The private archives of Lord Elrond were contained in a square room of off-white marble about four meters long on each side. The door was thick, and made of intricately carved wood, stained a dark brown. On the opposite wall, there was an arched window shedding brilliant white light across the room. In the center of the room was a rectangular wooden table that was about one and one half by one half meters. On it were stacked several large leather bound volumes and scrolls. Around the room were several shelves of carved wood also piled with books and scrolls that are still in almost new condition, despite that they are up to five millennia old. To the right of the main door, was a second door, much like the first, but leading to a small office. In contrast to the first room, the office was made entirely of white wood. The ceiling arched in a cone shape, with intricate carvings all the way up. There were open-air, arched, wooden windows on the three sides that did not face the first room, each covered with a translucent, white, silk drape. A desk of the same white wood that the room was made of sat to one side with a few books and scrolls neatly arranged on it. In front of the desk was an equally magnificent chair, with the patterns gold-leafed onto it. Outside of the windows is a view of the waterfall and pine forests. Birds can be heard singing, and water can be heard rushing over the rocks. The soothing smell of the pine trees lingers in the air, and one can almost picture Lord Elrond himself sitting at the desk studying one manuscript or another.

By Koranti

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