Uploaded February 2024 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Arathorn and Gilraen gave the world Estel, Hope. Today, we explore the history of their love story! As always, a great thanks to the online artists whose visual works made this video possible! If you are one of the artists, please let me know and I will post your name and a link to your work in this description!

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