Balfor77

My story is only a foot note in the annuals of history. Nevertheless i have decided to finally record those ardous journeys which hath made me into the istar Balfor. I was born to a young woman that was seeing a Lord. Despite this I was a dark child always pondering death and other dark mysteries that we were surrounded with and chose to ignore. I was only a bastard son so the Lord ignored my presence in his court and was allowed to go to and from as i pleased. My mother died of of the plague the year i turned twelve. It did not bother me much, i rarely spent time in our humble home. I had found i also had an affinity to the forests and spent most of my time there among its many creatures. I took to wondering for many weeks in the dark forests of Mirk Wood only returning for an odd supply that i couldn’t salvage from the woods. My first encounter with orcs was as a young man. I had heard such stories about these foul beasts but when i saw them cutting down the forest my blood began to boil to see such carnage off these ancient woods. I carried only my dagger and a hunting bow which i used for putting meat on the table occasionally. There were only four but it wood still prove to be a difficult battle. I hadn’t been taught any combat skills and i regretted that now. I took aim swiftly on the largest orc which i knew would be hard to grapple with, the arrow struck him in the chest and he went down with a scream. His companions turned swiftly and began to look for their attacker. I ran and dove into a dark glade and waited till the orcs reappered. I took aim and shot another one, this time it hit the orc in the neck. He went down with a scream and clawed at the wound. I jumped out of my hiding place and grappled with the smallish orc he slashed my arm and i screamed i dropped the dagger with surprise but quickly recovered it. I swung and the dagger lodged in his neck. I felt a a burning pain in my back, the remaining orc had circled around and speared me in the back. The world went gray around me and the pain subsided. Suddenly i was in a long hallway there was a tall man of pale complexion sitting on a thrown at the end of the hall way. This man was Mandos keeper of the dead. " I have been waiting for you. The few years you spent on the earth have been very interesting watching you. Your time on Middle Earth is not over yet. You will return to Middle Earth as my servant." As he said this he gestured with his staff at me and spoke a few words of power and i was gone. When i reawoke i was alone on a field, clothed in a simple gray cloak and carrying only a long black staff with a strange jewel in a clasp with the symbol of Mandos. What was in store for me was a long journey where i would learn much wisdom, but that is a story for another time for this chapter in my life has closed.

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