Middle-earth Raiders Full Plan

I am Aragorn.

If someone asks me, who are the three women who have influenced me the most in my life over the past few decades, I can blurt out without even thinking, and I believe that the answer will still be no when I am about to say goodbye to this world Change--

My mother Jillraine, the love of my life Alvin Andormir, and my sister Anila.

As long as I can remember, I lived with Annie in Rivendell, and I once thought I was no different from other baby elves, and because of this, I felt like the stupidest kid in the world.

The elves are indeed the most beloved firstborn children of Iluvita, the father of all living beings. Their physical growth time is three to five times that of human beings, and they have a long life span that countless people cannot envy. However, their mental maturity speed On the contrary, elves learn to talk, walk, and dance before they are a year old, and they learn most other things faster than humans.

You can imagine how frustrated and wronged I was at that time. My literary history teacher was Lord Elrond, the most wise man in Middle-earth, and the one who taught me to ride a horse with a sword was the famous Lord of the Golden Flower since the time of Gondolin. Lofindel, the one who taught me to sing and sing was Mr. Lindir, whose name means "singer". I have teachers who are among the best in the entire Forest Valley and even in the entire Middle-earth, and I have really worked hard to learn from them. , but I did not do much better than the other young elves.

But Ani is different from me, she is much smarter than me, she speaks the pure elf language, her understanding of history can be traced back to the Shuangshu period, she has never lost in swordsmanship with other elves, Even among the elves, archery is considered average. She can draw, dance, bake delicious cookies, tell stories that Lord Glorfindel has never heard, and ask Elrond A refreshing and interesting insight for adults, I can't beat her for anything other than singing, but since it's so easy to beat her in singing, it doesn't give me much sense of accomplishment.

At that time, I probably held a kind of feeling of admiration and self-ashamedness towards my sister, Ani, as if she was born better than me in all aspects.

Later, one morning when I was seven years old, when I went to the toilet with sleepy eyes and was about to go back to sleep, I happened to meet Ani who was ready to go.

I lost all sleepiness immediately, and quickly opened my eyes and looked out the window: "What time is it already? Have I overslept?"

"No, it's just dawn, and you can sleep for another hour." Ani answered me.

"Oh..." I felt relieved, "Then why are you going to wake up so early?"

A Ni slightly turned sideways to reveal the bow and arrow behind her back, motioning for me to see for myself.

I was so scared that I was fully awake, and now I don't want to sleep much, so I asked her, "Can I go with you?"

Ani shrugged noncommittally: "I'll give you 5 minutes to prepare."

It must have taken me longer than 5 minutes, but Annie didn't say anything or just walked away. She is always hard-spoken, I know.

What surprised me was that at such an early time, other elves besides Ani and I came to the shooting range. I know that person, his name is Kanod, and he is one year older than Ani and me. He is a well-known nobleman of the Noldor. He also made a lot of military exploits back then, and his status in Rivendell is not low, and Karnold is indeed the best among us children.

Before Ani and I arrived, he was sitting on a branch humming some tune, his legs dangling in the air, looking bored.After seeing Ani and me, my eyes lit up, I jumped down from the tree, and looked at the two of us proudly.

Then Ani walked in front of him without looking sideways, put down the light bow and quiver she was carrying behind her back, warmed up her lower body a little, drew her bow and nocked her arrow, and practiced seriously.

Totally ignored that elf...

Ani was very serious when practicing archery. When I finished shooting a bag of arrows and planned to take a break, I was surprised to find that she only shot half of the bag.

I looked at Ani, she was posing sternly, although her movements were a little rigid, but they were extremely standard, her lips were pursed slightly, her eyes were staring at the target without blinking, her breathing was even and slight, she was motionless After aiming carefully for a long time, he shot the arrow fiercely, and the arrow was firmly inserted into the target.

Ah, she's amazing!I sighed, although I didn't hit the bull's-eye, but for a seven or eight-year-old child, being able to hit the target is not bad, unlike me, more than half of the arrows shot missed the target.

However, less than a second after Ani's arrow hit the target, an arrow flew out from the side and hit the target impartially.

I looked at Kanold, who twirled his bow and arrow quite bored, looking extremely relaxed, as if archery was as simple as eating and breathing to him.

This is clearly a deliberate provocation!

I glared at Kanold angrily, and then looked at Ani angrily.

Ani still didn't respond to Kanold's provocation, but she noticed my eyes and glanced at me casually: "Continue to practice after enough rest, Estelle."

Well, Annie herself doesn't care, why should I be so affectionate?

When I practiced again, I no longer just wanted to practice quantity and shoot indiscriminately. I started to learn to slow down like Ani, pay more attention to my posture and spend more time aiming, so that my shooting speed is naturally slow But the number of hits on the target has indeed increased. Although it is still inevitable to miss the target, it is already very exciting for me.

