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to get access to all these benefits and more and now on with the show. The Oh, my I'm going to. In Tolkien's masterful work, the Silmerillion, there is a story of great

profundity, particularly for the reader who has stood on the shores of the vast sea

gazing off into the featureless horizon, chest filled with that odd feeling of attraction,

the inexplicable temptation to go and find its end.

It is the story of Arundel.

Born on the shores of Belogier, this half man, half-elph king from a divine lineage felt the draw of

the season mystery for his entire childhood. His father, to war and mother Idrill, were always

telling him stories of their grand adventures at sea. He longed to take part, to add

his own lines to the lays of their voyages, and it was doomed for him to do just that.

Since Arundil was descended from both man and elf,

he was well acquainted with the sorrows and sins of both races.

So it was that he grew to be the prophesied Lord, long foretold by the gods in the West,

to bring a plea of mercy and aid across the great sea,

directly to the feet of those gods

so that they might help the peoples of Middle Earth.

Ayrindel pushed his timbered ship Vingalot

off the shores of the bay of Balar and journeyed into the sunset, forsaking

Kith and Ken in the quest of the highest cause, salvation for the races of men and

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