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Cirdan the Shipwright
Name: Cirdan the Shipwright, possible surname is Falmandil. Original
Telerin name was Nowë.
Race: Elf [Teleri]
Age: Approx. 4767 years old.
Gender: Male
Social Status:
Deity: Ossë?
Occupation: Lord of the Falathrim, Master Shipwright
Origin: Cuiviénen?
Home: Brithombar, one of the twin havens of Falas.
Household: No known relatives.
Allegiance: King Thingol/Doriath
Starting Location: Falas
Physical Appearance: His hair was silver, long and flowing down his back, and at the end of the Third
Age, he had a long silvery beard as well. Unusual as this was among
elves, most elves did grow beards in the third cycle of their life,
which began after around ten thousand years of age. His eyes were
sometimes grey and sometimes blue, and his clothing was often simple,
though in his palace he wore robes of a light blue, trimmed with
silver thread that traced delicate patterns across the garb.
Personality: Cirdan was a tall elf, lean and strong, with a sort of
quiet calm that seemed to engulf his being.
History: The first of the Children of Eru did not wake when first they
were conceived in the mind of Iluvatar, rather they slept, slept in
the east in a realm that was later called Cuiviénen, the Waters of
Awakening. When at last the first of the elves awoke, they did so
under the shadow of the Orocarni, the Red Mountains that lay in the
distance. When at last they woke, the year was 1050 of the Valian
Years of the Trees. There they would dwell for over fifty years in
that land, before Oromë, the Huntsman of the Valar, came forth and
learned that they had woken.
Among them were many elves who went on to become great kings of elves
throughout Arda. Ingwë was among them, he who would become known as
the High King of Elves and dwell beneath Manwë's halls upon Taniquetil
with his people, the Vanyar. Finwë was also among them, Finwë who
would birth three sons who in turn would shape the future in ways yet
untold by even the wisest of prophets. There was too Elwë, who his kin
would name Singollo and more oft Thingol, and he who would play a
great part in all things yet to come. Lenwë dwelt in that land also,
he who would one day lead the second sundering of the elves and form
the Nandor. Olwë dwelt there with his brothers, Elwë and Elmo, and
they three were born in the years in which the elves still lived in
Cuiviénen. And there was Nowë, who was of them all perhaps the most
wise, and also the most cautious. When his three kindred returned from
their role as ambassadors in Valinor, they spoke of the glory of Aman,
and counselled their people to come forth from Cuiviénen, the only
home yet known to them, and fare to that distant land of the Valar.
So from the shadow of the Orocarni they left, and traveled north to
avoid the Sea of Helcar. From there they fared west, through lands
that would only ages later be given the names that most now know them
by. What would later be Rhûn they crossed through, then through
Rovannion until they came upon the Anduin, the great river that ran
through Middle-Earth. There it was that Lenwë, who was well-favored
among many of the Teleri, broke from the Great Journey and settled
along those eastern banks, and his folk became the Nandor and founded
realms in that land. Others of the Telerin elves fell away from the
journey as well, and settled in the woodlands east of the Mountains.
These were the Silvan Elves, and their kind would one day build Lorien
and Greenwood the Great.
The Vanyar and the Noldor remained faithful however, and many others
as well. Elwë, Olwë and Elmo continued on their journey, and likewise
did Nowë, with many of the Teleri behind them. Twenty years after they
first left Cuiviénen, they crossed the Ered Luin and entered
Beleriand. They were behind the other two kins by several leagues, for
the Vanyar and the Noldor were already nearing the western shore of
Beleriand. On their way, they passed through Nan Elmoth, where met
Elwë and Melian, a Maia of Vána and of Estë. Their tale tells of their
falling in love, and of Elwë's founding the realm of Doriath, and
there Melian was his queen for many years. After Elwë fell away from
the Journey, his brother Olwë led the remaining Teleri now, though
fewer than there were when they had left from the shadow of the
Orocarni, for the people of Lenwë and Elwë had stayed among their
lords, and not continued toward Valinor.
Nowë was with Olwë throughout, and together they came to the shores of
Beleriand, and there their people built ships, for the Noldor and the
Vanyar had left these shores three years prior, and by device of Ulmo.
