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| Ithilien under shadow by Nesta | 19 Review(s) |
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| Florrie | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 5/23/2014 |
| What an incredible story! It's been a long time, but I wish you'd come back to it! Author Reply: Yes, many things have happened to get in the way, but I will cone back. | |
| Phyloxena | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 8/3/2013 |
| Is there an update coming? Poke, poke. I hope you get emails from the site still. This story must go on! | |
| Estel | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 1/29/2010 |
Great beginning! Would you perhaps consider to add a chapter? I would love to read more. And it would really be a shame, if you would not finish this story:) Author Reply: Many thanks, Estel! I certainly want to add more chapters - it's just finding the time. You have encouraged me to try a bit harder! | |
| dastaes | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 3/21/2009 |
| I loved this story the first time I read the very idea of it in your summary, and I am so glad that you have updated. I love how you have this ghostly voice of Faramir guiding his descendant. Please update soon. Author Reply: Thanks for reading! I'm beginning to see some ways this could develop... | |
| phyloxena | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 3/21/2009 |
| Use the force, Cirion! Sorry, can't resist. Author Reply: Hope he does! | |
| phyloxena | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 3/21/2009 |
| Oh, it's all very fine with the old Prince to laugh, him being dead and all that. But Cirion's new dignity and wittiness will get him in trouble before he accomplishes much. Seriously, great. I liked Cirion's simple questions, and the idea of king carrying papers, and enthusiastic singing. Is there more to come? One small thing: The old Prince would have come down and placed himself between Andil and the King’s men and told them to let him go, and they would have. Andil, huddled on the grave, could see the scene in every detail, and the Prince’s face was his own face, only older, stronger, and completely fearless. -- shouldn't it be Cirion huddled on the grave? Author Reply: Doh, you're right about the mistake! I've corrected it. Quite likely Cirion is heading for trouble, but he's not going to be a pushover - I hope! | |
| BM | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 3/20/2009 |
| Very interesting! Heartbreaking to see the state that Gondor has sunk to, and while I adore Cirion, I fear for him and am waiting anxiously to see if he achieves his heart's desires. Are there any of Aragorn's descendants that are true to him? And you are doing an excellent job of history repeating itself, for the same thing happened in Numenor of old........ Thanks for sharing! Author Reply: Yes, the end of Numenor was pretty horrible, wasn't it? JRRT knew that Men were infinitely corruptible, and the corruption could set in at any time. On the other hand, there are always men who resist and aspire to noble ideas - people like the Faithful in Numenor, or the German opponents of Nazism. Most ordinary people will just try and survive from day to day, but if they get the right leadership, remarkable things can happen ... we shall see. | |
| Raksha The Demon | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 3/20/2009 |
| Go, Cirion! (and poor Andil). I hope you will write more of this story. How many years have passed since Elessar's reign ended? Is the current king a grandson, great-grandson, great-great-grandson, or a more distant descendant? Author Reply: I think it's quite a long time since Elessar's reign ended - at least a couple of hundred years. That may not be a long time in Numenorean terms, but doubtless Aragorn's descendants were progressively shorter-lived. There'd be no one in Cirion's Gondor who remembered Elessar's reign. | |
| naine | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 11/16/2008 |
| I think you got it very well. Anger, fear and shame are three words which can neatly sum my life under communist regime. Author Reply: May thanks, naine! Having had the great good fortune to live all my life in a free country, it's difficult to imagine what it must be like to be so repressed. The consolation is that fifty years of repressive communism doesn't seem to have destroyed the true spirit of the peoples that it dominated. I'm sure that applies to Gondor too ... must get on with this story soon. | |
| Edlyn | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 7/6/2007 |
| This is the start of an excellent tale. Are you planning to continue it? Even if you don't, these two chapters are well worth reading just on their own. It's frightening to think about but no matter how excellent a King is his descendants are not guaranteed to be as noble hearted or as unselfish. Well, our own world has had plenty of tyrannical kings and even just incompetence, it isn't surprising that Middle Earth (being a part of Arda Marred) would have them too. The mention of the lords' heirs being hostage for their father's good behaviour made me shudder. Well, reading about the practice in history class made me shudder, too. That alone tells me what the current king of Gondor is like even more than the mention of the soldiers coming for the minstrel. Wonderfully crafted and well-written, mellon-nin! Edlyn Author Reply: Thanks for reading! I've been waiting to see how the story evolves - I think I'm beginning to see, and it will be continued. | |