Of the Coming of Great Peril

It is known among all Kinn-Lai that their King Ôdhir was a wise elf, a leader of great honour, for he was the one who ruled his people since the end of the War that once befell his people, through darkling powers that came thither from the North of the World. And the crown of his, the symbol of his power, it lay upon a troubled brow that would not cease in concern, for peril was nigh.
    They had word from the south of the realm they called their own and the council was in great restlessness for none would know where to turn. From the sentries and their captain Moólpâr who was known as the Elder, for he was the older of two brothers, they had tidings of the Brood that was once layed into their lands by Ungoliant, would stir and move, and they would make assaults on small groups of elves and many were lost and not seen again.
    Now the Lords of the Kinn-Lai held council in Kei Urdhasa and thither came aswell the Queen Tathsumë, for she was ever a shining hope to her people and wherever she walked, she was welcomed and she bore the message of the exile that had arrived recently. Of men, mortals, the exile Minyelaírë, the Queen's cousin had spoken and of a great realm renewed in the northern lands, that they would come hither to the jungles of Haradwaith and might claim the lands of the Kinn-Lai for their own. And the council and the king were angered and naught could soothe their minds, for they did not wish anyone but their own people to find the secret paths. So Tathsumë spoke of the Noldo Daerundros and that she might would go, speaking on behalf of the Kinn-Lai. But Ôdhir denied her pleading and he spoke: 'I grudge thee nothing that I have. Yet I desire that none shall leave beyond these borders who know the way hither; and if I trust thee, my Queen, others I trust less to keep guard on their own tongue.'
    And Ôdhir appointed five guards of his household to stay with the Noldo Daerundros and to be ever wakend, for the Elda must not leave this forest, ere the King's permission had arrived. Then Tathsumë arose and she spoke: 'I go now south and will not remain here; my heart desires rather to find answer on a riddle and to behold my dear cousin.'  So Tathsumë turned south and sought the road between the high trees and ravines of Eridh Âr'thilidh and she drew nigher and nigher to the valley of Amara'bha. And all elves that had walked this path they would be lost, having been ensnared or drunken from the poisoned streams of that land; but so not the Queen and the fell creatures of Ungoliant that dwelt in the ravines did not arouse nor did they pursue her for the beryl in her crown was a sign of power to them and they knew who she was. And at last she came upon the mounds of Kherië, and passed over them and before she was aware she stood before Tie'Iama and again was she highly welcomed by the guard and led to the higher levels, for Tie'Iama was build up in the sky-high trees.
    There on the highest level she met the Scholar Saelorne and they spoke long of the peril that drew nigh. 'Ancient lore and the knowledge of what is since long forgotten by many shall be of little help, my Queen', Saelorne spoke and in her hands lay the tablets that they found upon the river-bank of the N'thalacîr and dread was about them, of one that the Queen knew all to well within her heart and it griefed her deeply. Then Tathsumë spoke: 'Dark have been my dreams of late, of secret doubt and secret fear. Many thousands years have passed away to lay down doom and terror; shall this be again as it were in the times of old?' But Saelorne knew no answer and the council of Tie'Iama was silent.