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| The Unquenchable Light by Virtuella | 2 Review(s) |
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| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 12/23/2024 |
| I feel for the Archseraph. (Hamūjil was not keen on dragon rides, useful though they had been to him at times.) I also prefer land travel. They were both of an age, at the tail end of youth, and if she could endure it then so could he. Thank you for this detail! I had thought her much younger, so I feel as if my mental picture has just come into sharper focus with this description. A dwarf port! I never would have thought of such a thing. And does glowstone work something like radium, absorbing light during the day and releasing it at night (at least, I think that's how radium works)? Here I thought Hamūjil's wife was the sharp one, but he's not so shabby himself. He had an inkling he knew what that meant, and why men were missing from the streets of Krandi, and why the Krā werent selling their grain to Kūz. I think I have a similar inkling at the moment, come to think of it. *gasp* Could the Unquenchable Light somehow be a Silmaril? Author Reply: Jarin and Hamujil are supposed to be early/mid thirties. That usually seems to me a good age for busy, active characters, because they would be really completely grown-up but not yet bothered by the twinges of approaching age... ;-) The dwarves in this part of the world are true dwarves and they do mine, but it would be odd indeed if they lived by this big inland sea with trading partners on the other side and then not have a port. The story will answer your questions. ;-) Thanks for your review! | |
| Leithian | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 8/29/2024 |
| Hi Virtuella. How are you? The new chapters are really interesting. However I'm confused about Krā. Is it also a country you invented for the story or is it a name of an actual country in the language of the Kūz? I was also reading your essays and I wondered if you had any plans to post more chapters in that vein discussing LOTR themes. I found them very thought provoking and engaging. Goodnight and take care. Leithian Author Reply: Hi, Leithian, the Kra are what in LOTR canon is known as the Easterlings. They live to the West of the Sea of Calma, while the Kuzeen live in the South and East. You can check this out on the maps that I linked in the prologue. I am glad you like my essays. I am not adverse to writing more in the same vein, though there is no particular topic that springs to my mind at this time. Maybe you have a suggestion? | |