, trying not to show anxiety.

"Ah, because your number is not small, I can't make up my own mind to take away so many horses, so I went to ask our patriarch for instructions, please wait a few minutes." Hrudir apologized.

And Glorfindel and Elrond had only one thought on their minds: It's over.

According to this speed of news transmission, it might not take until the sun goes down for the news that an elf intrudes into the Land of Twilight to reach Romimos' ears.

Just when the two of them were feeling heavy, there was a sound of footsteps outside the house, and at least a dozen people were walking towards this side at a fast pace.Sure enough, after dozens of seconds, the door was opened, and a dozen humans filed in. The leader was a dark-haired woman. She was not tall, about 40 years old, and her eyes showed a shrewd and fierce.

Hrudir stood up abruptly: "Mother."

The woman nodded, looked straight at the elves without any hesitation, looked around a few times, and finally settled on Glorfindel: "Is this the honored guest of Lord Romimus you said?"

"This is Herudir's mother Sires, who is also the current patriarch of their clan." Bell introduced to the elves in a low voice.

Glorfindel nodded slightly: "Ma'am."

Sires' expression didn't loosen at all, she narrowed her eyes, and said bluntly after a while: "I think you've been deceived, Hrudir, I don't think any elf would claim to be a friend of the Twilight Land."

Thankfully, there is finally a sane person here.

"I can testify that they are really Luo Mi's old friends." Bell stood up and pointed at Glorfindel, "He has Luo Mi's ring."

"Old people are not necessarily friends. How can you be sure that the ring was given to this elf by Lord Romemos as a gift, and it was not accidentally lost and picked up, or, to put it more bluntly, maybe What about the one that was stolen?" Although Sires addressed the bell with respect, her tone was still very stern.

"Impossible, that ring is not only from Luo Mi's hand, but also has part of her own power attached to it. Luo Mi will never lose such an important item at will. Only people who are important to her , so that she would not hesitate to separate and give away her own power." Ling Dang looked determined.

"...Even so, I still think these people are suspicious." Sires said, but she was obviously shaken, "But the lord is mysterious and noble, and it is really not surprising that there are some secrets that I don't know."

"What are you going to do, mother?" Hrudir asked softly.

"It's very simple. Whether they have lied or not will be known when they arrive at the Tower of Twilight." Sires said decisively, "Take them to Minasvio! If I am suspicious then, I will personally I apologize and make amends to you all, but before that, I have offended you. Are we going to leave early tomorrow morning, or do you need more rest time?"

"It doesn't matter." Seeing that Glorfindel was silent, Elrond stepped forward and said, "We also want to see the Lord of the Twilight as soon as possible."

In this way, in the early morning of the second day, a group of 80 to [-] people marched towards the center of the Twilight Land—the location of Romemos—the Taminasvio of Twilight, The elves were asked "politely" to walk in the middle, and they were surrounded by well-armed warriors of the Sires clan. These people didn't seem to have a good impression of the elves, and they all had a blank face the whole time. With an expressive face, without squinting, he didn't even look at the elves, let alone speak. Only Herudil was willing to answer the elves' questions in a more friendly manner.

"How did you speak Elvish?" Elrond asked him.

"Am I speaking okay?" Hrudir asked with a smile, "I've never seen an elf before, and there are not many people who can speak this language in the Twilight Land, only the bells can speak it, but I also You can't see her all the time."

"In that case, you are quite right," the Elves answered him.

"It is said that our ancestors have a not-so-simple relationship with the elves, and we have been helped by the elves." Hrudir said, "But that was a long time ago. Later, the relationship between our family and the elves and other humans has gradually become estranged. Now, not many people in our clan can speak Elvish anymore."

"You are the people of Eden." Elrond observed the appearance of Hrudir and Sires, "You are descendants of the Haladins, aren't you?"

"You mean the Harris family, yes, those are our ancestors." Sires, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke.

"Since the sixth leader, Brandir, died in Nengilis, the Hales family has almost disappeared. We even thought that your family had been separated." Elrond said, "This is really true. Good news to know that the bloodline of the valiant Haleth family is still alive."

"Although it can't be compared with the current glory of the Beor and Hador families, and our life was very difficult at one time, the Hales family is indeed still thriving in this land." Sires looked at Elrond sternly De, nodded and said, "It all depends on Lord Romimos' blessing."

