Parnard

Estarfin sat under the stars, reading the book he had taken from Danel's collection. It was a record of the fall of Gondolin and the history of Eärendil. He knew little of the history, only what rumour or gossip ran around the camps of warriors long ago. He had come to realise how little he knew of the great events of Arda that he had not been directly involved in, after long conversations with Danel and Parnard.

After understanding better what is transpiring in parts of Yondershire, the three Elves discuss whether or not they should aid the Tighfield Bounders? With Lotho Sackville-Baggins Bounders, and those belonging to the unknown 'Chief', the odds seem stacked against them. Estarfin suggests some Noldor steel might even the odds. "

Parnard and I walked along the shore. It felt so strange to me to be 'home', even though all that remained was a ruined Mount Rerir and a few rocky outcrops. We were searching for something I could bring back to Falathlorn. Something I could add to the ring I was making. But although I had ideas, I was not certain what.  And I looked to the water, to the sea that covered all of my childhood, and the friends and family whose tomb it had become. 

(Of Thargelion That is )

He was so concerned about binding me to one whose future he believed was unavoidable. Of that bond of spirit and body that would last until Arda was remade, that meant neither of us could seek another. But I still thought he was unable to fully understand. What was another to me? I had made my choice, and that the only one I would have. I thought then that some of my determination came from my father telling me Estarfin was slain, when in truth he was as alive as I.

Parnard finally gets the opportunity to speak with Estarfin about his prospective father-in-law. Danel stands back to allow the neri space to speak uninterrupted, but she listens. Much is explained by the wood-elf, including something he has told no other. And by the end of the evening, a plan is agreed.