Ossë and Uinen befriended the Teleri when they reached those shores,
and they aided them as best they could. At last the ships were built
and they readied themselves to set sail. In a final attempt to find
Elwë, who had been lost unto them since he had entered the woods of
Doriath, Nowë and a small band of elves sought him a final time, and
many in this quest chose instead to abide upon the shores of
Beleriand, rather than cross unto the sea. Yet Nowë was insistent on
traveling to Aman, even if it was himself alone. Some few chose to go
with him, and Nowë set about the task of building a vessel to fare
them hence. On the night before their departure, Nowë had a dream in
which he received a message from the Valar.
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And the voice warned him not to attempt this peril; for his strength
and skill would not be able to build any ship able to dare the winds
and waves of the Great Sea for many long years yet. "Abide now that
time, for when it comes then will your work be of utmost worth, and it
will be remembered in song for many ages after." "I obey," Cirdan
answered, and then it seemed to him that he saw (in a vision maybe) a
shape like a white boat, shining above him, that sailed west through
the air, and as it dwindled in the distance it looked like a star of
so great a brilliance that it cast a shadow of Cirdan upon the strand
where he stood.
-The History of Middle-earth, vol. XII, The Peoples of Middle-earth:
"Last Writings - Cirdan," p. 386
Nowë indeed obeyed, and did not try to pursue Olwë further. Ossë had
persuaded others of the Teleri to remain in Middle-Earth while Ulmo
drew all who were willing across the Belegaer for the second time. Yet
Nowë lived among the Teleri who remained upon the shores, and became
their lord. In Falas they were, and in Falas they would stay. They
called themselves Eglath, the Forsaken People and became known in
Middle-Earth as the Falathrim. There at the South-Western shores of
Beleriand began the building of the great havens of Eglarest and
Brithombar. Nowë was their lord in this, and to mark this new life, he
took the name Cirdan, meaning Shipwright. Perhaps he took this name in
defiance of the message of the Valar, or perhaps in honor of it. In
Falas they dwelt in peace for many years, and in time Cirdan regained
contact with Thingol, whose kingdom of Doriath was now well-known in
Beleriand. The Lord of the Falathrim was a kind leader, and the lives
of his people were simple and peaceful, and at all times in tune with
the sea. Mariners were they mostly, though some were weavers and
minstrels and shipwrights.
The Falathrim lived beneath the stars for many years, until Morgoth
began to wage war upon Beleriand. Weapons, they built; swords and bows
and arrows. The elven folk of Doriath and Ossiriand joined their
defense against Morgoth, with the aid of Aulë's dwarves, and thus
occurred the Dagor-nuin-Giliath, in which Finwë's son Fëanor was
slain. Three war-filled years later, the first sunrise filled the sky,
and with it came the Host of the Noldor, led by Fingolfin, Finwë's
second son.
Cirdan's warriors fought at the Dagor Bragollach, though they did not
make up any part of the Siege of Angband that held Morgoth in check
for close to four hundred years. When at last that siege was broken,
Morgoth's armies took Maglor's Gap and the Dorthonion, thus granting
his armies pass into the rest of Beleriand. When rumor reached Cirdan,
he marched with his warriors to the aid of Himring, a fortress held by
Fëanor's eldest son, Maedhros. During that battle, Fingolfin was slain
in single combat against Morgoth, who was himself wounded in the duel.
After that, Beleriand was pushed onto the defensive by the onslaught
of Morgoth's armies. Fingon, one of the sons of Fingolfin, was
besieged at his fortress of Barad Eithel, and it was only by the
fleets of Cirdan that the enemy was defeated. Thus the battles
continued, but in Doriath another tale was underway. The Lay of
Leithian, the tale of Beren and Luthien, is a well known one and shall
not be recalled here in whole, for it is of great length and much of
it is of little consequence. Yet this tale tells of Beren's love for
Luthien, Thingol's daughter, and of his quest to retrieve a Simaril
from Morgoth's iron crown as an appeasement for the elven king. Beren
was ultimately successful in this, though the full tale tells of the
peril that both lovers underwent to meet this end, and a sort of hope
was restored across Beleriand, for these deeds seemed to prove that
Morgoth was not unconquerable.
In the spirit of this new-found hope, Maedhros created the Union of
Maedhros, a union of elves and men and even dwarves against the power
of Morgoth. Cirdan supported this union, and pledged his Falathrim
warriors to this cause. The Union gathered support across Beleriand,
and at last Maedhros and his allies made war against their enemy,
purposing to overthrow the Dark Lord. Yet with the betrayal of Ulfang,
the easterling lord who marched under the banners of the Sons of
Fëanor yet betrayed them upon the battlefield. Bór however, who was an
Easterling chieftain himself, stayed loyal to the Union and aided them
in what little victory they attained that day. Though they were
ultimately defeated, many survived and fled to the havens of Eglarest
and Brithombar. Among these refugees were the folk of Tuor and
Eärendil, and Cirdan taught that people the craft of ship building.
