This month, We will meet one of the most mysterious characters of Tolkien, and also one of the most powerful and wisest women of the Medieval Fantasy universe: Lady Galadriel.
Galadriel was born in 1362, during the year the trees, before the first age of the Middle Earth. She is a elf woman, but not just any. She was among the first three elves to receive a power ring. In the story, following the adventures of The Hobbit and Lord of the Rings, Galadriel lived before in Rivendell, with his people. But one day, Gandalf brought terrible news, that of the return of evil forces in Middle-earth, and a proof: the sword of the Witch-king of Angmar, who was supposed being lost forever. With her great powers, Galadriel manages to guess without difficulty that Gandalf telling the truth. Soon after, she comes to save Gandalf at Dol Guldur, but was forced to duel against Sauron, who has returned. With her elven power and saw her power tenfold, Galadriel managed to defeat Sauron, who fled. But Galadriel does not come out unscathed from this fight, and half dead, she was bring by Elrond in Lorien, to keep her safe and that she can regain her forces. Galadriel therefore decided to stay in Lorien, or she reigns with her husband Celeborn. 60 years later, she met the Fellowship of the Ring, which after the loss of Gandalf, is arriving in Lorien in hope to find refuge and solace. Galadriel immediately guessed that Frodo was the ring's bearer. After resisting the temptation to want to take the ring, Galadriel said goodbye to the Fellowship of the Ring, but however, with her powers, she will remain with Frodo, through thoughts and visions, as a spiritual guide, and support him in its walking against the darkness. At the end of the third age, after the death of Sauron, Galadriel, with Elrond, Celeborn, Frodo, Bilbo and Gandalf decide to leave the Middle Earth by a boat that take them westward.
If Sauron is the darkness incarnation in Middle-earth, Galadriel embodies light. She also seems to be the only person enough powerful to be able to fight Sauron and hope to defeat him. Galadriel is a Noldor, a race of ancient elves, known to be among the most wise and learned beings of all time. She is even a member of the royal line of the Noldor, which designates her as a queen. Like all elves, Galadriel is immortal, but she seems however to have a longer life than others, because she was already an adult before the creation of the ring. And all the past centuries have not affected Galadriel, physically, never seems to have aged. Galadriel is very beautiful, and a rumor says that all those who watched her fallen under her spell, and are never come back from Lorien, alive. But this seems to be just a mere rumor intended to keep away the intruders and curious people from the Lorien.
Galadriel is among the most powerful elves. She has lots of powers, very mysterious, and is able to read people's thoughts and guess their secrets, as their deepest fears, and to see visions of the future in the minds of people. It is not known how she got all these powers, but we think it is thanks to her power ring she received. Galadriel is a wise, her voice calm and soothing is enough to give hope and courage to those who listen. She always gives advices to those who request it and is always listening.
But Galadriel also has a dark side, which boosts my power but also his anger. She endeavors to combat and control this dark side of herself not to sink into darkness and become like Sauron. She manages to resist her dark side when Frodo offers to give her the ring, as a sort of test to see if Galadriel is still worthy.
To be one of the most mysterious and beautiful figures of all the Medieval Fantasy universe, and also one of the most powerful and wise, Galadriel deserves her place among the iconic heroes.
See you next month for the new edition
Mathias, the Killmaster
Fire and Blood \m/
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