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Epilogue
This story ends in T.A. 230.
Anordil, upon her return to Eryn Galen, served as Head Healer there for several years. Under her jurisdiction, healers were trained in handling mental illnesses as well as physical, bringing great relief to many warriors in the wood as the forest began to darken. With time and treatment, her grief-induced depression faded. She and Elrohir remained friends for over a thousand years.
Elladan and Elrohir worked on developing their mental and emotional bond, and within a century they could feel one another's emotions fully and glance into one another's minds as they could when they were children. Elladan became a captain of his own patrol after his ten-year contract ended in T.A. 240 and served as right-hand to Glorfindel until Celebrían's departure in T.A. 2510.
Elrohir's depression remained due to its genetic cause. Though the drug trials in his Halls of Mental Healing found that the antidepressant drugs used in Gondor were ineffective on elven patients, his human blood meant that, as Anordil had predicted, such drugs did provide him some relief. He took them for the rest of his life on a two-month on, one month off cycle to avoid building a tolerance. He stopped taking them for a time after Celebrían's departure.
After some time, Elrohir began to publish poetry under a pseudonym about his experiences. Though it became widely popular across the elven realms, he never revealed himself as the author. He worked as the field-healer on Elladan's patrol once his ten-year contract ended, and as the right-hand to Rivendell's Head of Healing.
Elrohir's confidence grew and his anxiety retreated as he grew more comfortable with himself and developed his unique magical abilities. Elrond trained him for a time, after which Elrohir practiced on his own, growing more and more powerful as time passed. He grew to be one of Rivendell's most powerful healers and wisest scholars.
Elrohir's previous challenges with his mental health left him well-prepared to deal with his grief at his mother's departure, and eventually, he helped Elladan through it as well. As Celebrían herself had once advised them to do, the twins supported one another through every challenge for the rest of their lives.