Maltuilin
TITLE:
Galthor a Feredis (Gardener and Huntress)
DESCRIPTION:
The maid before you stands less tall than most of the Firstborn, and does not carry the mystical looks of one truly ancient. Her eyes are of a crystalline blue, two clear-watered mountain lakes set in a face pale as new snow. Parted in the middle, her long, dark hair flows freely around her head, catching a golden glow when light touches it. Her moves are graceful like those of a deer or a gazelle.
The maid is dressed in a gown, light brown like the fine sand of a shore. It is of a simple cut, reaching to her ankles, its long sleeves widening towards the cuffs. The only detail on the piece of clothing is the embroidery of small golden birds that covers it. No jewellery adorns the maid, but for a slender ring of gold upon the index of her right hand. She wears light leather slippers, which are quite worn, even a bit dirty, and there is dirt under her neatly cut fingernails.
PERSONA:
Maltuilin has a deep love for nature, which comes from her childhood in Mirkwood. She prefers to spend her days outside, taking care of the garden as a Galthor and moving in the forest as a Feredis - she is a wanderer by nature, and staying inside too long makes her feel caged. She is rather shy, and often prone to underestimate her own skills.
Maltuilin is also a great lover of beauty in all its forms, song, poetry and handcraft alike, and though she knows little of such things, she always enjoys others' creations. She is always curious and interested about new things, no matter how small or unimportant they may seem.
During the last ten years or so there has been a huge change in Maltuilin's life: she is now married to the Glirion Orostur, and they have a little boy, Orostuilindo.
HISTORY:
Maltuilin was born in Amon Thranduil, in Greenwood (or Mirkwood, as it is nowadays called), where her parents still live. Her father Malthaun was a hunter and her mother Filegwen a healer. As the only child of the family, Maltuilin spent her childhood wandering in the vast forest, often with her father. This is how she came to know all the inhabitants of the forest, flora and fauna alike, even better than she knew the other elves.
Many happy and peaceful days passed in Greenwood, but after celebrating her 300th birthday, Maltuilin began to grow tired of her home. Seeing all the same faces and places every day made her feel imprisoned, and she became silent and somewhat melancholic. Her father - whom she loved even more than her mother - noticed this, and suggested that perhaps it would be better if she left her home, at least for a while. She should go and find out what lies beyond its boundaries, and also learn to know herself better.
Maltuilin felt that her father was right, even though she did not like leaving her family. So, one day, she set out to the world with a party of a few other elves. She spent several years traveling around Middle-Earth, with many different people. She rambled in forests, followed wild animals and learned many things about nature. She herself did not know where she was going - she went wherever the road took her.
Her wanderings brought her to Lothlorien, which she found very beautiful, but she could not feel at home in a forest so different from her home. She met a group of elves headed to Imladris, and after hearing their stories of the House, Maltuilin decided to join them.
At first she felt like a stranger in the Valley. Living among unknown people after spending so much time on the road was not easy. But soon she came to like the House, its people and its surroundings very much, so she settled there and begun to think of the place as her home. In Imladris Maltuilin took up the profession of a hunter, following her father. After several years she also found a new passion in gardening. She has lived in Imladris for some 50 years now.
During her time in the Valley, Maltuilin has seen both very bad and very good times. Her darkest hour was a trip to Mirkwood, to a Bardic Congress, some years ago - there she learned from her mother that her father had been killed by Yrch. It took her a long time to get past the grief of that loss, but she had great support from one particular ellon, the Glirion Orostur.
After many years of getting to know each other better and better, Maltuilin and Orostur found that they wanted to share the eternity. So, they were betrothed, and, after a proper time, married, in a modest, yet very beautiful ceremony. And albeit their wedding-day was as happy a day as Maltuilin had ever seen, there came a day that was happier still, the day when she gave birth to little Orostuilindo.
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Maltuilin (#4585)
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CULTURE: Silvan Imladhrim SPECIES: Quendi
POSITION: Emeritus Feature LOCATION: Offline
EMAIL: velma0 at hotmail.com TOP: 0s
FIRST-ON: May 19 2001 SEX: Female
FLAGS: -C----/DHPF/OOC
LAST CONNECT: Tue May 17 10:20:03, was connected til Tue May 17 12:42:41.
FORMERLY:
Malt's Characters - Past & Present
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Name Sex Time Culture Title Notes
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Maltuilin F 5/01-5/02 Silvan Imladhrim Feredis a Galthor LA
Neltilwen F 5/02-10/02 Sinda Imladhrim Herunnur o Nos Earendil LA
Erestor VI M 10/02-10/04 Noldo Imladhrim Saelvadhor o Elrond LA & BFC
[1mMaltuilin[0m F 11/04-> Silvan Imladhrim Galthor a Feredis retired
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===============================Alt Characters===============================[0m
Name Sex Time Culture Title Notes
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Aes M 6/01-2/02 Gondorian Fatman-Chef
Shayla F 2/02-10/02 Yfelwydan Guide Merchant and Supplier RS
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NOTE: A few anagrams for my real name (in Finnish):
Oma valhe (Own lie), Home vala (Mold oath), Velhomaa (Wizard land)...
And a few for my char's name (in English):
Multi nail, Mail until, I - Tuna Mill, Aim it null.
OOCDESC: Before you stands a 170 cm tall Finnish girl (Yes, I'm female OOC!). There is nothing unusual about her: long dark hair, brown eyes, boring clothes. Just another annoying teenager.
PERSONAL: I have a problem. I can't decide what to do with my life, since I'd like to do everything, and since I'm somewhat good at many things, but not particularly so at anything. At the moment, I'm studying two very different things at two different schools, the Helsinki Polytechnic/Conservatory (where I play the cello, and might become a cello teacher someday) and the University of Helsinki (where I study linguistics, which is a lot of fun, although I certainly won't make a lot of money with it). So when I grow up, I'll be a very highly educated, unemployed person.
WWW: www.kolumbus.fi/auni.aho
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