Candamon
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Ethir, Tellenistron, Arphadon Nos Teleralda (Scout, Tracker, Retainer of Nos Teleralda)
DESCRIPTION:
Lean and not the tallest of edhil, he seems strung from sinews laced taut. His hair is dark brown, straight, and pulled back behind peaked ears into a tight braid that hangs a forearm's length past his shoulders. Eyes the gray of a dawn cloud look out from his fair, sharp-featured face, eyes that perpetually threaten to spark sun-edged with laughter.
His short tunic and heavy leggings alike are mottled gray, green, and brown, no color bright and none dominant. Over his tunic is a laced leather vest that, like his ankle-high boots, is of brown leather tanned to a satin finish - nothing to catch the light or the eye. His cloak is mottled as well, hooded, and just long enough that, squatting on his heels, he could envelop himself in it. A dagger is sheathed at his belt, its long hilt plain and dulled.
PERSONA:
It would surprise those who know Candamon to see him with both feet on the ground for very long unless he is eating, deep at rest, or standing at guard. He climbed as soon as he could start to walk, and some still tell stories of the Nandor hin dangling from the bell tower or swinging down from the roof over the third-floor balcony to give a sunny greeting to a surprised, and not particularly pleased, Elrond. He has (mostly) matured since then, and he is quite serious about serving in the Tirith Imladhrim as an Ethir. That duty has not made him any less ready to laugh, though - only led him to appreciate the times off duty when he freely can.
Candamon is just over 1600 years old. His parents (Taldinen, father, and Galcalen, mother) were born in Ossiriand and were among the first in the Valley. His family is Nandor and of Nos Teleralda.
HISTORY:
Candamon - bold at the hill. His name was given in loving exasperation by his parents, who found in him a hin who climbed as soon as he could toddle and who did so without fear. Not only hills met the challenge of feet and hands, but also trees, terraces, and trellises. He was only nine when he interrupted the Master of the Last Homely House during a moment of evening meditation on the third-floor balcony by swinging down, with a scramble and a shower of pine needles, from the rooftop to hang, grinning, from the eaves in front of the surprised (and none too pleased) peredhel. Lord Bragolatar had a talk with Candamon *that* time.
He was born in the valley in 1427 (T.A.). His grandparents were Nandor who had followed Denethor westward. His parents, Taldinen and Galcalen of Nos Teleralda, dwelt in Lindon and fled with Elrond to Imladris after the sack of Eriador. Galcalen, his mother, is a Galthor, and the herb gardens are her domain. His father Taldinen has served when needed as a scout, but he spends most of his time with the Foresters as a tracker.
Candamon has reversed his father's path, learning as a Tellenistron first before joining the Tirith Imladhrim as an Ethir. He is very much a child of the Valley, having left it only very recently for patrols in the nearby moors, and like his parents appear to have settled into Imladris almost as if they all had awakened there. Their love for the land is simple, deep, and unquestioned.
His parents have made sure, though, that their son settled down enough to listen to the tales their parents told of Beleriand and to their own tales of Eregion and their flight eastward. Candamon himself has lived to see an army leave the Valley too late to prevent the fall of the North-kingdom, to see the Lady of Imladris lying pale and still in the arms of her sons, and to hear the rumor of wars and fell things from outside the valley. If he still greets life with joy, as he does, it is not with a joy ignorant of danger - it is with one sharpened and made precious by the threats opposing it.
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Candamon (#12141), Ethir, Tellenistron, Arphadon Nos Teleralda (Scout, Tracker, Retainer of Nos Teleralda)
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CULTURE: Silvan Imladhrim POSITION: Culture Greeter
SPECIES: Quendi FLAGS: -C-G--/DHPf/OOC
SEX: Male FIRST-ON: Apr 14 2007
LOCATION: Offline TOP: 0s
LAST CONNECT: Tue Jul 24 19:22:58, was connected til Tue Jul 24 19:41:08.
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