[The Silmarillion] Marrying Your Great-Great-Aunt Is a Family Tradition

This story is also known as The Wise Lord Elrond Turns into a Hopeless Romantic the Moment He Sees His Wife.

Elrond inherited the ability to foresee the future from Melian the Maia's bloodline. The moment he saw Merian at the Mouths of Sirion, at least seven children's names popped into his head.

The Feanorians are terrifying.

When Elrond realized that Aragorn's love for Arwen was something other than familial affection, he wasn't nearly as shocked as he'd expected. Or rather, he didn't want to stand in their way over the thin but still existing blood tie between them.

Compared with the astonishing love between Elrond and Merian, the blood relation between Arwen and Aragorn, spanning who knows how many generations, could practically be treated as no relation at all.

She's only his great-great-great-great-great-aunt.

Having faced the pressure of his elder brothers Gil-galad and Celebrimbor to marry Merian, Elrond was praised by the Elves for much of the Second Age as "the courageous Lord Elrond."

When Maedhros and Maglor brought Elrond and Elros back to Amon Ereb, Merian never imagined that one day she'd marry one of the two half-Elven boys.

Until the day Elrond came before her with the Elessar she had forged together with Celebrimbor and Maeglin, and placed it in her hand.

Elrond's face was smeared with splattered blood and grime, his hair was a mess, and his armor bore marks from blades. Elros wasn't much better, standing at the door covered in dust and dirt.

"Look at him," Merian said to Finrod beside her. "He's still a Noldo after all. So are you, great-uncle."

Finrod patted her shoulder, then withdrew his hand and wiped the blood from his face.

A final spoiler warning:

The heroine is Caranthir's daughter. She's older than the little white calcium tablet, ran away with her father, and never once missed a chance to kill a relative in her three attempts. All signs point to latent mental illness and losing her mind for love.

A family of stars.

The lord is wise, but when he's in love he's a reckless, sweet, naive fool.

The original story has been altered to suit the plot.

Everything stated here is for the purposes of the story and does not represent the author's own views (except perhaps the parts concerning property law).

The previous work, The Handbook for Taming Mad Dogs, and the sequel, I Made a Decision That Defied My Ancestors, are also being updated. Stories about other characters may appear in the future.

Theme: Elrond and Merian's happy life