However, Kanod was probably bored because Ani and I ignored his provocation, and stopped shooting. Instead, he watched the two of us practice, and Ani looked as usual, completely unaffected—— , so I can’t say enough about her strengths, and I’m not as determined as Annie. Kanod’s gaze makes me feel uncomfortable, because that gaze is not completely kind, especially whenever I When he missed the target, he always made a slight but enough mocking sound for you to hear, which made it even more unbearable. After going back and forth, the good state I finally had was gone.

Just before I fell into depression again, Annie suddenly dropped the bow and arrow, turned around and walked towards Karnold under my surprised gaze.

In the end, Ani beat Kanod... Poor Kanod, although his archery skills are second to none among his peers, but if it is compared to free fighting, he can only be hanged by Ani It's up to you.

After Kanold ran away wiping his tears and nose, Annie and I were finally able to practice archery quietly.

"Do you come to practice archery every morning, Viddy?" I asked Ani on the way back.

"Not necessarily, it may be running or practicing sword swing." Ani replied to me, her hair was sticky with sweat, slightly reflecting the rising sun.

It turned out that Ani was also secretly working hard when I didn't know it, but even so, I still felt that Ani was much better than me.

"Aside from the time when Lord Glorfindel is giving us lessons, I also practice archery diligently." I sighed, "But it didn't work."

"Really?" Ani blinked, "When did you go to practice? I've never seen you on the shooting range."

"Night." I answered in a reasonable manner.

Ani's eyes widened: "Can you see the target at night?"

"I can't see it." I replied honestly, "So I am really bad at archery. Others also go to archery at night, but they can always hit the target..."

Ani was silent for a long while before she said, "That's because they are elves and we are humans, you idiot."

From Ani, I learned for the first time how big the gap between humans and elves is.

All the elves are tall, intelligent, beautiful, elegant and sharp. They are born to be the best poets, singers, and warriors. They have a life span that is almost eternal and will not get sick. He bestowed all good qualities on his firstborn sons and daughters.

As for humans, although there are some outstanding people among them, they are much weaker than elves. Humans will age and die, and the longest life among them may not be as old as an ordinary elf. Their lives are limited, but they do not have the wisdom and virtue of elves. Human beings are notorious for their greed and irresistible temptation. Even a generation of Emperor Isildur will be tempted by the Supreme Lord of the Rings and want to take it as his own. He had his own, but in the end he was murdered, and the thrones of Gondor and Arnor were vacant for thousands of years.

Who would want to be a human instead of an elf if they could?

I was extremely depressed at the time, and I was even a little unwilling to believe this fact, but on the other hand, Ani, although she did not hesitate to praise the elves, she did not reject her human identity in the slightest.She said that since the twin brother of Lord Elrond, so wise, would choose to be Men, Man must not be a race for nothing.

"So if you could choose, would you choose to be an elf or a human, Viddy?" I couldn't help asking her.

"Elf." Ani replied without the slightest hesitation, "but you have to understand, Estelle, I don't yearn to be an elf simply because an elf can live forever, or how smart and dexterous an elf is. In fact , if I were not Velodis, then it would be difficult for me to judge whose choice is wiser, Lord Elrond or Lord Eros. I am longing for eternal life now, but whether I will be tired of this world and long for What about the day when we leave completely? No one can predict. Humans and elves each have their own sorrows. One has to leave when he is still nostalgic for this world, and the other can only look at the world little by little even if he is bored. Disappear, I don't know which situation I prefer, in fact I have no choice, since I am a human being, I can only live according to the way a human being lives, one day I will turn into dust, and Before that day, I will finish all the things I should do, and then maybe I will not be afraid to face death."

I was confused, and for a long time I didn't understand the real meaning that Ani wanted to express. I just roughly heard that Ani still wanted to be an elf, but I felt that elves also have their own difficulties. Being a human might not be a smarter choice. .

At that time, I secretly laughed at Annie for not being frank enough. I wanted to be an elf but couldn’t do it, so I said that being an elf also has its own troubles. Isn’t this a typical example of saying grapes are sour when you can’t eat grapes?Thinking about it now... oh.

After a few more years, I vaguely understood why Ani wanted to be an elf more.

In her free time when she doesn't have to study, Annie likes to draw in her small studio. No one knows how she learned it. But one day she asked Mr. Lindir if there was any room available in Rivendell. Let her use it as a studio, and we discovered that she can paint.

Regarding Ani's works, Lord Elrond and Lord Glorfindel commented that they had more than enough skill but not enough aura.I have no comment on this.

The reason they say that is because they haven't seen Ani's Legolas.

Ani’s studio is not locked, anyone can come and visit at any time, and it’s completely okay to take away one or two paintings if you like, and she puts some paintings on the shelf or hangs on the wall for people to openly Some of them are covered with canvases and piled up in an inconspicuous corner. Few people will go to see them, and they all seem to think that it is a painting that Ani is ashamed to see.

But in fact they were so wrong, those paintings were Annie's real painstaking effort.

I also accidentally asked Annie if she could take a look at those paintings, but Annie didn't refuse, so I took out one at random.

There was a blonde elf in the painting, a man, but I was so amazed that I couldn't speak a word.

