[The Lord of the Rings] I Made a Decision That Betrayed My Ancestors

This is a sequel to Great-Auntie. It's a love story about Elwing Istániel, the youngest daughter of Elrond and Mírian, and Legolas, son of Thranduil. It's fairly short and should wrap up quickly, so I'm posting it first.

Elwing: My maternal grandmother, my mother, and my second older sister all fell for men younger than themselves. My mother and both my older sisters fell for dark-haired men. And me? I made a decision that went against my ancestors' traditions.

Elrond's original reason for having his daughter join the Fellowship was quite simple: to stop his beloved wife from tearing Sauron apart with her bare hands to avenge her father and brothers.

Elrond knew that Elwing and Legolas were close, but he figured Legolas was already over two hundred years old, and that his mother-in-law, his wife, and his daughter all clearly preferred dark-haired, younger Elves...

Oh, he'd forgotten that his father-in-law, Celegorm, had silver hair, and that his eldest daughter, Arel, had been passionately in love with that old fellow Lindir for nearly three thousand years.

Thranduil was still a fussy Elf who nitpicked the Noldor, and Oropher had refused to accept Noldorin rule! So why had his son gotten involved with Elrond's daughter?!

No matter how unhappy he was, on the eve of Midsummer's Day in the year 3019 of the Third Age, Elrond and Mírian's family still traveled to the White City of Gondor with their people. Aragorn and Legolas decided to marry on Midsummer's Day. Though Thranduil was less than pleased, at Legolas's request he traveled to the White City with Celeborn and Galadriel.

Legolas had only planned to marry on the same day as Aragorn to save himself some trouble. He never considered just how murderous Elrond might become when he was about to lose two daughters at once.

Only after Arwen finally passed away in Cerin Amroth did Elwing bid farewell to Eldarion. She and Legolas boarded a small boat and set sail for Valinor with her brothers and Gimli.

"Mother and Father must have been waiting for us for a long time. King Thranduil and Lady Faeloss must be waiting for your return, too, Legolas."

Elwing smiled and nodded to Cirdan. Only a few Silvan Elves remained in Middle-earth now, and after they left, Cirdan would sail west as well.

With the fall of the Evening Star, the tales of old would eventually fade from the memories of Men.

In my headcanon, Thranduil is the child of Nimrodel and Oropher, and his wife is Faeloss, a beautiful silver-haired woman.

Wood Elves generally come of age at fifty.

The first story, Marrying Great-Auntie Is a Family Tradition, is about Elwing's parents: the Lord of Rivendell, Elrond, son of Eärendil and Elwing, known as "Starry Vault," and Mírian, daughter of Celegorm and Gwëian, the last High Queen of the Noldor, known as "Crowned with Jewels." If you're interested in their love story, take a look at the author's profile. The story before that is The Hound's Taming Manual, about Celegorm and Gwëian! It's about how a strong and sturdy hunter and an eternally youthful dancer fell in love (at first sight, of course!).

Theme: A love story between a Sindar and a Noldo