"Yes, besides the Hares family, many human beings in the south and east have also benefited from Lord Romimos, she is a great person." Herudil's eyes were full of reverence, "This It was the first time I had the opportunity to see her in person."

"Have you never seen the Twilight Lord himself?" Elrond was a little surprised.

"Lord Romimos is the god of the Twilight Land, the supreme belief in all of us, how can anyone see it?" Seres said seriously, "Except for the three branches of the Twilight Land Each clan sends a priest to enter the tower of twilight to serve the lord, and the rest of them hardly see him. I was only lucky enough to be summoned once when I took over the position of patriarch of our clan. She is the beauty and Wisdom personified."

"But if it's hard for even the patriarchs to see the Twilight Lord, how does she rule here?" Elrond asked.

Sires glanced at him: "The Lord of the Twilight does not rule here. She protects and teaches us, but she rarely interferes with the affairs of our races unless necessary. We call her the Lord of this place because we respect her, but more To be precise, she is our faith, not our king."

While they were talking, the sky suddenly turned cloudy. The elves looked up and saw a large dark cloud flying towards them in the distance, but when they looked closely, the elves were shocked to find out what kind of dark cloud it was However, a large group of crows gathered together in groups, there were hundreds or thousands of them, and they swept past their heads like a black whirlwind, and their wings were connected into pieces, almost covering the sky.

"Haha, don't be afraid, crows are auspicious birds in the twilight." Bell laughed, "It means that we are very close to Minasviol, and you will see Luo Mi soon."

Glorfindel was absent-minded all the way, and finally realized that Elrond was winking at him at this moment, looked left and right, and slowly moved to Elrond's side calmly.

"What should we do now? It seems impossible to catch Romimos without alerting her." Elrond said helplessly.

"You're right." Glorfindel sighed, "We don't know anything about the situation here, and there's nothing we can do about it now that something unexpected happened, we can only adapt accordingly."

He did have an idea in his head, though, and Glorfindel wasn't quite sure he really wanted it.

Bell was right. Before the sun went down, they finally passed through the forest and came to a large piece of relatively open flat land. The place was surrounded by forests on three sides, and the other end was a steep cliff that was cut off by a knife. In the open space, only a few small green shrubs grow sporadically, and the rest are large flower fields. Peach and white heather flowers savagely occupy most of the land.

"Heather, like crows, is one of the totems of the Twilight Land." Bell introduced them, pointing to the clothing of the people next to him, almost everyone has a pattern of heather on their necklines or belts, "but There is also a field of white flowers over there, not heather but poppies, you'd better not go there."

And in the center of the Twilight Lands, the "Minasvior" as everyone called it - the Tower of Twilight, stood there impressively. Glorfindel squinted his eyes and looked up at the tower with the obvious "Gondolin" " style of the tower, the tower is long and slender, and the whole body is made of white marble. Only the top of the tower is black, and the spire soars into the sky, even faintly higher than Turgon's tower in Gondolin. The difference is that Minasvio has the largest windows that Glorfindel has ever seen. It looks as if the master wishes to build a tower entirely of glass, and the windows are inlaid like emeralds in the pure white on the tower.

Compared with the windows, the gate of the Tower of Twilight is much simpler and smaller. According to Glorfindel, it is only about ten feet high. It is made of black iron. The whole gate is flat and smooth, without any extra decorations, even No door handles either.

"The door of the Tower of Twilight cannot be opened from the outside. Only the people inside can open the door, and the people outside can enter." Bell said.

"How, then, shall we let those within know that we are coming?" asked Elrond.

"You don't need to worry about that." Sirius said, "Your lord will naturally know when to come."

Sure enough, as soon as Sires finished speaking, a window of the Tower of Twilight was opened, and a blond-haired human woman stood in front of the window, looking down at the people standing at the bottom of the tower.

"Patriarch Sires." The woman bowed slightly, "Lord Romimos has already heard the news of your coming, but what is the purpose of your visit?"

Sirius returned a salute: "We brought a few elves."

The priest frowned: "Elf?"

"Yes, they claim to be Lord Romimos's old friends, and they want to visit this time." Sires said, "We can't tell the truth from what they said, so we came here to ask the Lord Lord."

"I understand. I will report this matter to Lord Romemus. Please wait a moment." The priest nodded, closed the window, and disappeared behind it.

Elrond and the others thought they would have to wait for a while, but after a few minutes, the priest reappeared in front of the window with a strange smile on his face.

"My lord Romimos says she has no elf friends, and they can be forked off to feed the crows."