I was born in a small costal village, about six miles from Alqualondë, on the sixth day of Nénimë, in the year 466 of the First Age. The smell and sound of the sea are among my very first memories. The first wish I formed was to wander and be by the ocean, and many worries I gave my parents in fulfilling my passion.
They would often have to come and find me on the beach. My mother was an expert rope and sail maker. I had no brothers or sisters , but I had cousins , some of whom were very close and dear to me as we grew up together. My father was a ship-builder by trade, he was, and still is, an elf of wisdom and talent, and made it his mission to give me an education suited to my rank in life.
I made the best of my schooling back then, learning letters and numbers, astronomy and ship design, but by far my favorite reading were ancient mariners tales about adventures and exploration, and I longed to be by the sea. Every free time I had as a child I would spend on boats or about the shore.
When I was ten years of age, my father was chosen to run one of the biggest ship-building yards in Alqualondë and had to move there. Even now I can recall the delight my young mind felt when my father informed me and my mother we were to go and live in Alqualondë, I would finally see the great Swan Ships of the Eldar.
