The wedding was noisy, but if it weren't for a sudden spring rain, the hustle and bustle that lasted all day might have continued.

The pouring rain disrupted the lively rhythm of the City of Stars, and many beings were disappointed by it.

Most of them returned to rest, and some who did not want to rest simply gathered together for indoor conversation or musical gatherings.

The rainy night was long, and the two newlyweds were also doing indoor activities.

Located on the white tower on the side of King's Square, a room window at the top looks dark and quiet in the night.

But if you can cling to the corner, you can hear a soft sound that is intermittent.

The voice is tactful and low, like a yellow bird singing in a cage, but it is buried in the rainy night, and it is so weak and inaudible.

The heavy rain kept beating on the glass windows of the houses at the top of the tower, making a crisp sound, and the water of the Abdulant River not far away became more and more turbulent with the replenishment of the rain, and the dense rain fell into the river surface, splashing with clear water.

Fish hide in the crevices of the rocks or among the aquatic plants in the depths of the river to avoid being swept away by the current, and the pebbles scattered along the banks of the river are washed by the heavy rain like gems.

It wasn't until midnight that the clouds cleared and the rapid rain slowly stopped, and finally turned into a light rain.

As a result, the royal capital on a rainy night had some figures to move around, and a soothing silver light lit up from the room at the top of the king's tower.

In the elegant bedroom, Charles leaned on the head of the bed and looked at his amazing newlywed wife beside him, who was beautiful from the first rain and dew.

Sweat stains affected her long black and smooth hair, so that a little hair was messy on her red face and fair and wet neck, and the tall curves covered by the white bedding were exquisite, but the slightly exposed round shoulders were more eye-catching.

After watching quietly for a long time, Charles got up and got out of bed, stepped on the soft blue carpet, and walked naked to the window to look out.

Outside the window, the stone buildings are white throughout, and the structure of the second and third floors is slightly compact, but it does not affect its essential symmetrical beauty.

A large number of silver lanterns dotted throughout the city, glowing hazy under the drizzle, also make this new rainy city look beautiful and poetic.

However, in the center of Königsplatz, a sculpture that seems to be 100 meters high reflects the beauty of the city, with a touch of solemnity and solemnity.

It was the appearance of Charles riding the White Deer King with his sword raised, which originated from the old days when he was in the dwarven city-state, expelling the dragon fire.

The white deer king ran to the hooves and glared angrily, the elven king's face was tense and majestic, the hem of his robe was flying, and the sword of Nahir in his hand pointed far away.

The dwarven craftsmen skillfully combine their gratitude with the charr's most dazzling exploits to form this lifelike statue.

It captivates every traveler who visits the city and marvels at the magnificent allusions behind it.

Looking at the statue quietly for a while, Charles stared in a trance.

"What's wrong?"

A gentle and smooth touch came from the back, and a lazy and slightly hoarse inquiry sounded from the shoulder.

In the haze of the rainy night, the beautiful elven queen rested her chin on her husband's shoulder, and her eyes followed her gaze to look out, but she felt that the statue was not at all as good as the one beside her.

"Nothing."

Retracting his gaze from the window, Charles smiled.

"It's time for us to go."

……

In the year 381 of the First Age, in addition to the great wedding, there was actually another event in Linton - that is, the coronation of His Majesty the King.

The official construction of the royal capital was completed, and the ceremony that had been delayed naturally needed to be scheduled.

However, this coronation later brought not joy but sorrow to the people of Linton.

The sixty-one-year-old young elven king Carnier was officially crowned Lord of Linton, and with his beautiful queen, he spent half a year meticulously inspecting the entire territory of the Seven Rivers.

It's just that the existence of this being, who was later called by the people of Aranuil (the eternal king), suddenly hung up his crown in the second year of his coronation, and the reason is unknown.

As he left no heirs, Linton ushered in an era ruled by the regent Kellebodil.

After that, the whole situation in Middle-earth plummeted.

……

In the year 390 of the First Age,

Elul, King of Doriath. Wanting to make the Elven Diamond to adorn a necklace (he claimed to have it as a dowry, but never mentioned it), he hired the help of the Norgrod Dwarven Artisans.

As a result, he clashed with a group of greedy firebeard dwarves, and was eventually besieged to death in the forge chamber.

Queen Mirien departed sadly and went to the west alone.

Her departure caused the enchanted ring around Dorias to quietly dissipate, and the entire Grey Elf Kingdom was thrown into turmoil.

Unknown to the details, the remaining four sons of Fëanor, who had always hated Doriath, attacked in order to recapture the diamond.

With the fall of the king, the departure of the queen, and the disappearance of the enchanted ring that had protected the border for countless years, Doriath was very passive and was eventually plundered by the sons of Fëanor.

However, they did not find the elven diamond, and instead attracted many angry eyes because of the cannibalism of their relatives.

