Elluin was born in Lothlorien, where her parents lived. She was happy, until she and a group of Elves made their way to the havens. They never got there.A group of wandering orcs attacked them, and she was captured. They tortured her, and left her for dead in the barren wastelends of snow on the slopes of the Misty Mountains near Mirkwood.A long lost friend, of which was very dear to Elluin, found her on his slow way to Mirkwood. He cared for her, and healed her perilous wounds, for he was skilled in weaponry and healing. They then beagn to go to Mirkwood. But the same, but diminished group of orcs that had tortured her found them while Elluin was off hunting, and they fought her friend, and killed him. When she arrived back at their camp, three orcs were guarding his body, figuring there were others with him. She fought with them, and killed them, but recieved a wound that she couldn’t tend to after the fight; she was too weak with grief and pain, though she was worried it might be poisoned. She buried her friend as well as she could, and made her way to Mirkwood.