Meanwhile, the mariners of the Falathrim had a different task. With
their swift boats they attacked the coasts held by the enemy and
crushed them in small raids before returning to the safety of their
ships. With his other enemies defeated or driven back, Morgoth turned
his attention to Cirdan's havens. In the year 473 of the first age,
Eglarest and Brithombar were at last smote, and Cirdan's folk forced
to flee by ship to the Isle of Balar, where they created a refuge and
maintained a small fleet there. As time passed, Cirdan regained
control over the lands around the Mouth of Sirion, and moved his fleet
there. Gil-Galad, having been named the High King of the Noldor,
journeyed to the Isle of Balar and dwelt there for a time, being
himself in exile due to the enemy's control over most of Beleriand.
Other elves fled to Cirdan's refuge, those from Gondolin and
Nargothrond, from Doriath and Ossiriand. However, in the year 532, the
remaining four Sons of Fëanor, still bound to their terrible Oath,
assaulted the havens at the Mouth of Sirion, seeking the Simaril in
Elwing's possession. The havens were defeated, for the forces of
Cirdan and Gil-Galad came too late to save their stronghold. Many had
escaped by ship, but still their numbers were fewer after that Third
Kinslaying.
At last Eärendil made his voyage across the sea, in hopes of gaining
aid from the Valar against the Enemy. His voyage, unlike many that the
elven kings had sent before him, was successful, and thus the War of
Wrath was set into motion. Gladly did the Falathrim aid the host of
the Vanyar and the Noldor, and the Maiar who sailed with them upon the
ships of the Falmari, those elves of Olwë who dwelt in Aman. Men and
elves alike drew swords against the enemy in this, though it was Eönwë
and the Maiar who in the end were the great victors of the battle. In
the course of this battle the enemy was defeated, and Morgoth cast
into the Void, yet such was the power that the Maiar wielded against
the Dark Lord that in the end Beleriand was sundered and sank beneath
the sea, though through the vigilance of Cirdan's mariners, many
survived and sailed out of the ruins of Beleriand onto the shores of
Middle-Earth, where they would come to form the havens of Lindon and
Mithlond.
Thus began the Second Age of the Sun, with the foundation of the elven
havens of Gil-Galad and Cirdan. The Edain, those men who had remained
faithful to the cause of the Valar, were granted the island of Elenna,
which was known to those men as Númenor. When first these men required
passage to that island, it was Cirdan's elves who made their ships,
and taught them the craft, so that these Númenoreans might make their
own ships and become mariners in their own right. Indeed, these men
came to be great shipwright and mariners, and none save the Famari in
Aman and the Falathrim in Middle-Earth could rival their craft.
For many years, little was heard from Númenor, indeed for close to six
hundred years naught was seen of these men who had fought alongside
them in the battles of Beleriand many years before. In the year 600 of
the Second Age, a mariner by the name of Veantur landed in the Grey
Havens, and Cirdan welcomed him as a friend and ally. Over a century
later, for indeed these men had been gifted by the Valar with long
lives, Veantur returned, this time with his grandson Aldarion, who
would one day become the King of Numenor. Cirdan befriended this man
and taught him much about ships, of the building and sailing of them.
In the years that followed, mariners continued to visit Cirdan's
havens, and Cirdan welcomed them all as friends and allies, much as he
had Veantur, the first of their folk to land in Mithlond.
In addition to befriending the men of Númenor, he also was closely
allied with Amdír of Lorien and Celebrimbor in Eregion. When the
latter was visited by a mysterious being named Annatar who spoke of
magic rings, Cirdan counselled against creating such. Yet his words
were ignored, and the three elven rings were forged. Celebrimbor kept
Nenya, the Ring of Water, for himself, but gifted Gil-Galad with
Vilya, the Ring of Wind, and Narya, the Ring of Fire. The latter of
these was gifted to Cirdan. When Morgoth's greatest servant Sauron
revealed himself to have been Annatar, Celebrimbor went to fight
against him and was utterly defeated. Celebrimbor himself was slain,
and Nenya passed to the only daughter of Fingolfin, Galadriel.
