| "You know why I must," she saids softly. "I may not share my book
counterpart's believe in the wolves but I do think of the Descendants as
my own."
This is a direct excerpt from a character sketch of Timmain at the website,
www.elfquest.com. The character, as stated before, and related material
is copyrighted to Warp Graphics.
Timmain is a High One and the progenitor of the Wolfriders. When
the elves "force landed" on Abode, she became provider, protector, and
leader. Only Timmain mastered the art of tapping into the forces native
to Abode, working to "sing into wholeness the crippled powers of her brethren."
Timmain embraced nature's many forms, and shapechanged into many of the
plants and animals of their new world. When world and weather grew harsher
still, she sought aid from those who first taught her to hunt - the wolves.
Though it is hinted that Timmain may have Recognized Aerth and borne
him an unnamed daughter, it is her son, Timmorn Yellow-Eyes, who was the
child of change. Fathered by a true wolf, thus infusing wolf blood into
the elfin line that would create the Wolfriders, Timmorn was brought as
a young cub to his mother's people, after which Timmain disappeared, not
to be seen again until her descendants found and recovered the Palace.
Timmain considered both the wolves and the elves to be her children.
Her fate now seems very much wrapped up in her progeny, most especially
Skywise. There is speculation that the two are destined to Recognize.
Now, as previously stated, Ti'mma is not the same elf
she had been before Rayek's stupidity resulted in the utter destruction
of her universe. She was now a combination of her "old" self and something
rather new. She still has the wisdom and knowledge garnered from her centuries
of life before the tragic events unleashed upon her by Rayek but now her
tenure as a child had changed her. She now had the youth and impulses of
a child running around within her....and the fey heart of a Terran Elf
(something of a much different nature than what she'd been used to as a
High One). With that in mind, a mere ten eight years made quiet a difference
in her life. During those years, her parents had instilled in her a courage
and mental/emotional endurance that...if it had been present back in that
other universe during a critical moment.....she'd have been able to have
prevented Rayek from running amok!
See, in the original she had witnessed Rayek's actions against the elfin
tribe called the Go-Backs for failing to have protect his mentor
from capture from a band of trolls. Instead of stopping Rayek in his magical
attacks, she instead had retreated to the forgetfulness of the wolf form
she'd shed only a few years ago....and had run off. She couldn't stand
to see elf attack elf, so had retreated.
Ti'maa wouldn't do that now (and felt slightly contemptuous of her "other"
self in that regard).
"You know that I can not turn my back on one of my own in need....even
that one," she saids softly, pointing at the translucent Rayek (still stuck
between one reality and another).
She then looked up at her mother.
"When I got lost back in that castle during that field trip.....both
you and father nearly tore the place apart looking for me," she said with
a smile, remembering.
"You taught me that parents do that for their children," she continued.
"Now, while not all parents actually do this for their children....the
good ones do! So I must if I am to be a good parent with my
children."
Her parents see within their hearts that this is true, so nod and then
tenderly hug their silently crying child.
Annafrid just looks at the elfin family with a questioning look. Not
familiar with all of the facts, she didn't understand just how Ti'mma could
have said the things she'd said....and have it be the truth (as the others
around her apparently saw it).
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 "She seems awfully
young to be a parent." Annafrid finds herself whispering to Joan, "What's
the deal here?"
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