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| Forging for Protection and Defense by Larner | 31 Review(s) |
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| harrowcat | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 6/2/2012 |
| This is a fascinating POV Larner I am very busy just now so just dropping in to say how much I am enjoying this.. Author Reply: I'm so glad you are enjoying it, Harrowcat. Thank you so! | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 3 on 6/2/2012 |
| "The spirit forged within the blade by Telchar himself slumbers deeply now that its purpose has been won, and might be renewed within the blade should it be reforged as I have indicated. But by myself—that is beyond my skill." What a wise and thoughtful response. This is such an interesting gap filler. Author Reply: I suspect that this particular smith, as one who realized he must not stay within Annatar's sphere of influence, must have been very intelligent indeed and had learned a good deal of wisdom since he'd left Aman. Only an unusually wise smith could have led those who reforged the shards of Narsil into Anduril, I'd think. | |
| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 5/31/2012 |
| I'm enjoying this vivid glimpse of Elendil and his sons and the story of the armor. Author Reply: I'm so glad you are enjoying it, Linda. I've had a good deal of interest in Anduril for quite a while, so it was fun to add in the armor that PJ has Aragorn wearing as well. And Elendil and his sons and grandsons are a fascinating study in their own right. Ah, dear--puppies are demanding release from durance vile, and I must arise and attend to them! | |
| Szepilona10 | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 5/31/2012 |
| Very interesting! Elrond's reasons at the end really make a lot of sense...though I must admit to yelling at the film when he doesn't just push Isildur and the ring into the lava. :) I'm looking forward to reading the rest :D God Bless! Author Reply: There had to be a reason why Elrond didn't do exactly that, and I suspected that realizing that doing so would only open him up to being caught into the Ring's own purposes had be be why. And I do like to make sense of why some things were--or weren't--done. Good to hear from you! | |
| UTfrog | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 5/31/2012 |
| This is a great look at a not often discussed part of the story. Good job so far Author Reply: Oh, I'm so glad you feel that way, UTfrog! Thanks! | |
| eiluj | Reviewed Chapter: 2 on 5/31/2012 |
| Very well explained (i.e. way better than PJ -- though of course you had much more time than he did). I have to mention also Elrond's realizations at the end: nicely done indeed. Author Reply: In his record, Isildur said that he bought the Ring with great pain, which indicates that that just carrying It must have been physically excruciating at first. So, I felt that he would have quickly tried to find something else to carry It within so as to decrease the physical cost to himself, and dropping It into a helmet seemed to make sense. I remember appreciating it when someone explained that a "glede" is a hot coal, as that made sense of why Gil-galad died when he was held within Sauron's grasp. So, I found myself wondering how the two heroes, one an Elf and the other a Man, might have somehow managed to bring Sauron down so that Isildur could manage to cut from his hand the Ring. And so this scene has been building in my imagination for quite some time, and has finally found release in my writing. I, too, was a bit let down by PJ's imagery, as he left out the joint assault on Sauron himself by Elendil and Gil-galad. And why else might Elrond have allowed Isildur to leave the mountainside with the Ring when It could have been destroyed there? It had to be the Ring working to protect Itself and to confound Its Master's enemies, I felt. Thanks so very much, Eiluj! | |
| Sunny | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/31/2012 |
| A new story! And one that looks very promising! I will look forward to seeing how the story unfolds. Author Reply: This one has been unfolding for the past two weeks, and finally was done and betaed. I do love filling gaps, after all! | |
| eiluj | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/31/2012 |
| Interesting curse and advice. The E of A says Elendil was 7'10". I've always envisioned Aragorn as quite tall -- and I know he didn't have to be as tall as Elendil to wear his armor -- but it's difficult to imagine Aragorn well over 7' ... difficult for me, anyway. Is there any canonical reason to believe Aragorn wore Elendil's armor? Well, regardless of exactly how tall he was and whether or not he could or did wear Elendil's armor: Even if the rest of the Dúnedain were quite tall, even if the Rohirrim were taller than all other Men except the Dúnedain -- Aragorn must have been so much taller than all the other Men that he really, really, really stuck out from everyone else. Everywhere he went. Always. Author Reply: I even saw one note somewhere, I think possibly in one of the Letters, that Elendil was close to eight feet or taller, and that this was the source of the title he bore. Aragorn was described as quite tall, which I found to be rather disappointing in the movies--to a point. Of course, Frodo, too, was supposed to be tall in accordance with Hobbit standards--"taller than some, and fairer than most." So I tend to imagine Frodo of having approached that four foot standard for the upper range of Hobbit height, and Aragorn at being around or slightly past seven feet himself. Certainly I have indicated that they were often hard put to accommodate Aragorn, and he found himself rejoicing to find that the King's bed had actually been designed for someone approaching the august height of the Sea Kings, and thus comfortable for himself as he'd not found true for quite some time. No, there's no canonical reason to think that Aragorn wore Elendil's armor, but it was one touch from the films I've always liked, and wanted to play with. And, if we're looking at his armor, then why not his sword as well, eh? The reunited kingdom deserved one who could metaphorically speaking fill Elendil's own shoes--or in this case, his armor, after all! Heh! | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/31/2012 |
| What a marvelous and creative gap filler! Author Reply: I just had to explore Elendil's armor, and Narsil once more! | |
| Dreamflower | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 5/30/2012 |
| Another of your wonderful gapfiller "howdunnits" as you explain some of Narsil's more unusual properties! Well done! Author Reply: You know that I love filling in such gaps! Hope you appreciate the rest! | |