The day… Well, it's a bad day I believe. Oh yes, it began well. Until the group heard about an elf possibly lost in the area where we saw the trolls when we arrived here. Then they left.
And they come back… With Failindo's body. He's dead. I have known him for so many years… Since the fall of Eregion, around 3000 years ago. He was my dearest friend and my family, as I was his.
So many time we joked about his luck. Or my luck for that matter. Leaving the safety of the valley with no weapon or no knowledge in wielding a weapon… How I wish now that we never joked about it. How I wish I had never let him leave the valley that last time.
None here knew him. They found him but he didn't even know he was among his own house when he died.
Belethoriel said he felt it was his fault for telling me to stay behind, that if I had been here I could have maybe done something to save him… No. Fact is, no. I couldn't have. When I was holding him to get him to the… To the place he has been buried, I felt his ribs. most of them lose. And that's not the only thing I felt and see. As much as I hate saying so… Nothing short of going back in time and arriving earlier would have saved him. And that is impossible…
I wrote a letter to lord Anglachelm. I think it sums up the rest of the day well enough so I will copy it right here before I give it to that messenger :
"Lord Anglachelm,
I have the sad duty to inform you of the death of Failindo, of our House.
I believe he was in the Order of the Pillar, though I know he did not often enjoy the company of others in the valley so you may not know him personally. He was found near Lin Giliath, in a troll cave. He was freed from the place but passed away before he could be taken to safety.
He is buried next to the elf Lossehelin, in Meluinen.
Now, next to this… unpleasant duty to inform you of our kin's death, I also have the duty to inform you that I attacked and hit Culufinnel, brother of Lord Parnard, due to his behavior, comments and general lack of respect toward everyone. He did not however fight back and lord Belethoriel stopped me from doing more harm, though Culufinnel seem to hold lord Belethoriel responsible as much as I, which is, as you can read, an error.
I should present my excuses for my behavior, but I find that, as of now, I am unable to do so truthfully. You may take any measure you wish about it, I will not protest it upon our return. I write it here plainly, it was my fault and my responsibility.
We have, until now, found no sign of Themodir. We have however found signs of lord Belethoriel's company and our group took the decision to go and look for them as long as we find no sign of the elf Themodir.
I believe, and I beg your pardon if I am mistaken on that point, that our journey will take us to Dol Dinen first, for Failindo reported the presence of other elves in that place.
I pray all goes well and we suffer no more losses during that journey.
Laurelindo, Caun of Vanimar "
I should maybe ask what Parnard was thinking when he sent that elf to us, but I could find no polite way to do it, so I shall keep my opinion on the matter silent for the moment.
I can however tell that if that elf persist in insulting everyone, dead or alive, by his behavior as much as by his words, I will not hesitate to hit him again. He may fight back this time but I find that, at the moment at least, I don't care if he does.
I should however maybe care that others are ready to come between us and to threaten Culufinnel on my account when he threaten me. That I should not and will not allow. Besides, I do not believe him to be of the mind of the kinslayers. He may hurt, injure or ridicule me for my lack of actual skills in fighting but I do not believe he is threatening my life. Merely my sanity when I have to listen to his senseless criticism against everyone and everything.
I am going to speak to Parnard about getting his brother in our path if I ever come back home. That elf should have been sent back under the rock out of which he crawled. And I though Ancalasse disrespectful ? Ah ! At least he has honor and the good sense to not disrespect the dead !
