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Event Log: A Hope for the Future

Who: All characters participating in the event
What: The event log for the A Hope for the Future event
Where: All over the city!
When: April 15th-April 19th
Warnings: Stealth Rock

It's finally time to reap the rewards you've earned from all that hard work collecting and returning the Hope orbs! Be careful walking the streets during the small earthquakes, but feel free to admire the scenery as your beautiful city reassembles its way back into its former glory.

There are new houses where the destroyed buildings once were, and they're perfect for a single person or pair of lovebirds. In addition, you'll find that the electricity to these new houses, and all other homes and shops in the city is restored. The food is better, the monsters are gone- hey, this city might be livable again!

To cap it all off, we've got a feast waiting for you on the 19th! Come one, come all, and enjoy all of your favorite foods, drinks, and party games. It's been awhile since we've all gotten together to celebrate something good, so get your party on and toss all your troubles away!

► This log covers April 14th-April 19th.
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[ All is not well, but it is better, and the veteran of the Long Peace knows to take his joys when he can. He looks over when she comes to stand beside him and smiles at her, reaching to pour her a glass of the wine ]

Try this one. [ He murmurs softly ]

Whether truth or only illusion, this is Sercemna, that is, 'Earth's-Blood', from the vineyards of the Earth Queen herself. It brings release from care, but drink slowly! For it also may show forth clearly what lies hidden in the heart.

[and for Margaery, all is not well either, but she feels a little better than she'd felt in the past few days. a feast with no strings attached is always nice and she hasn't run into her attacker]

I shall. [she pours herself a glass]

Oh, my. That sounds delicious and potentially dangerous. [she teases gently]

It is! [ He laughs softly ]

Sweet are the summers on the plains of Yavanna Kementari, and dark hang the clusters of grapes in the Yulmanore, and red is the wine that flows from those happy vineyards! I do not think any mortal has drunk this before now.

So I am to be the first? I am honored. [she manages a graceful curtsey even while holding a glass of wine. she rises from her curtsey and lifts the glass of wine to her lips, taking a sip of it.

and, she needs a moment. her face is suffused with pleasure and warmth] That was. . . so much more than what I was expecting.

Maybe! [ He shrugs with a low laugh ]

No one knows if Idril succeeded in her desperate attempt to get Tuor to Valinor, so perhaps even now he dwells by the sea with my cousin and drinks this in the heady days of summer. But I am glad to share this with you.

[she laughs too and smiles warmly at him]

May I ask who Irdil and Tuor are? I am glad and honored that you let me share it.

Specifically, they are Elrond's grandparents, on his father's side. But Idril Celebrindal, our little silver-foot, is my cousin's Fingon's niece, his younger brother Turgon's beloved daughter.

Tuor though, ah! Now that is a tale. Idril is Noldor, like us, of course. Tuor is human, of the noble house of Hador, although he was fostered by the Green Elves of Mithrim, they say, after his father was killed. He was the favoured by the Vala of the Waters, Lord Ulmo, and so ever after have been all those of his line - including Elrond. By Ulmo's hand he was guided to the hidden city of Gondolin, to warn them that the day was coming soon when their peace would be overthrown, and there he met and wed the Lady Idril, and from that union came Earendil the Mariner, Earendil the Blessed, the Star of High Hope, who with his wife Elwing breached the protections of the Valar to reach Aman and plead for aid for Beleriand.

I don't believe I ever had the chance to meet Elrond. I know Sansa was close with him, though. And Idril Celebrindal must be adorable.

Tuor is human and he was allowed to wed an Elf? [she does not allow herself to think about why this pleases her] It sounds as though he must have led an incredible life and that his child and his wife were of great aid. Isn't it strange and wonderful how certain lives seem to have such an impact on those around them?

When she was young, certainly! I am told she grew into a lady both fierce and kind, as wild as her aunt in some ways but wiser and more cautious.

Tuor was a hero, and favoured by the Lord of the Waters himself - the tales say he was brave and kind, valiant in battle and gentle in peace. But his heart was ever turned towards the Sea. I suppose it was inevitable that their descendants became golk of such renown!

She sounds very interesting. I wish I could meet her.

My world seems so small and mean compared to yours. In my world, it seems as though only the cruel survive and no one is blessed by anything. And entire noble houses can be wiped out with impunity.

[ He smiles wistfully ]

I think she would like you too. But our worlds are not so different. I am the last, of my house, and of my cousins, only Galadriel of House Arafinwe remains, for Fingon and all his house, and all Galadriel's brothers, are all dead.

...it's not fair. You should be surrounded by loved ones not just here, but home, too.

Well. [ He muses thoughtfully ] I suppose House Nolofinwe still has one survivor - Elrond is the last of that house now, baring his children. But war is never kind, and the prices it extracted from us we were warned of, and took no heed, for we were young then, full of fire.

[ He smiles sadly at her ]

I have them back here again. And I have the hope that somewhere, my cousins walk again the green hills of Tirion-on-Tuna, Reborn back to Life. It is enough.

The young feel themselves invincible. I certainly did. I know my brother did. You and your kin shouldn't rebuke yourselves for feeling the same way.

[she smile sadly back]

It is? Then. . . I'm glad for you.

Perhaps! But if we had gone only from adventure, and not for hate, perhaps things might have gone differently... no way to know, now.

[ He squeezes her hand in thanks ]

Thank you, my friend.

No. As much as we'd sometimes love to change it, what's done is done.

[she squeezes back gently]

There's never any need to thank me.

Aye. All we can do is live with the results/

[ He smiles at her ]

Would you dance with me, and banish some of these griefs for a time?

Yes. No matter what they may be.

[a radiant smile blooms on her face]

I would love to dance with you and let grief wait until tomorrow. Tonight should be about joy.

[ The smile firms into something more real, and he stands and bows to her, court-formal ]

Would my lady do me the honor of this dance?

[ He offers her his hand ]

[she's glad to see that. and she summons her court manners in response to his]

I would be honored, ser.

[she takes his hand and rises from her seat]

[ they don't know the same dances but music is music and Maglor's upbringing was not that different from hers in some ways. They'll find steps they can dance together ]

[yes, and she'll enjoy every moment of it]

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Good place to end this one?

Okay!