On a nearly complete dragonhaven application and thinking of retaining certain memories

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

Absolutely not. Don't you dare!

I will not go there with the addition of my memories from the tower! Especially not with that dreadful collar still attached to my neck! Bad enough that you have already considered it but that you're thinking of how I might get it removed once I'm settled there? I absolutely refuse.

I will not be dragged from place to place, recalling the deaths and torments that I've both experienced and witnessed there. Keep what you have and allow me some small measure of peace in not recalling the tower.

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[sonof_thrain]

It seems we cannot escape fate, elf.

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

It is a fate worse than death, the memories I would carry.

[sonof_thrain]

Memories of being within a haven full of dragons? [He had memories of a dragon too.]

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

Oh no, I've yet to arrive there. My memories of the Tower of Animus. Twice now have I died, and that's not counting to two possible deaths I may soon experience there.

[sonof_thrain]

Died? [Had the elf become mad?]

Can you not stop these impending deaths?

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

[He almost wishes he had.]

I cannot, they are by chance. A game of the administrators has me seeking out the lost fingers of an old woman. The losers will not awaken. And now I explore levels of the tower that only the administrators should have access to. I fear I have sealed my own fate in going with my companions here.

I'm sure that you can understand why I'd not want these memories.

[sonof_thrain]

An old woman's fingers? Surely....witchcraft. [He seemed genuinely disgusted.]

This tower sounds an evil place and somewhere no living being should dwell. [Even an elf.]

Indeed.

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

[That's not even mentioning the severed foot he found in trying to find one or that girls finger that had been bitten off that he had also found.]

Evil, yes. I begin the wonder if the Necromancer, if Sauron was the lesser evil. Especially after Ruana said "It's better to drown or burn to death in a fire or be skinned and roasted alive than to lose your soul in the tower of animus."

[sonof_thrain]

Sauron is the most evil being alive I know. Are you saying this place has even more evil? Nay, it sounds like the very depths of Mordor itself.

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

At least at the hands of Sauron or in Mordor, death would be quick and it would be possible to pass to the Halls of Mandos. Here, I am not even granted that. I wake up a morning later with memory of what happened to me.

[sonof_thrain]

This is indeed, ill news. [He felt for the elf. Odd, he knew. But, this evil could not go unpunished.]

If you ever need a blade at your fight, elf. You have mine.

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

[He's not the only one that wanted to have a go at the administrators.]

You have my gratitude, truly.

[sonof_thrain]

[He nodded in respect. He was beginning to warm around this elf. It would take time to trust any other though.]

My scribe seeks to find me a place of refuge also. He has not found somewhere that would suit me yet though.

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

[Which was surprisingly, really, but Legolas wouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth.]

I shall hope that he doesn't choose the tower. It's not a place I would wish on anyone.

[Except maybe Sauron but not while any of them are there.]

[sonof_thrain]

He was pondering the Tower, I hope he does not think it through. It sounds a place filled with evil.

[Madness, surely?]

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

[Madness, indeed.]

It is. While it may have people who make it somewhat bearable, do not be fooled. They "saved" us for their own twisted agendas.

[sonof_thrain]

[What if there are more elves at this tower? Euch. Thorin didn't know if he could bare it. Uh, no offence, Legolas. He thinks your father an imbicile.]

Indeed. Are there others like you in this Tower?

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

[There are two elves, they're from Lothlorien. And Legolas is very protective of one of them. B| Also, so rude.]

Of my kin? Only Haldir and Idrial are here. There is a woman here who appears elvish but her race is called "hylian" and are mortal.

[sonof_thrain]

[Elven names which meant nothing to him. Sorry, Legolas.]

It all sounds like witchcraft to me.

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

[That's fine with him.]

It seems so, doesn't it?

[sonof_thrain]

Indeed it does. [He nodded. Now, what was his scribe thinking of?]

[ploughed]

You cannot just take it off?

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

Removing the collar can kill me. It's actually attached to me instead of simply wrapped around my neck.

[ploughed]

Then how might it be taken off in a new place?

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

It won't sustain my life in that place as it does in the tower. So it will be safe to do so, if any can find a way to.

[ploughed]

That, I suppose, is something. I wish you luck.

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

Thank you, I'm sure that I will need it.

[burgling]

Kili and Thorin will be so pleased...?

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

Are you sure of that, master Hobbit?

[burgling]

Well, erm, that was a bit of sarcasm there. Elves are still rather high on their dislike list.

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

Especially considering my, ah, relations.

[burgling]

I'd imagine all of your relations would do the trick!

[He's not simple, he just doesn't know.]

[bow_of_the_galadhrim]

[Right, right. Oh Iluvatar, this timeline stuff can be confusing sometimes. Just wait, if he's still in that game by December, his mun might ask the mods if she can canon reset him to the Hobbit timeline.]

Quite possibly but it's one specifically that may earn their ire.