Linton, Gondorin, and Nagoth Lund eventually rebelled against him, and Fëanor's fifth son, Kurufen, was killed in battle, his second son, Magnor, was missing, and the remaining twin brothers fled with the remnants of the army to the depths of the Blue Mountains.

After the war, Dorias did not collapse, but his vitality was greatly damaged, and one of Singer's younger brothers, Elmo, succeeded to the throne and continued to rule the forest country.

It's just that it lacks talent and prestige, and because it has lost the protection of the belt, the management of the country has become more and more chaotic.

……

In the year 405 of the First Age,

Celebdil, the regent of Linton, met a Noldor woman named Elinaire in the wilderness, and the regent, who had been widowed for many years, fell in love with her at first sight, and at the same time, despite ancient customs, announced his marriage to her.

At that time, her granddaughter Ning Luowei was in an important position, and some elves left angrily under her leadership.

……

In the year 411 of the First Age,

Tired of the Middle Kingdom, Queen Izor of Gondolim, decided to go to the West, and was allowed to go because of her close blood to Carnior.

After his departure, Gondorin returned to Turgon, and at the same time revealed to the world in the true sense of the word.

……

In the year 425 of the First Age,

Asked for the Elven Diamond, Turgong and the greedy Firebeard Dwarves fell into flames, and eventually turned into hatred.

At the end of that year, the Noldor went to war with great suffering, but no winner was determined.

In 430, after gathering the army of Naguo Slund, Turgon, the High King of Noldor, went to war again.

The elves had the upper hand in this battle, but the dwarves were supported by the Durin clan, their eastern Morian kindred, and they even repelled the elven army at the foot of Mount Norgrod for the second time.

Having always befriended the dwarves, Linton chose to wait and see.

Spring 443.

On the occasion of the birth of the daughter of the Prince Regent and his second wife, Elinaire, Shichikawa held a celebratory banquet for ten days and ten nights.

Many old people, fed up with the Regent's increasingly extravagant style, set off another wave of migration, including Chief Armament Designer Olophael and many of his followers.

……

In the year 461 of the First Age,

The third Battle for the Elven Diamond broke out, and the battle was widespread.

The combined forces of the Humans, Nagothrond, Gondolim, Heslum, and Faras Harbor besieged the dwarven city-state of Nogrod.

They were victorious, but after a hard breakdown, they discovered that the Diamond had already been transported by the Firebeard Dwarves to another Broadbeam Dwarven city adjacent to Linton.

The Elven coalition gathered on the border of the Seven Rivers in the hope of attacking the land, but Linton, who had maintained a close relationship with the dwarves of the area since his birth, refused the request and wanted to reconcile the conflicts.

The two sides reached a stalemate, and negotiations began.

Unfortunately, before the negotiations could be fruitful, an accidental forest fire killed a group of more than a dozen Linton people who were gathering in the forest.

Following the trail, the source of the fire was the Noldor who had crossed the river into the woods to hunt.

Unable to catch the killer, the relationship between the two communities underwent a subtle change, and this change deepened with a series of seemingly coincidental civil conflicts.

The war began when the regent's wife, Elennelle, was bumped by a Noldor rider after an outing, and even the unborn second child died suddenly.

As a result, Kelebdier, who was already prejudiced by the many hateful words of the people, suspended the peace talks and threatened that Noldor must stay away from the Seven Rivers.

Otherwise, he will ally with the dwarves and together expel Noldor.

When the Noldor High King Turgon claims that he is not qualified to declare war on the Noldor, the enraged regent goes to war, proving the power of someone who has been in charge for a long time.

During the war, a group of humans migrated east of the Blue Mountains arrived at the Seven Rivers under the guidance of the Dwarves and joined the Linton Dwarven Alliance.

On the contrary, because of Linton's participation in the war, the morale of the original three human families who were in harmony with Noldor was shaken, and the Haradin clan even announced that they would refuse to be enemies of Linton and withdraw from the battlefield and return home.

And so the war between the Dwarven trilean alliance against Noldor and some other human armies began.

The Noldor were well-armed and outnumbered, but the Linton had all sorts of strange weapons and sturdy armor, and a class called the War Dancer made the Noldor suffer.

The war lasted unusually long.

The original cause of the war, from the original Ammon Ereb to the later borders of Doriath, has long been forgotten, and the hatred bred by countless killings has given them hundreds of reasons to kill each other.

During the battle, the regent's newly born young daughter, Grenelle, betrayed Linton and led some of the former Linton residents and soldiers to join the Noldos.

Some elves suspect that this is because she is in love with the half-elven son of the Noldor lord Agnor, and others say that she is at odds with her mother, but the truth is known only to the person concerned.

