QUESTIONS AND INFORMATION
QUESTION: Do Astoeth and Lothrin know each other, and if so, what kind of relationship do you picture them having? Friends or just acquaintances or what? I find these two really interesting so I was kind of curious. :)
ANSWER: In fact they are best friends. Lothrin, after the fall of Eregion, immigrated first to Imladris (which she helped build) and then to Lindon, where she met Astoeth. She stayed in Lindon until the beginning of the Third Age. You can literally say their friendship was forged in fire and war as both marched with Gil Galad’s host to Mordor towards the War of the Last Alliance at the end of the Second Age. Astoeth as one of the healers of the elven army and Lothrin as part of Gil Galad’s infantry.
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One of them being a sindar and the other a nandor came as no impasse in their friendship. They have supported each other heavily during the Third Age, with Lothrin coming to Lindon as often as she could and Astoeth making sometimes trips to the Shire and Evendim to heal the sick hobbits and dunedain rangers as a favor for Lothrin.