Gaomee

'Ælbdís' Gaomee Tuilinthel

Name Gaomee
Occupation
Priestess
Age
Ancient - She was a child when the Elves taught the Ents to speak
Race
Elf
Residence
Wandering
Kinship
Glawar en Calidhil, though she is loyal to the http://laurelinarchives.org/node/10046|Tirn and the last remnants of her kin
Outward Appearance

"The man recognized Ælbdís right off. Two tall grown Elves, with even as white-blond hair as the priestess, accompanied her. All three of them wore peculiar appearing, many jointed armor made of shimmering metal, wood and leather parts that came across as quite thin and light. On those spots of their bodies which the armor was not covering peered out white, flowing fabric.
   The trio, having to the soldier's surprise all the same eye colour, a silver grey, greeted the gathering by showing their empty palms and bowing but a few millimeters. Ælbdís' braids, that were thick as thumbs and adorned with rings of bronze and silver followed the motion. While the priestess maintained her smile, the two warriors to her side had the pride carved into their faces, looked down with a certain arrogance on those who had gathered to welcome them.'' - Ælbdís' first meeting with Mankind, dated FA 132 (Years of the Sun)

 

Background

Names & Pronounciation

Gaomee [gaoɱe], is the name that she has given herself and she is known by, by most of the dwarves. It has no meaning, which is unusual for an Elf.
Tuilinthel [tuɨlɨnθel], Thranduil's people used to name her, as they found Gaomee to be too hard to use in their own tongue. It means Bird-sister.
Ælbdís [ælbdɨs], sounds Gaomee's true birth name. It's meaning is Elf-Priestess/Guardian.


"She is blind? Then she will see more than I ever will." - Amlarad, the Woodsman

"All of her kin have the same features. Beige skin, like the color of sand, silver-grey eyes and white-golden hair. Odd, if you ask me. They all look the same in a way. But what is even more odd, uncanny, I'd say, are these awfully sharp-looking teeth. Should not be trusting one of them ..."
- The Dwarf Brumin of the Erebor

Long before the first sunrise, Gaomee was born with the name Ælbdís in the Ered Mithrim, the Grey Mountains in the North of Rhovanion. Her parents were of Avarin descend and so Gaomee's true kin remains veiled and faded into the past.
   There in the north and among her kin, she was raised as her mother as priestess and guardian to the winds, for Ælbdís' people held Manwë greatly in honour and love as he symbolized freedom to them, what they cherrished most.
   When the dragons came into the lands of the Withered Heath, she fled into Greenwood and came to live at the courtyard of Oropher, where she was taught the ways of an archer and pathfinder, but Ælbdís remained at heart believer to Manwë's ways. An accident on her wandering let her become blind and it were the Dwarves who found and cared for Gaomee, but they could not restore her ability to see. 
   Many centuries passed in which the blind Elf remained in the Iron Hills, teaching herself and honing her skills.
   As a test to herself she wandered Rhûn and its outskirts. The young man Ásin, she befriended and took him away from a life as lowly servant. During their adventures he was her eyes and she taught him the art of how to fight without his sight.
   Gaomee remained with Ásin until he died of age.
   Returning to the Whithered Heaths and Northern Mirkwood she joined the elusive group of the http://laurelinarchives.org/node/10046|Tirn. After a visit at the borders at Rohan, where she had intended to spread the faith to the Valar, she met the girl Creowyn, who she adopted as her god-mother, for the girl's real mother was gone. Now the priestess must sacrifice the time she has for the service to her kin and her divine lord, in order to aid her god-daughter in the search of the one who gave birth to her.


 

Friends
Relatives
Her god-daughter Creowyn, Her cousin's greatgrandson Símar, the Younger
Rivals/Enemies
The Black Númenórean Mortva
Loves
She loves Creowyn like her own daughter, Falcons, Manwe, Poetry, Music
Hates
Dragons, Orcs and all what has its source in Melkor's doing
Motivation
To spread the faith in the Valar and Manwe especially
Quotes
''Orcs are not always as mean and strong as thou thinkest. Some are even meaner and stronger.''

Gaomee's Adventures

Gaomee's Adventures

Gaomee's Gallery

Gaomee's Gallery