Sauron had created a ruling ring, one that could control all of the
others, for indeed he had made others and gifted them to the dwarves
and to men. These rings were far more dangerous than the three elven
rings, and while the dwarves were not harmed by them, the nine men
gifted with rings were corrupted, and became the Nazgul, or
Ringwraiths. Sauron grew powerful and attempted to invade Eriador, and
indeed drove them as far as Lindon, where the new Dark Lord purposed
to regain the elven rings. However mariners from Númenor arrived by
ship and drove Sauron back across the Misty Mountains.
After many devastating battles against Sauron, many of which had ended
in defeat for Cirdan and his allies, an unforeseen defeat shook them
all. Sauron had corrupted Númenor's king, Ar-Pharazôn, and had
convinced him to go against the Ban of the Valar, which forbade men
from setting foot upon Valinor. Ar-Pharazôn sailed against the island
of the gods and as retribution, Númenor was cast beneath the oceans.
Elendil however escaped, with his sons Isildur and Anarion, and many
others, and they landed in Mithlond and were received by Gil-Galad and
Cirdan. The survivors of the Downfall of Númenor, led by Elendil went
on to form Arnor in the northwest of Middle-Earth, neighboring Lindon
and the newly founded realm of Imladris, or Rivendell.
Others went south, journeying across the Misty Mountains and founded
Gondor. War began between Gondor and Mordor, and after victories and
defeats on both sides, Gil-Galad proposed an alliance, much like the
Union of Maedhros an age before. The Last Alliance, as it was called,
was led by Gil-Galad and Elendil, though Elrond of Imladris, Amdír of
Lorien, Oropher of Greenwood, and Cirdan of Mithlond all fought
alongside them. A great war it fought, marching across the entirety of
Middle-Earth to do battle with Sauron. In Gondor it gained the aid of
Isildur and Anarion, Elendil's sons, who had been defending Gondor
valiantly.
Oropher, King of Greenwood, rushed forth with reckless abandon, not
heading the advice of Gil-Galad, and his host was separated from the
main armies, and they were slain, and the battlefield on which they
fell became known as the Dead Marshes. His son, Thranduil, remained
behind with Gil-Galad, and took command of his father's remaining
forces. When at last the main host marched to battle, they were for a
time held back at the Morannon, the Black Gate that guarded the
entrance to Mordor. At last they were victorious, and overthrew their
enemy in a battle known as the Dagor Dagorlad. The host pressed on,
across the plains of the Gorgoroth, fighting the enemy every step of
the way there, until at last they reached Sauron's dark tower,
Barad-Dur.
There they besieged the enemy for seven years, until at last Sauron
himself entered battle and forced the Last Alliance back several
leagues, so that in the end they did battle not outside Barad-Dur, but
on the slopes of Orodruin, where Sauron's ring had been forged. In
this battle, the Nazgul stood with Sauron, and Isildur with Elendil,
and Elrond and Cirdan with Gil-Galad. Gil-Galad, despite the skill of
the warrior and his prowess with his spear, Aiglos, was slain in
battle.
Elendil sought to do battle with Sauron, and was slain, and his sword
Narsil shattered by the great mace of Sauron. Isildur went to defend
his father's dying body, and was attacked by Sauron. In a moment of
desperation, Isildur took up the hilt of his father's sword, with only
a shard of the great sword still attached, and swung it at Sauron's
approaching form. The stroke was a fortunate one, for it severed the
Dark Lord's ring-finger from his hand, and such was the power that
Sauron had poured into the forging of that Ring that he was all but
slain without it. His spirit was cast from his body, and his thralls
were scattered and fled, and the Nazgul fled too, they into the east
and were not heard from for many years.
Thus Isildur son of Elendil took up the Ring that he had cut from the
Dark Lord's finger, and chose to keep it, for such was the power in
the Ring that it had a will of it's own, and within that will it had
the power to corrupt. Cirdan and Elrond counseled that the Ring should
be cast into Orodruin, and thus such things ended, yet Isildur heeded
them not, and kept the Ring, and made to return to Arnor in victory.
In the first days of the Third Age, that man planted the first
seedlings that would yield the White Tree of Gondor, then made to
travel on by way of the Gladden Fields. Here it was that he was slain,
for orcs remained in the lands around Mordor, scattered and
leaderless, yet still savage and dangerous. Isildur there was slain by
the betrayal of the Ring, and that foul weapon was for a time lost in
the River Anduin that ran alongside where he fell.
