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      LĂșnalĂłtĂ« was the youngest daughter of Manyaro and LindalĂ«a, and the sister of AnairĂ«. As a child she was energetic and flighty, more so than her elder sisters, taking after her mother in her love of music. She would often run away to the fields outside of Tirion, playing with the children of the farmers and the lesser of Yavannaâs Maiar, and when she was grown she took one of those childhood friends as her husband. This was Nermindil, who had a special connection with the nature spirits in his fields, and even as LĂșnalĂłtĂ« taught him her motherâs songs he taught her the music of his Maiarin companions.       Nermindil and LĂșnalĂłtĂ« had three children together. The eldest, Awaldiel, was feisty like her mother but devoted to her familyâs lands like her father. Her younger brother Hyartamo was quiet and practical, and surprised everyone in his choice of bride: Ăriel, an outspoken follower of FĂ«anĂĄro who took him to reside with her in Tirion. But the couple were happy together, and Ăriel delighted in the freedom of Yavannaâs pastures when she and Hyartamo visited his home. Youngest of the siblings was MĂĄmalindĂ«, who inherited his mother and grandmotherâs love of song, and was a dear friend to the animals in his care.       Though LĂșnalĂłtĂ«âs family of origin were socialites in the court of Tirion, she herself was much happier in the fields with her family of choice. Her life was not simple, as her sister Sendiel once remarked, but rather its trials and challenges were different, and the fruits of her labors more obvious. Yet LĂșnalĂłtĂ« loved her sisters and her parents, and when she took her children to visit Tirion they were spoiled by their Aunt Sendiel and befriended by Aunt AnairĂ«âs own children.      When the Darkening came to ValinĂłrĂ« and all was thrown into chaos, LĂșnalĂłtĂ« and Nermindil saw their lifeâs work fall to pieces around them as crops died and animals fled. Helpless, they turned to Ăriel their law-daughter and her fiery passion for FĂ«anĂĄroâs proclamations of flight and freedom, and their hearts were stirred to follow him to EndĂłrĂ«. In the bloodshed at AlqualondĂ«, Awaldiel fought with her cousin ĂrissĂ« and was slain by a Telerin sailor, bringing much grief to her family. Yet though Sendiel her sister turned back with ArafinwĂ«, LĂșnalĂłtĂ« pressed on, her husband and sons with her.       They marched with the children of ĂolofinwĂ«, their kin, save for Ăriel and Hyartamo who took the swan-ships with the host of FĂ«anĂĄro. Amid the storms of Uinenâs fury, Hyartamo was drowned, and Ăriel barely survived, rescued by Prince NelyafinwĂ« at the last moment. Grieving her husbandâs death, Ăriel swore her service to NelyafinwĂ« Maitimo, and when he went to parlay with Morgoth she was among his armed host. Along with all his company she was slain, though Maitimo himself was dragged into the depths of Angband.      LĂșnalĂłtĂ«, Nermindil, and MĂĄmalindĂ« dared the crossing of the HelcaraxĂ« and the horrors therein. Devoured by the cold, LĂșnalĂłtĂ« perished on the Ice, and her empty hröa was left behind by her husband and son, for they could not remain to honor her in death unless they too wished to waste away. They alone of their family reached the far shores, but near as soon as they had arrived, MĂĄmalindĂ« was killed in the Battle of the Lammoth alongside his cousin ArakĂĄno, leaving Nermindil utterly alone. In these new lands not even the field spirits for which he was named would speak to him, many having fled the torments of Gorthaur and those who remained untrusting of the doom-laden Noldor.      Nermindil may have succumbed to grief had not High King Fingolfin taken him into his service, offering him a place in his household should he wish for it, out of respect for their kinship, for Nermindil was the husband of his wifeâs sister. Given this purpose, Nermindil roused himself, taking the name Nandil in the Grey-elven tongue, and became Fingolfinâs valet and confidante in Barad Eithel. He served his king faithfully until the Battle of Sudden Flame, when he refused to leave his liegeâs side upon the battlefield though he was no warrior himself, and he was killed defending Fingolfin amid the fighting.       Though theirs was a long and dreadful tale of woe, in the end LĂșnalĂłtĂ« and her family each found their healing in the Halls of Mandos, and by the end of the Second Age of the Sun they were all reborn in Aman and reunited with those they loved.









