Character Description Form:
Nerwen's character
NAME: Alatariel Moonflower.
AGE (chronological): 513.
AGE (mental): 14.
RACE(S): Half-elf(ess).
GENDER: Female.
SPECIAL WEAPONS/JEWELLERY/OTHER ITEMS: A golden amulet that warns her when evil is near (by going "ping" loudly). A mithril bow studded with rubies.
RENOWNED CRAFTSMAN WHO MADE THEM: Celebrimbor. Originally they were a present to the Sue's grandmother, Galadriel.
SPECIAL ABILITIES: Really good ESP, which enables her to be a skilled warrior despite her total blindness. Archery (best bow-elfess in Middle-earth). Healing. Magical singing (of traditional Elvish ballads like "May It Be", "Into the West" and "The Wind Beneath My Wings").
SPECIAL PET(S): Sparklehorn, her unicorn– the
last unicorn in Middle-earth, naturally. They can communicate telepathically.
RELATIONSHIP TO TOLKIEN'S CHARACTER(S): Elrond's younger daughter.
IS IN LOVE WITH: Glorfindel. But he has barely noticed her existance.
IS LOVED BY: No-one... no-one at all... *sob*
APPEARANCE: Golden hair shot with silver– just like her grandma. Emerald-green eyes which are "more beautiful than eyes that see", as I will remind you all at frequent intervals. They turn silver when she is using her ESP at full power.
TOKEN FLAW/WEAKNESS (which proves that your character is NOT, repeat NOT, a Mary Sue!): Well, she's blind.
TRAGIC PAST/OTHER REASON FOR ANGST: She was scarcely more than a babe when her mother, Celebrían, for some reason decided to take her on her ill-fated trip over the Redhorn Pass. The infant Alatariel Moonflower had to witness her mother's torture– until the Orcs blinded her, using the proverbial "poke in the eye with a burnt stick". (Somehow™, this did not disfigure her eyes at all.)
Since then she has had to suffer both her father's overprotection... and the contempt of other Elves, who, it turns out,
hate blind people. Oh, and they despise her for being a "mongrel", too.
No wonder her only friend is her unicorn.
Oh, and her grandmother– see below.
(OPTIONAL) REALMS TO WHICH YOUR CHARACTER IS THE RIGHTFUL HEIR: Lórien. Her older siblings are out, due to a law which bars dark-haired people from inheriting. ("It's the
golden house of Finarfin, geddit?" Galadriel was heard to remark.)
REASON THE FATE OF MIDDLE-EARTH DEPENDS ON YOUR CHARACTER: She's the ideal backup Ringbearer. Since she can't see, she can't be dazzled by the Ring's evil beauty. Not only that, but like all handicapped people (in fan-fiction), she is noble and unselfish enough to be trusted with an object that gives virtually unlimited power. Honestly. You believe her, right?