The background of the painting is Rivendell in autumn, which is golden. The elf gently jumped off the horse and looked around curiously. In an instant, the sun of the whole world gathered on him, and his eyes were blue. It was like the clearest sky in autumn, pure like crystal clear lake water, with a slight smile on the corner of his lips, gentle and serene, as if time had slowed down for him.

"Who is this, Viddy?" I asked in amazement. "How come I never saw such a character in Rivendell?"

"Of course you haven't seen it." Ani replied, "Because he hasn't been to Rivendell yet."

"You mean this is just a fictional character of yours?" I felt a little regretful, but I felt that it should be so. Such a beautiful creature that doesn't seem to come from the mortal world can indeed only appear in the painting.

"No." Ani said, "There is indeed such a person."

"Who is he? When did you meet him?"

"His name is Legolas, and he is the prince of the Mirkwood." Annie replied, "As for where we met, um...in a dream?"

For such a perfunctory answer, I really couldn't complain, I just thought she was teasing me and made up such a prince to fool me.

I flipped through those paintings with great interest, all of them were Legolas without exception. It seems that Annie really loves the elf prince in her dream, no matter he is in the dark and terrifying big Hunting orcs and giant spiders heroically in the forest, or running nimbly and vigorously in the steep and towering snow-capped mountains, and piously looking at the stars in the vast grassland, all of them dare to fall with caution. The pen does not contain the love of the person in the painting, for fear that it cannot fully express how good this person is in her heart, and she tries her best to show all the most beautiful aspects of this person.In one or two paintings, Ani and Legolas appeared at the same time, but Ani's painting itself was obviously much rougher, and it was done by sketching a girl with a few strokes.

Until later, Lord Elrond was surprised when he saw these paintings, and asked Ani, "How did you know the prince of Mirkwood?"

Only then did I know what Annie said was true.

Regarding how Ani met Legolas, there was no decent conclusion in the end. Ani insisted that she had dreamed of him. Lord Elrond and the others obviously didn't believe it, but there was no more reasonable guess.Legolas has never been to Rivendell for hundreds of years, and Ani has never left Rivendell even after she was two years old.

I don't think the question of whether Ani met Legolas in a dream doesn't make much sense. What interests me is what Legolas means to Ani.

"What was your relationship with Legolas in the dream, Viddy?" I asked her.

"Relationship?" Ani thought for a moment, and then answered me, "We are each other's best friends and most trusted companions."

Ok……

"And, this is definitely not just a dream." Annie said to me confidently, "When we can leave Rivendell, I will definitely make this dream a reality."

That's really unfortunate. Even I don't believe that Ani doesn't like this Legolas. In fact, no one believes Ani's nonsense. The expression of Lord Elrond when he looked at those paintings is so wonderful up.

Alas, my sister is so pitiful. As a human being, she fell in love with an elf. I felt a little sympathy for Ani at that time.

……

Until I met Alvin in a birch forest when I was 20 years old.

Leaving aside the matter between me and Arwen, when Annie and I were 20 years old, Lord Elrond told us the name of our real father. The identity of the Sons of Pine, the direct descendants of Isildur, still astonished me for quite some time.

As for Ani, compared to me, her identities are more diverse and prominent. Although she was only born more than ten minutes earlier than me, she is indeed the first child of Arathon and Gilleen, so according to the ancient Númenor law, even if she is a woman, she will be the future leader of the Númenorians, the most orthodox heir to the throne of Gondor.

Even so, Ani seemed not even as excited as I was. After she calmly took the Ring of Barakhan from Lord Elrond, she lowered her head and stopped talking.

Lord Elrond also felt that this should not be Ani's normal reaction, but he didn't ask any questions. Instead, he motioned me to talk to Ani with his eyes before leaving.

"What's the matter with you, Vidi?" After Lord Elrond left, I asked Ani worriedly, "I know this responsibility is very heavy, but it's still something to be happy about, isn't it?"

"Do you think I will become a qualified emperor, Aragorn?" Ani asked.

"Your words must be fine." I encouraged her.

"Really?" She played with the Barakhan Ring in her hand in confusion, "I don't know if I can, but if it's you, Aragorn, you must be able to become a benevolent king who will go down in history..."

"What are you talking about?" I was amused by her, "If even I can become the emperor, you will have no problem, this position should be yours."

I really think so, Ani is the most suitable person I have ever seen to become a human emperor, she is far more determined and actionable than me, compared to her, it seems that I am an indecisive woman, if I If I am the orthodox heir to the throne of Gondor, I might hesitate, waver, and doubt whether I can defeat the blood of Isildur in my bones, overcome the temptation of darkness instead of repeating the mistakes of my ancestors, but Ani will not, I know she won't.

"You don't understand..." She struggled with pain for a while, but she held the green ring tightly, and finally made up her mind, "Forget it, if this is the choice of fate..."

This is the first time and the only time that Ani has questioned whether she can become the emperor. Since then, she has never looked back, and she has overcome obstacles all the way, without any confusion about the direction she is heading.