The Disaster of the Gladden Fields, as it came to be known as, was the
last any heard of the Ring for many years, though the wise knew in
their hearts that the Ring existed still, and therefore so did Sauron,
though in a weakened form. Sauron's fate was bound to that Ring, and
its to him, and so long as one survived, the other would as well. Yet
the years passed in relative peace, at least for the elves of Lindon,
now under sole lordship of Cirdan.
With the first stirrings of evil once again touching the land, the
Valar sent emmisaries to help rally the people of Middle-Earth to
fight against Sauron and overthrow him for good. A council was held
among the Valar, and there they conceived to send three of the Maiar
as these emmisaries, to carry out the task the Valar set for them. The
Valar decreed these three must hide themselves in flesh to win the
trust of Elves and Men, and they knew that this would also endanger
them, and that it would diminish their power and even perhaps their
wisdom, and worse yet it would bring upon them fear, and the care and
weariness that came of flesh. In body these three emissaries would go
about in the guise of old men, and they were warned not to use their
power to intimidate nor inspire, simply to offer counsel and to plant
the seeds of wisdom that the people of Middle-Earth would then be left
to tend and grow.
Aulë sent forth Curumo as one, and Oromë sent forth Alatar, and from
Manwë's halls came Olorin. Yavanna entreated them to take a fourth,
one who would remember her creations in nature when it came to the
wars ahead, and knew not to imperil them. Aiwendil was chosen for this
task, and in the end a fifth was chosen, also of Oromë's folk, and his
name was Pallando. These five went forth to Middle-Earth and upon
those shores they were received by Cirdan, who alone knew their
purpose and task in this land, and confided this to few. Although
Curumo was by design their leader, Cirdan perceived that Olorin was of
the five most wise and powerful, and gifted him in secret with Narya,
the fire ring, and this he spake to Olorin:
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"Take this ring, Master, for your labours will be heavy; but it will
support you in the weariness that you have taken upon yourself. For
this is the Ring of Fire, and with it you may rekindle hearts in a
world that grows chill. But as for me, my heart is with the Sea, and I
will dwell by the grey shores until the last ship sails. I will await
you."
-Appendix B: "The Tale of Years," p. 366
Thus equiped, Olorin, who from then on was known as Gandalf and shall
be called such, left Mithlond, as did his kin. Three hundred years
after the coming of the Istari, a new shadow threatened the borders of
Lindon and Arnor. The Lord of the Nazgul built Angmar, a new
stronghold in the north of the Misty Mountains, and from here made
unceasing war upon the Dunedain. Although Cirdan's elves played a
small role in the first years of the battles that took place between
the Witch-King and the Dunedain, in 1409 of the Third Age, Cirdan's
forces in Mithlond and Lindon to help defeat the armies of Angmar
which had been besieging Fornost after their victory at Amon Sul. The
enemy was defeated, and no more battle was seen in Araphor's reign.
Yet in the years that followed, many more battles were fought, and at
last Arthedain, the last standing providence of Arnor, was overthrown.
Its king, Arvedui, fled north, and Cirdan sent ships to rescue him.
Though the ships found Arvedui, they were lost at sea during a mighty
storm, loosing both the king and the two Palantiri that he had escaped
with. Arvedui's son, Aranarth, became the first Chieftain of the
Dunedain, the leader of a broken race.
However, for all that the Witch-King had triumphed over the Dunedain,
it was Aranarth's reign that would see the end of Angmar. The defeat
would come from Mithlond, from an army of ships sent by Earnur from
Gondor. These Gondorians, along with elves of Cirdan's folk and the
Dunedain, rode out to meet the Witch-King in what would come to be
known as the Battle of Fornost. There they were joined by the elf
warrior Glorfindel of Rivendell, who commanded his own small army as
well. There they defeated the Witch-King, and drove him away, and
there it was that Glorfindel made his prophecy concerning that fell
creature.
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"Do not pursue him! He will not return to this land. Far off yet is
his doom, and not by the of hand man will he fall."
Cirdan perceived this counsel to be wise, and agreed, and returned to
Mithlond in victory. Meanwhile, Sauron's Nazgul were growing stronger
in Mordor, and many elves feared that the Dark Lord's return was
imminent. Those who had grown world-weary chose to travel to Mithlond,
where Cirdan maintained ships that could sail them safely to Tol
Eressea and Valinor. Of them, only one ship never left harbor. That
ship was a great ship, perhaps larger than any other he had built, and
made entirely of fine white wood. This ship he maintained with the
purpose of upholding the promise he had made to Gandalf upon the
shores at his arrival.
