Overheard at a Wedding

"Truly a queen, this one; like Celeborn in seeming, but in all else as imperious as her mother."

"A delightful conceit, to dress Elrond in silver and Celebrían in black."

Mirror images of ebony and mithril, the couple dances in the centre of the Hall of Fire, at the centre of all gazes. Jet beads are woven into Celebrían's silver plaits, while Elrond's black hair is held back with mithril clasps.

"They say she led him a merry chase – would not agree to his suit until he'd bested her in archery."

"I'll wager any child of these two is strong-willed."

[A Celebrían drabble, for Rainsong's birthday.]