The Revelation of Amroth

To all those who have and shall have born witness to this testimony: Greetings, and may the light of the stars be upon you. This is the revelation of Amroth Ol'Hir, the Dreaming Lord, and the account of my dreams and of my mind which was revealed to me by the ancient powers, called the Valar, during the time of my long slumber. Whether prophecy or fantasy, who can say? Blessed are those who listen and understand, then; my days in the world are now short, and swiftly does the sea call me home, for the the time is at hand. To the seven peoples of Wilderland; Beorning and Woodmen, Barding and Lakeman, Dwarf, Elf and Hobbit; grace be unto you and peace, from Him which is and Him which was, called Eru Illuvatar, and the seven and again seven Spirits which are before his throne.

The First Revelation

I, Amroth, who also am your brother, and companion in the tribulations of this day, bring forth to you the first revelation. And so it was after I took rest upon the tombs of my kinsman, that I found myself standing on the shores of the Havens Grey. There did the Master of Ships stand beside me and a smile was upon his visage. And he said to me "Look, see there! Now do they come." And I looked to the West and great fog and mist was upon the sea, and the wind blew fiercly in my hair as the doves called out.

And the first thing I saw was a ship of radiant white light, and it broke away from the fog, and I beheld it was glorious. In it's wake drafted a smaller ship, blue, the color of the sky in winter. And they came swiftly, set upon a heading for my shore. But then i saw a beast bearing twenty serpentlike necks rising from the water. Three necks were severed, and no head was mounted upon and bile and filth and hate spewed always from the wounds. Seven heads were dead or sleeping and lay still upon the sea, their eyes forever shut. But nine heads were dark and menacing and commanded the winds and the skies to blow the ship to and fro. But in the middle of all of them was the strongest head of a beast, and a single eye in the middle of its crown spoke an enchantment and bewitched the first white ship, and led it astray. Then I saw the white ship turn course and follow the beast into a whirlpool, and there it forever swirled down into the void. And the blue ship that had come in it's wake turned this way and that to avoid this doom, but was blown off course and landed on shores unseen to my eyes.

Then again I looked and saw a Brown ship sailing from the fog and in its wake also there was a blue ship, but this one the color of the sea, now green and yet also blue. And it sailed out of my sight and landed in a distant place, and I heard the screeching of Owls and Eagles as it soared past me. But the escort ship of blue also lost it's course, and it sailed into unknown waters and I did not see whither to it had gone.

And then I waited for a long time, and my limbs and eyes grew heavy with sorrow for the ship that had been swallowed up and the others that had been blown off their course, for I knew yet without any evidence, that their fates were all accompanied by great loss and much hardship. My mind was ready to rest, when the Master of Boats said to me "Behold! A fifth vessel rises up out of the sea!" And though I looked I could not see it, for its color was grey and its bulwark was small and it was impossible to behold against the curtain of fog on the horizon. Then a shadow and a doubt crept over my mind, and I slept again and I knew not if or where it came to the shore.

This is the First Revelation and Mystery of Amroth.

The Second Revelation

I, Amroth, your servant and friend against the Shadow, bring forth to you the second mystery of mind. And so it was after the first revelation I rest again for a time, and had many dreams and visitations, the likes of which I may speak about at another time. But some many years later as my mind rested, the Powers who govern Arda, those glorious angels called the Valar, did reveal to me this secret:

I saw a river of gold flowing from the mountains, and it was beautiful and pristine, and being thirsty I drank of the water. But then I realized that the surface of gold was but a thin veil and a masquerade, for the river was of blood, and I choked upon drinking it. And then a winged serpent arose out of the river of blood, and he flew with the wings of a demon and rested at the perch of a high mountain. There he laughed as all the armies of the world converged beneath him, and the blood of warriors ran as high as a horses muzzle. Thus did I see the blood running into channels and narrows, and swiftly did 5 channels converge into one, and they all spilled over, all five of them, upon a black hill and a ruined fastness rising in the west out of a forest.

Then I looked and saw that the fastness was grown with power and shadow. And a menace and a threat seemed to go out before it, and none could look upon it or approach for fear of being driven mad.

And then I saw the ship of Grey, which I had seen in my first dream, and it sailed down the great river of blood, and in its wake the water turned blue again. Upon its deck there stood a shimmering spirit of white, with a nimbus of light about it. Its halo was so bright that I could not look upon it for my eyes burned with its radiance, and so I looked away, and brilliant white light overtook me, and I slept again.

This is the Second Revelation and Mystery of Amroth.