……

In the year 463 of the First Age,

The ensuing battle ended with the victory of the Linton Dwarves, because at a critical moment in the battle, the Fëanor twins, who had disappeared for many years, suddenly appeared with cavalry and raided the camp of Turgon from the rear.

The High King Turgong was killed in battle, and the Noldor army was routed under the flanking attacks in front and rear.

However, just as Linton was chasing after the victory, enjoying the victory and starting a feast to celebrate, a group of orc armies who thought they had been expelled or wiped out suddenly appeared from the abyssal rifts in the north and attacked the elven capital fortresses all over the city, including more than a dozen evil dragons!

At the same time, several leaders of the Linton Dwarves and their heirs were assassinated during the celebratory feast, and the assassin was Elinelle, the second wife of the Lord Regent of Linton!

However, her real name is not like this, and her real identity is actually the long-dead Morgoth lieutenant Sauron!

……

In the winter of 463,

Darkness surged over Middle-earth once again, and the dragon's fire spread like a prairie fire.

The Dwarves were furious by the fall of the king and his many descendants, but the rebellion of their allies from the East gave them no time for revenge, so they abandoned their armor and eventually had to abandon the two city-states in the Blue Mountains and flee to their eastern counterparts.

Linton was attacked immediately afterward, but the long-departed regent granddaughter returned with a group of strange Nando soldiers.

Because she was the first to stand up against the Regent's grandfather, and as a member of the King's Guard, Linton, who had lost her leader, did not resist her, but withstood the sudden rebellion under her heroic leadership.

And to close the endgame and guard the seven rivers, not to let any darkness approach.

However, due to the long war with Noldor and the successive attacks on their allies and themselves, they were unable to send troops to fight back.

Some elves gathered around the statue of King Garnier, praying that he would come to his rescue, while others followed the path of their allies, the dwarves, and migrated east to escape the war.

The Noldos, on the other hand, were defeated by the Dark Invasion, and despite the help of the Great Eagle, they had the strength to resist the dragons, but they were at their weakest level after a long war with their kind, not to mention that they had not actually recovered from the war against Angban.

……

In 473, Nagoth Lund fell, and King Finrod was killed in battle.

In 480, Gondolin fell.

In the year 500 of the First Age, the forest where the Grey Elf Kingdom was located was ignited by a dragon fire that fell from the sky, and a large number of darkness invaded, and after resisting for a long time, the Grey Elf Kingdom of Doriath, which had stood for thousands of years, was declared to be destroyed.

In the following ten years, except for the starry city, which was difficult to resist due to the dragon-slaying weapon and geographical factors, the entire Bereriand area was basically occupied by darkness.

The dragon's fire that fell from the sky and the frantically growing orc army caused countless deaths and tragedies, making the elves and human alliances powerless to resist.

They even had to retreat to the port of Falascho on the west coast.

However, after a battle called Anfaras, two port cities on the west coast also fell one after another.

The remnants of the elven army had to retreat towards the overseas islands, while the human army, led by the two half-elf brothers, continued to fight guerrilla, stubbornly resisting the dark attack, and vowed not to evacuate the land of their homeland!

They were the offspring of Grenelle, the young daughter of the Lord Regent of Linton, and her half-elf husband, and by chance or necessity, their names coincided with some kind of trajectory.

One is Ellos, which means the bubble of the sea of stars, and the other is Elrond, which means the dome of the stars, and its reputation is so great that it is said that even the blessed land of the West has heard of it.

……

In the year 536 of the First Age,

The City of Stars, which had destroyed the passage of the Long Bridge, still existed like an isolated island, but it was weakened by the lack of food.

Middle-earth at this time only human beings are thrown in the corner and stubbornly resist,

However, under a conspiracy, the remaining members of the three major human families were surrounded.

It was about to be swallowed up by the army of darkness, but change suddenly happened.

Perhaps what had happened in Middle-earth had angered many of the Western Veras, or perhaps Linton's eternal king, the Miracle Maker, had quietly returned to Middle-earth and unleashed his astonishing majesty, and the darkness of the vast ocean had dissipated.

Together with the whole continent.

With a roar and tremors, all the mountains and landmasses were swallowed up, except for a few scattered peaks that later evolved into islands in the sea.

The remnants of the elves were allowed to return to the western continent of Amen, while the surviving humans were housed on Númenor, an island that slowly rises from the depths of the ocean.

In the northwest corner of Middle-earth, the continent called Beleriander left only Linton, an untouched marginal land, and the ruins of the starry city that had evolved into an island, the sculpture of the Elven King riding a white deer and raising his sword to the northern sea.

……

In the year 537 of the First Age,

After the catastrophe of destruction, all noise ceased, and a new era was slowly born from the darkness of the eve of dawn.

The era, which later generations called the pinnacle of elven civilization, remained forever in the ancient chronicles and the memories of some survivors.