In the waning days of the Third Age, as the shadow of Sauron stretches like a gravecloth over Middle-earth, whispers stir of an ancient being long forgotten by Elves, Men, and even the Wise. Belladona Blackwell, the Forgotten Flame of the Secret Music, was born before the shaping of Arda itself, woven from the hidden notes of Eru Ilúvatar’s divine song. Neither wholly light nor darkness, she is an enigmatic force of time, shadow, sorrow, and fate, wandering the forgotten corners of Middle-earth in beautiful madness.