And, as song tells, the Ranger left the forest at dawn, moving alone to face the danger and wrath of the dragon. He did not want to risk his beloved life to the dangers of the northern lands. He left to get the Green Jewel, leaving a sleeping maiden in the grove. And when Linglorel awoke and saw that he was gone, she wept, and her words turned into a lament that the bard Pantlinn later recorded in his ballad:
How we would laugh,
How we would play
Dancing and singing
Every day.
But if we ever be the same?
When do we ever meet again.
My dear Thindaer,
Where can you be?
Flying far away from me
But I will search you ever more
To set you free.
Day and night, all of my life
I will search for you.
Now when you gone,
Taken away
I am all alone everyday
But I keep going just the same.
With hope to see you once again.
My dear Thindaer,
Where can you be?
Flying far away from me
But I will search you ever more
To set you free.
Day and night, all of my life
I will search for you.
She knew. The truth of Ranger’s heart he had given as a gift, a sacrifice of trust to her more precious than love-struck words and she was determined not merely to accept her fate but to embrace it. For her old life was shown to be empty of purpose and meaning in her newly enlightened eyes and she yearned to change things, to grow and have more meaning than just a beautiful existence.
And she thought: “He certainly set out to the dragon's lair alone to protect me, he of whom I am always thinking, he on whom my wishes depend, and in whose hands I should like to place the happiness of my life. I will venture all for him”. And she walked from the heart of Taur-e-Ndaedelos, the very trees wept to see her leave, and groaned even though there was no wind to stir their branches. She soothed them with her touch, promising that she would return, she would always return for how could she not? She was still its very heart.
The world was strange and wonderful to her though she had seen much of it before, she had not been a part of it. It had a new texture and riches’ now she felt it truly belonged to her.
