Chapter 222: Chapter 222 : Through the looking glass

When the elf maiden Ronda had first heard of Gareth, a few years had already gone by since the queen had taken her under her wing. Ronda was orphaned when her mother, who had been the queen's head maiden, passed away, after which the elven queen decided to raise the girl as a sort of homage to the woman who had been loyal to her for so many years.

Over the years, Queen Tauriel would speak of her son throughout the morning whenever Ronda would be helping her prepare for the day, she would talk about how she missed him and how much he had grown over the years. Finwe, who Ronda had familiarized herself with fairly well already, looked a lot like queen Tauriel, and Gareth on the other hand resembled the late king more from the stories she had heard from the queen.

Even though the two men were twins and shared several similarities in features, queen Tauriel would always mention how her two sons differed, even from the day she first laid eyes on them.