Nouchka Goosen lives in Nijmegen, the Netherlands and is 23 years old. She is a medical student, currently trying to get through her internship.

As a kid, her brother advised her to read Lord of the Rings and since that day she’s all into fantasy. Just reading is not enough; she really wants to become part of the stories, so about a year ago she started with “life action role play”. Being a bit of a perfectionist she wanted her alter ego Dallandra to be perfect. Besides a costume, she designed an elvensword with an inscription that had to be in elfish. For that purpose she started studying elfish on the internet. At first she wanted Nandorin, the language of the woodelves, for the inscription, but since there are not enough words in that language she finally choose Sindarin. Lacking the time to figure it all out by herself, she got some help from the experts, and in May she had her first real swordfight.

The sword is made in Finland by LatexDragon Works and is made out of foam and latex. The text is in Sindarin/Tengwar.

The inscription is written in Sindarin using Tengwar, and reads:
Cirith i-mbelain eneth nin, berdir eryn im

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