Flowers of Nimloth

By Geek Chick

Summary

This is a tale from Isildur's early life in Numenor during Sauron's rise to power, told from the perspective of his future wife. Rated Teen for violence.

Author's Notes

Even though I stuck to canon when I could, I am taking some creative liberties with this story since I could find very little information about Isildur's wife and family in Tolkien's works. I know that his wife stayed in Rivendell while Isildur marched with the Last Alliance and there gave birth to their youngest son. I do not know his wife's name, how they met, or when they were married, so I decided to create my own story of their early life together. Also, the Silmarillion said that Isildur and Anarion were young men at the time of this story, and since Numenoreans came of age at age 25, I am assuming Isildur was in his thirties or forties since he was ten years older than Anarion.

The main sources I used for this story are the "Akallabeth" in the Silmarillion and "The Disaster of the Gladden Fields" in Unfinished Tales. I also picked up a few tidbits about Numenorean history and culture from "Aldarion and Erendis" in Unfinished Tales, the Appendices in The Lord of the Rings, and some of the volumes of HOME.

Also, I have omitted all accent marks and other special characters in names, since one of the websites I am posting this story on often has difficulty displaying them.

Finally, the main idea for this story floated around in my head for a long time, beginning when I first read the Akallabeth, before all of the details finally materialized and I was able to complete the story. It took me a long time to actually get it all written down, since I had a crazy schedule in graduate school, and only a slightly easier schedule after I graduated! However, nearly three years after the first inklings entered my mind, I finally finished it. So I hope you enjoy this story, because I enjoyed writing it!

Many thanks to my wonderful husband for beta-reading this story!

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Last Updated July 23, 2007