Galvathalion

She stepped out of the front door into the coolness of the morning air, placing a bare foot on the grassy flagstones before her, still damp with dew.  Breathing in deeply of the scents around her she cast her glance upwards towards the stars now waning in the light of the coming dawn.   I am here, I am home.  Her new home.   She walked out a few more paces and a shiver passed down her spine as she stood under the shadow of the stoney cliff walls that surrounded their peaceful valley.  No orcs here, she reminded herself, no dwarves that have delved too deep

Never did I believe that I would find myself comforted among the devices of the Enemy. But here we are, licking our wounds around a campfire among the Enemy's perch, and yet we quietly restrain our sense of triumph with grim thoughts of the coming trials. It's a sobering exercise. I sit here and write all that I can recall before my own unease and fatigue will lose them to sluggishness. 

'... the companies ebb and flow alike to tides, each band set out and return as others take their place.The camp quietens, except for the occasional cry where the buisied healers bustle over their charges. We would do well to have thee here with thy arts, but there is one who wins admiration from all. Tall, fair, soft spoken, Galvathalion I believe he is named. Some rumour of a new venom on the blades of the enemy, he and his aides struggle hard to combat it. Yet I am assured they will triumph, for they seem wise in all they do.

Weeks have passed. Months. Seasons. I feel time passing beyond the solid walls of my prison. But this room is as changeless as pondwater - I know the exact number of all the stones in each wall, have counted every stitch in the single tapestry.

I no longer look through the thin, slim-slit window. The sight of the stars and the sun amongst the free clouds pierces me like a cold knife - the wound of imprisonment deep and unhealing. I weep dry-eyed and soundless now, inside. I am weary of weeping, but it does not end.

Suil anim!
Greetings to me!