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Blood and Fire  by Clodia 2 Review(s)
WendWriterReviewed Chapter: 3 on 11/16/2009
Erestor? THE Erestor? I thought of him as Noldor, but Tolkien never said which kindred he came from, as far as I know. The idea that he took part in and survived the Kinslaying is intriguing. I'd be interested to see how this affects his relationships with other Elves in later ages. *Hint*

The way Celeborn is depicted is very well done and I find your Oropher heroic and a strong leader. Your depiction of him as Nandor surprised me - I thought he was Sindar, but who's to say I was right? He's a well-written, believable character.

Author Reply: Characterising Erestor as a Noldo does seem to be fairly common in the fandom; but as far as I'm aware, it's pure fanon, without so much as a hint of confirmation even in any of the scraps of confused scribbles in the UT and the Histories of ME and so on. In any case, Erestor as portrayed here is the same Erestor who appears in my other stories -- all of my stories do work together to create an overarching narrative, and in fact this episode is really a key moment in my personal pseudo-canon. *g* (This is particularly important to one of my other stories, Nightingales and Starlight, which works as a companion piece to this story.)

That Celeborn and Oropher work out relieves me! There are some snippets of evidence in the mass of material released by Christopher Tolkien that have Oropher as a Sinda, but for various reasons it suited me to make him a Nando; for me, only the LOTR and the Silmarillion are 'hard' canon in any case, not least because I can quite happily explain away the other bits and pieces via my own version of events.

LarnerReviewed Chapter: 3 on 10/16/2009
At least these ones DID survive!

Author Reply: Yes, it was an interesting experience to write a story in which who lived and who died was fixed in stone from the outset. Again, thank you!

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