Aegnor and Andreth dreaming….

I had a Tolkien related dream last night.

It was about Aegnor and Andreth. If you’re not up on your deep backstory Tolkien Lore, Aegnor was an Elven Prince, a brother of Galadriel, and Andreth was a wise and beautiful human woman. He was out walking one night and they saw each other’s reflection in a lake and fell in love. It didn’t matter that she was mortal, if they were in a time of peace he would have stayed with her while she aged.

Sadly, it was not a time of peace, and Elves do not marry or have children during wartime, so they did not marry. She understood and in a twist; he died before she did, in the Battle of Sudden Flame. She never married, and he never left the halls of Mandos because he would not live in a world without Andreth.

She had a conversation about this with his brother Finrod, and he told her that someday, when Arda was remade, they would find each other again. He grew up in the Blessed Realm and knew the Valar, so I would assume he knew what he was talking about and it wasn’t empty hope.

Some theorize that one reason Finrod agreed to be Beren and Luthien’s ‘wingman’ (apart from his oath to his ancestors) was because of his brother’s sad love story. I don’t know, but it’s a nice idea.

In fact, I’m not sure if all of this is accurate, it’s been a while since I’ve read the History of Middle Earth series. I’m doing that again now, mostly because of all the fan bickering about the TV series.

Anyway, my dream was about them but it was modern day and I was their wingman trying to get them to together! It was weird having Tolkien related themes in modern places and seeing elves wearing modern clothes (but you could still tell they were elves!) but the main thing that was in my dream everything worked out and I woke up happy. I feel a fanfiction story coming on.