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| Stirring Rings by Larner | 3 Review(s) |
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| Sunny | Reviewed Chapter: 29 on 8/28/2012 |
| You have provided a good and logical reason for why Imrazôr was called "The Númenórean" in a nation founded by refugees from Númenor. And I get the impression that Imrazôr is very like both his ancestor and descendant (the Faramirs!) It must have been frustrating for the men to know that orcs are hiding out around them and then in the night to hear the sound of fighting, but because of the darkness unable to find and succour the ones who are fighting for their lives against the orcs. The fair Elven-maid certainly has roused Imrazor's protective instincts and interest both. I'll enjoy seeing how this develops! (I assume we _will_ see it - and if you don't find room for it here, perhaps some shorter fics elsewhere, perhaps?) Author Reply: There had to be a special reason for his title, and it was wonderful to think on it and find plausible reasons for it. The story will be expanded upon some in future chapters, but I don't plan to go into a lot of depth--there are too many more periods to go through as we examine the Tale of Years and the places of Saruman, Radagast, and Gandalf within them. And to be unable to come against the foe due to fog, darkness, and weather must have been most frustrating for all of them! | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 29 on 8/28/2012 |
| Oh! What an awesome version of their meeting! Author Reply: Oh, thank you so! If he indeed found her in the mountains, how might it have happened? And so this story wrote itself for me. Thank you so! | |
| Raksha The Demon | Reviewed Chapter: 29 on 8/28/2012 |
| I love this attention paid to the ancestry of the Princes of Dol Amroth, especially their forefather, who reminds me a little of his descendant, another 'wise' Faramir. Nice touch that Denethor's younger son was given a name from his mother's princely and high-Numenorean line. Glad to see this great story continuing. Author Reply: Oh, I'm so glad you appreciate this, Raksha. We know that Dol Amroth didn't receive its name until after Amroth was lost from his ship as it was driven out to sea by the storm that tore it from the quays of Edhellond. Plus Imrazor was known as Imrazor the Numenorean, which meant that his ties to the land from which the Dunedain came had to be pretty strong in the eyes of the people of Gondor. So I've imagined that his city was known as Numenor vi Ennorath, or Numenor within Middle Earth, which could help explain his title perhaps, until it was named anew Dol Amroth after Amroth's death, perhaps by Mithrellas herself, once she might be moved to speak of what brought her into those mountains. And I would hope some of the names given to princes of the land came from those who were among the Faithful who came with Isildur and Anarion to Middle Earth. It's taken quite a while to get Stirring Rings moving again, and I intend this time to see it through to its end, if it can be done. I've had the last few chapters save for one now being refined written for ages, and I want so to get them posted, and so need to deal with the rest! Thanks so for your comments and for letting me know you're following the tale! | |