My apologies for racing along these chapters with nary a word, but I could not stop reading. Wow - how much more can be said? The brutality of Sauron and the evil of Khamul; the heartbreak of Herumor and the Witch-King. I am reminded of Gandalf telling Frodo that he would not take the ring to keep it safe, for even in his desire to do good, great evil would result. Some of he Nazgul fell to temptation where they thought they would do great good. Some fell for the desire of a power to do evil.
How richly you paint their lives - how much trust Ariashal has that her husband would protect her and the children, but how much fear she must have after seeing the torture and brutality the enemy is capable of. This is very powerful - it is a romance, but it is so much more than that. |
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