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Celebent

Celírdu Faemir 'Celebent' o Lórien
| Name | Celebent |
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| Status | Active |
| Occupation | Currently: Scholar. Before: Warrior |
| Age | Old |
| Race | Elf |
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| Residence | Current: Rivendell. Past: Lórinand, Ost-in-Edhil |
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| Outward Appearance | Tall and strong, he stands before you. Nothing more revealing than a slight smile on his lips and a brilliant light in his grey eyes, as one star from afar. His hair is unusually silvery and parted left with care. He wears most of the time a beautiful, layered robe with fine details.
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Background

Birth
After the First Battle of Beleriand, his parents met. His mother Laegeth was grieved deeply. The loss of her Laiquendi (a clan of Nandor) relatives that fell in the First Battle of Beleriand was great. Yet in every darkness there is a spark of light. She met her husband Celírel, of Noldorin origin, when the battle was over. She, desired peace and nature, and convinced him to return with her to Lórinand.
In Lórinand, where the mellyrn reach for the sky. On a Ethuil's day in the Year 733 of the Second Age , the stirring between winter and spring, he awoke at the time the leaves sprouted. A roof of silver was his first sight, as the youngest leaves opened up. His father name, Celírdu, his Mother-name Faemir, Yet by this tale of coincidence, they call him Celebent, which he carries proudly.
Élamon
With the ages passing Celebent became enchanted with Lórinand, as beautiful it was. Within the elf-city Caras Galadhon he grew and practiced his knowledge of elf-runes and lore. His father trained him in combat, while his mother taught him the grief of battle with her songs and tales. Yet he desired more. In the Year 1278 Celebent decided to study and practice in Ost-in-Edhil, where the stories of great craft hail from. In that same city, he met her. Such beauty did not fall upon his eyes ever more. A dark-haired elf-maiden, Élamon. For long, they prospered together.
But the deceiving of Sauron took it's toll, as war began in 1695 of the Second Age. Mighty they fought together in the Sacking of Eregion. Sauron's host however, consumed slowly everything, within a year did Élamon fell beside Celebent. The in the disarray of battle, Élamon told him to get to safety as Sauron's forces started to overwhelm all of Eregion. Elrond's host was near, so he carried her nonetheless. As she succumbed to her wounds in his arms, the fury of the loss of his love made him terrible to behold for foe and friend. Neither dared to stray in his fleeing path to his home. There she rest now, in the golden wood. Her cairn overgrown with the Lissuin Celírel and Laegeth once hoped to give as a wedding gift.
Those years afterwards were those of mourning. The wound of his loss was fresh, and Sauron had dominion over all of Eriador except Imladris until his defeat in 1701. To heal, he wrote and song poems of his loss and defeat. But Sauron did not rest. Soon word came of attacks, and Celebent, angered by this, swore he would put everything to the line to revenge his beloved Élamon.
Departure
Tidings of the fall of Minas Ithil came to Lórinand in 3429 of the Second Age, and war was again upon the Free People. These words sparked the anger, that lingered for over a millennium, to a blazing fire within Celebent. Not long after, in 3434, the host of the Last Alliance emerged from the Misty Mountains. King Amdír and his host, including Celebent, joined under the banner of Lórinand.
Then, arriving at the borders of Mordor, the battle started. Rushing along, Celebent fought side by side his father and mother, smiting countless orcs before them. The battle went for a time being in favour of the host of King Amdír, but not for long. The enemy cut Celebent and his kin off from the main host of Gil-galad, and were driven to the Dead Marshes. Many of Celebent's kin were slain, grief filling their hearts. Celírel foresaw an attack upon his son, and used his own body to deflect the blow, injuring him grievously. Laegeth immediatly took personal care for her husband, as Celebent, grieving at the sight of what he deemed himself responsible for, protecting his kin with his life.
The host of Mordor, however, shrank day by day, and not for long, their victory of Dagorlad was near. The loss of the host of King Amdír was great, even Amdír himself, was slain. Those that perished, were buried not far from the battleground, and those with injuries to great to bear, returned to their homes. These were the last moments Celebent had in Middle-Earth with his mother and father, as he knew already inside him, what his father told him. Celírel, who was now frail and broken, had no future any more in this world, and Laegeth, loving him dearly, would not let him depart alone, as she would mourn a lifetime without him.
Celebent, his fierce spirit, was now broken by the loss of the three he loved the most ever more. He did not leave the battle, and aided the remaining of his kin in the Siege of Barad-dûr, These seven years of war and despair, took their toll on Celebent, and after victory was achieved, and Sauron defeated, he dropped down his sword, not willingly to wield a weapon again.
Rekindling
The early part of the Third Age, Celebent was found grieving in the woods of Lothlórien. Days and weeks could pass over, while he kneeled down at the cairn of his beloved, unmoving as a statue. He learned himself the skill of the hunt, following prey and creatures with ease in nature, enjoying the wind blowing through the golden leaves.
But the evil was not defeated. Tales of the War of Angmar came in the year 1409 of the Third Age, and Celebent realized, that war would be again upon him. Fear filling his heart, he started to lock himself in, reading and studying his father's works of book and rune. These books were filled with wonder and amazement of the Undying Last far away.
But not soon after the victory in the north, the battle came again close to Celebent and his kin. As orcs attacked Eriador again, the waiting for the call of hosts will not be long anymore. Celebent, however, still broken by his defeat, chose his path remain, and heal those with injuries from battle in Lothlórien, denying himself his true self as warrior.


| Friends | |
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| Relatives | Parents (Undying Lands) |
| Rivals/Enemies | None |
| Loves | Music, songs, tales, woods |
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| Hates | Sauron, orcs, trolls, goblins |
| Motivation | To defy Sauron and his host, and to utterly defeat evil. |
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