After the fall of the Dunedain, Cirdan was entrusted with the Palantir
of Elostirion, the west-looking stone that could see not into the
other six stones around Middle-Earth, but instead to Tol Eressea and
the Master Stone in the Tower of Avallone. From there perhaps Cirdan
gained much knowledge from the elves that could see into all of the
Palantiri, and knew much of the enemy's movements.
With the threat of the Necromancer in Dol Guldur, the Council of the
Wise was formed, led by Saruman who was Curumo to the elven folk, and
also came Gandalf, and Galadriel and her spouse Celeborn, who were
Lord and Lady of Lorien. Also there was Elrond, with Erestor and
Glorfindel, his counsellors and advisors in both peace and war. Cirdan
was among them too, with the elf Galdor at his side. Thranduil was
perhaps among them, though none say with any certainty, or perhaps his
son Legolas Greenleaf.
The White Council purposed the expulsion of this Necromancer, who they
thought to be of the Nazgul, but who Gandalf learned to be Sauron
himself. They succeeded in driving him away, and the Dark Lord fled to
Mordor, and for a time the Council was victorious. It is thought that
the Council was broken after Gandalf's discovery of Saruman's treason,
though the council members remained in frequent contact throughout the
War of the Ring.
In the year 3018, a council was held in Imladris, to which came
emissaries and representatives from every realm of the free folk.
Cirdan himself did not attend, but he sent his counsellor, Galdor, to
speak on behalf of the Falathrim. Galdor's wisdom there was crucial in
the formation of the Ringbearer's quest, for he counseled wisely that
even Tom Bombadil could not keep this Ring from the enemy, though he
was immune to its effects. Also, he warned, the Ring could not be sent
into the West, nor cast into the Sea, for Sauron no doubt would be
watching that road closely.
Though Cirdan played no part in the battles of the War of the Ring, it
is possible he sent elves to join the Captains of the West under the
command of Elrohir and Elladan. When at last the Ringbearer's task was
carried out, and all of the Ringbearers arrived in Mithlond, Cirdan
was there to meet them. Elrond was among them, as was Galadriel and
Gandalf, and indeed Bilbo Baggins and his nephew Frodo, the last of
whom was in deed the savior of Middle-Earth in the Third Age. Thus the
fruits of his labor were revealed, and they boarded the White Ship of
the Ringbearers, the keeping of the promise that Cirdan had made to
Gandalf over two thousand years earlier.
In the year 1000 T.A. Cirdan had said to Gandalf, "I will await you."
And waited he had, and now Gandalf, with the others, passed across the
sea, where all the burdens of the Rings of Power were lifted from
them, and Olorin was praised in Valinor for alone remaining true to
his task as appointed by the Valar.
The final two Ringbearers had yet to pass across the sea, but in the
sixty-second year of the Fourth Age of the Sun, Samwise Gamgee,
faithful companion of Frodo Baggins, arrived in Mithlond, and he and
Cirdan sailed away on the last of the ships built by that great
shipwright upon those shores. And so in the end, the words of Ulmo
were proved truthful as well, for that Vala had warned Cirdan not to
fare over the sea then, but instead to wait and work upon the shores
of Beleriand and Middle-Earth, and he had obeyed through all those
long years, though kin and friend had passed before him, and though
the longing for the Sea had engulfed his heart those long years.
For Ulmo had said unto him in a dream, "Abide now that time, for when
it comes then will your work be of utmost worth, and it will be
remembered in song for many ages after." And Cirdan had sworn to obey,
though his kin sailed ahead of him, and he had wished to follow. Yet
in return, Ulmo's words had been the truth, for none shall forget the
Shipwright and his deeds upon these shores, not while others still
live to remember him and tell the tales of his greatest deeds.
Inventory: Cirdan is skilled with the sword, as many elves are, and
proficient with a bow and arrow, yet neither is his weapon of choice.
He also bears a war hammer, a large intimidating weapon made of
mithril, gifted to him by an emissary of the dwarves at the Feast of
Reconciliation that Fingolfin called in F.A. 20. The war hammer is his
primary weapon, though he does carry a sword at his side, a fine elven
blade that he has named Eärorme, meaning sea-wrath. His horse is a
noble steed, white in color, and he bears the name of Alagos
