This story is a mash up of Tolkien's and Peter Jackson's characters, events and timelines.  My imaginings of this story attempts to include as much from both as possible without any drastic changes.  That being said, I did make changes by adding in characters and events where I needed to so that it would fit in with the account I was cooking up. Also, I wanted to include characters from Tolkien's work that weren't present in P.Jack's movies. There are lovely characters that richly add so much interest and realness to the world.

I am interested in character's backstories so that is what I wanted to explore here in my story, Home. The stark contrast of Peter Jackson's portrayal of Legolas in the Hobbit trilogy to his portrayal in the LOTR trilogy, got me to wondering why he chose to portray him so differently. He had an amazing team of writers to help him come up with a realistic character from start to finish so I don't think it was by accident that Legolas was portrayed as naïve about the world outside his father's borders and that he had a serious and grave disposition in the Hobbit movies. This is what I wanted to explore – how did a Mirkwood elf-prince with unresolved childhood issues with his father and his mother's death develop into the lighter, witty and sarcastic elf that would leave his homeland despite being the heir to his father's throne. He really transformed into an entirely different elf by the end of the LOTR trilogy.

I was intrigued that P. Jack chose to have Legolas head off in search of Aragorn at such an early time in Aragorn's life. Aragorn would have only been 10 years of age at the time of the BOTFA. I saw this as a wonderful opportunity to develop his backstory in Rivendell and establish a relationship with Legolas, which we see is quite strong in the LOTR trilogy. Legolas is faithfully devoted to Aragorn. There is a familiarity between the two to which I believe an established friendship is alluded to.

Lastly, the characters and story line from my short story, The Greatest Gift, are the same as this one.  That story being an account of Legolas and Thranduil during Leggy's childhood – which I love to visit and will revisit in Home!

In this story I wanted to explore the father son relationship further and yes, create a love story for Legolas because well, he deserves to have some happiness and love in his life and let's be real, he is such a catch!

Important to note, I have Legolas' birth being Third Age in 294 rather than the second age that I read Peter Jackson imagined his birth to be.

Thank you for giving my story your attention. It honors me that you would read on!

I hope you will enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed writing it!

When songs are included with the text, have a listen after reading unless I specify otherwise -that way the lyrics will resonate better with the story.

My Vision of Original Characters

Aerlinniel, Adopted daughter of Lord Elrond and Lady Celebrían

Thalen, A Captain in Lord Elrond's Guard

The Professor, Lamindir, from Lothlórien

And...

My inspiration for Lord Glorfindel, the famed Balrog Slayer and emissary to the Valar is the musician, Sting.
Obviously he is not my own character but one in which is not visually represented in Peter Jackson's movies and thus, my mind conjured this beautiful specimen of a man (that time does not seem to age) to represent the illustrious, Golden Warrior.

Helpful Translations:

Ada/Adar: dad or father

Nana/Naneth: mommy/mother

Ellon/ellyn: male elf/plural

Elleth/ellith: female elf/plural

Mellon nîn: my friend

Aran nîn: my king

Ion nîn: my son

Mae govannen: Well met!

Meleth nîn: my love

Meldanya: my dear

Arda: Earth

Eru Illuvatar: The One, Creator, Father of All

Aman: Undying Lands

Eldar: elves

Elven name meanings:

Miriel (Mere-ee-ell): Jewel

Eleniel (Ell-ee-nee-el): Star

Aerlinniel (Ire-lin-nee-el): Song

Estel: Hope

Thank you for giving my story your attention.

I hope you will enjoy!