| Long has it been since I wrote hither, and my days are now constrained to family matters. Newcomers to this land, seek to protect it. I know not what to feel, either they presume too highly - or their genuine wish to keep my beloved lands safe, is generous. I, too, once held that position. I fulfilled it with great joy and honour. Alas, even as the short mortal years passed; many of my kinsmen fell from their duty into family life or to the West. I shall watch them, for now. But I know that the true Guardians of Lórien, the Galadhrim alone, guard their homeland. It is our right. But if they do good, they shall have my blessing and my family's. I know of others, too, who would give this. |
