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| The Unquenchable Light by Virtuella | 3 Review(s) |
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| Lindelea | Reviewed Chapter: 14 on 2/22/2025 |
| O good, you're adding to the story! I know that feeling of looking in the same places three and four times all too well. Not for young princes, though, just for things I mislay absent-mindedly. However, this doesn't look like a case of absent-mindedness. I suppose they might be able to find the palantķr to find him. But maybe not. She held her lantern high it made no difference to the search but it just seemed the thing to do. One of those unconscious gestures that you don't think about as you're doing it (but adds an extra note of reality to the scene). Oh! Is the peacock that hasn't settled yet and is thus sounding a piercing call unsettled because the boy is there? (I'm confused. He ran away and hid in the aviary and fell asleep?) I got lost at the mention of "Vani" and the pale shape. (Mentioned earlier in the story, perhaps? I may have to go back and look.) Interesting invention. I find myself wondering if it might be used to confuse/deceive an enemy force (peacefully and non-violently)? The seekers' methodology is fascinating. The administration of the poison is subtle and fiendishly clever and, thus, quite disturbing. Diri's comment about the dragons is interesting, considering his invention. Hmmm. I wonder what will happen in the morning... Author Reply: Vani is an albino peacock who lives in the palace gardens. He is mentioned a few times earlier in the tory, and Hamujil gives Majani a porcellain figurine of him in the chapter "Lanterns". You are supposed to be confused; I wanted to leave it ambivalent what actually happened. Thanks for commenting! | |
| Leithian | Reviewed Chapter: 14 on 12/27/2024 |
| So grateful that the child is safe. And now we have some information on the poisons as well. Virtuella would you mind giving the translations of names of substances mentioned (yuyuni and dai)? Just asking, won't try it on my own, I promise😄. I have a question that why did Damujil believe in the New Way like not hunting animals etc? I mean that some people find it ethically wrong to hunt and eat animals and that's understandable but I think that hunting is also a kind of war exercise and hunters are good at shooting, stealth, etc. And now we see that Kūz is threatened by a war that it doesn't even want and its citizens aren't trained to defend their homes. So just asking that in his time were there no external threats to Kūz? Author Reply: I am sorry to disappoint you, but I just made these substances up; they have no real world equivalent. The new way is really Alatar's project, and Damujil championed it. Their concept on non-violence extends to the animals, because all violence taints the one who uses it. This is in line with much Eastern religious thought in the real world. Alatar and Pallando pursued this path, because they saw no direct threat from Sauron to Kuz, and they sought to "fortify the hearts of the Kuzeen against evil." And yes, there were no local threats, because the Kuzar approach was to achieve peace through diplomacy and trade. | |
| Matt | Reviewed Chapter: 14 on 12/23/2024 |
| A fascinating story. More prewar detail than I'd expected given the summary but very well worth reading in any case. I stop by the site infrequently and though I've done quite a burst of reading lately, it may be a while before I'm back but in any case I will be very curious to see if there has been progress on this richly developed story of a part of Arda we don't usually hear much about. Thanks for your great characterizations, thoughtful use of Tolkien lore and well developed cultural and practical frames for this story. I look forward to encountering future installments the next time I'm by the site. Author Reply: Thanks so much for your comments, I'm glad you appreciate my world building. The story mentioned in the summary is set much later, when the baby Rahamujil is an adult. | |