In the land of Middle-earth, behind the Elven city, a newly constructed castle stands there.
This castle, built by humans and elves in collaboration under the guidance of George, is a new college modeled after the castle of Hogwarts.
George serves as the headmaster of this college.
At this moment, within the office of the college president.
"Unfortunately, Teag remains unwilling to send troops or allow the gray elves to come here for guidance and exchange. "
Prince Finrod sighed to himself, his human friend George.
The plans during this period have gone mostly smoothly. The humans scattered throughout various regions, called to life in Elvish cities by the lure of Bree and Barahir, have largely converged on Elvish cities.
The central defensive line against Angmar has also been rebuilt.
representatives from the two Dwarf clans of Firefoot and Broadbeam also sent people over, intending to join forces with the Elves in creating magical equipment capable of resisting fire magic.
This way, humans, elves and dwarves will no longer be at the mercy of Balrogs and dragons that might return.
Unfortunately, the grey elf clan, which makes up the largest number of elves on the entire continent and has a powerful Maia as its leader, namely the branch of their great-uncle Teag, has refused all cooperation.
The reason is simple. It is still deeply ingrained in their minds the killing of sea elves, and they cannot forgive that some of the seven princes of Finnor did kidnap their daughter Rosianna in the past.
They will not assist the Noldor Elves in attacking Melkor and taking back the Silmarils.
"If the mountain does not come to me, then I will go to the mountain."
Hearing the sigh of Prince Finrod, George thought for a moment and said:
"Finrod, I want to visit Teag at the Kingdom of Grey Elves."
During this time, he has not been idle. He has been communicating with the Noldor Elves about magic and has gained a deeper understanding of their magical system.
The Noldor Elves, who have mostly learned magic from Auriël the Smith and the Earth-God Ulmo, are not as skilled in magic as the Vanyar Elves. They are more adept at infusing magic into the objects they forge, creating magical items.
The strength of the Noldor comes more from the power embedded in their bodies, which is derived from the radiance of the Two Trees.
The Dwarves created by Ulmo are also skilled in forging, and their craftsmanship is no less, if not better, than that of the Elves. However, they cannot integrate various magics into their equipment as easily as the Noldor Elves can.
George has been researching alchemy recently, and the Elves' enchantment forging is very helpful to him, but he still wants to delve deeper into the magic of this world.
The three individuals from the Gray Elf kingdom have been very helpful to him in his research and understanding of the magic of this world.
One of them is the future Queen Galadriel, who has Vanyar blood and has studied the Vanyar Elves' magic in Valinor.
The second is the beautiful elf named Rosianna, whose sleep magic can even put Melkor to sleep.
The last, and most important, is the only divine being he can contact now, the Maia Melian, who is beautiful as well.
With his power, he has laid out an aura of Melian in the surrounding area of the kingdom, protecting the entire Grey Elf kingdom from Melkor's invasion, and his divine power is second only to the Valar.
"George, are you really going to visit Teag?"
Upon hearing George's words, Prince Finrod hesitated for a moment.
In his view, even his two younger brothers who went to visit Teag and took their sister Galadriel, who had been living there, for help failed to persuade Teag, and George's visit would be useless as well.
George smiled:
"Actually, I think that Teag's refusal is not mainly due to the two reasons you mentioned just now."
"Oh, elaborate."
Finrod immediately showed an interested expression.
George explained:
"You need to know that we are only inviting Teag to help defend, drive away the Balrogs that have entered Belegarënd and rampage there, and not to retake Angband or recover the Silmarils for the Noldor.
Moreover, the seven princes of Finrodel have scattered in the east and are on the run everywhere.
"So what do you mean?"
Finrod's face gradually showed some enlightenment.
George continued to say:
"The Grey Elf Kingdom has already had nearly four thousand years of history since its establishment. "
Over the past four thousand years, under the protection of Melian, the Grey Elves have been living a peaceful life.
Now to ask them to help fight against the Balrog army would inevitably result in casualties, which is something that Teag, as the King of Grey Elves, does not want to see.
And even if they managed to drive the Balrog army back to Angband, what would it do for the Grey Elves?
As for the elves coming to the city of Nimrodel for magical exchange, it's even more unnecessary.
Teag has never seen my magic and believes that the magic used by us humans who have only appeared for a short time cannot be very powerful. He thinks it would not help the Grey Elves either, so naturally he is unwilling to come.
Elves are intelligent beings, intelligent beings have seven emotions and six desires, they will tend to be kind and avoid harm, even the Vala and Maiar are so.
As the king of the Grey Elves, Teag must prioritize the safety of his people. It's completely normal for him not to agree to go out and fight against Melkor.
However, it is also because the Grey Elves have always kept themselves out of the affairs and have overly relied on Melian's aura, that they have allowed Melkor to grow stronger, resulting in almost the complete annihilation of the Grey Elves.
Meliandre has protected the Grey Elves solely because her husband and daughter reside in the realm.
Later, Teag was killed by Dwarves due to an ingrained necklace with the Silmaril, his daughter died and transformed into a human, Melian was heartbroken and returned to Valinor, leaving the Grey Elves without protection.
The Grey Elf Kingdom, which has the largest number of elves on the entire continent, was almost completely wiped out by a large Dwarven army from Blue Mountain due to its long-term ease. If it hadn't been for the human Beren, who was seventy years old at the time, rushing to the rescue, they might have been annihilated.
But later, they were also almost completely annihilated by the mad brothers Maizelos, who were tormented by the oath of the Silmarils, leaving only a few survivors.
If Teag had attacked and helped defend the line earlier in Melkor's invasion, the Grey Elves would have suffered heavy losses, but they would have been tempered by war. As a result, they would not have been easily broken by the Dwarves later.
"So you are going to show Teag your magic?"
Prince Finrod now fully understood.
George nodded.
"Very well, let Teag understand the power of human magic, he will naturally be moved by it."
Then I will talk to him properly. Even if he still doesn't want to send troops to help, at least he should be willing to send someone here to exchange magic with the Elves."
"Alright, I will inform my sister and let her meet you at the edge of Mirkwood forest to escort you into the Grey Elf Kingdom."
Prince Finrod decided firmly.
The Grey Elf Kingdom bans strangers from entering, but Teag is the great-uncle of the three siblings, so it's not a big deal to bring a few people in.
