SharonB
· 1 September 2004
· Chapter 24: Coming Together
Ah, so Minastan has been found out. I can understand that he didn't like the name his mother gave him. I hope Nissa's father does not blow the trap for him. Or even worse, comit another kin-slaying.
I'm sure in the end that Minastan will get charged with the attempt on Logolas. Yes Elrond is right ... "however much we may pity him, his actions put him outside society. We may forgive him, but we cannot condone what he has done." How much more he would have gotten if he had tried to straighforwardly give his greivences to Thranduil. But he has apparnetly not been shown much pity in his upbringing and has not much to spread around.
Yes, also it's time to bring Elrohir home to his wife. She needs him, and he her at this time.
Author's reply
Poor Minastan had no chance of growing up normal with his childhood - he is a victim of emotional abuse - and abused children frequently become abusers themselve. However - that does not excuse him: he knows what he is doing is wrong.
Nessa's father is in deep despair at the moment and doesn't really care what he does or what happens to him.
Sirithiel needs Elrohir - I shouldn't think he'll be away for much longer.
Not much more to go.
daw the minstrel
· 1 September 2004
· Chapter 24: Coming Together
So Minastan is the child of one of Oropher's fallen warriors. How sad. The descriptions of his childhood just break my heart. But then Nessa's mother reading of her daughter's slow destruction was horrible too.
At least Calion seems to be coming along and Sirithiel felt the babies moved. :-)
The situation at the end looks to me to be ripe for mistakes and further tragedy. I did like the detail about rain at the market though. Weather is so often absent in fanfic.
Author's reply
I don't think an elf could be just plain evil without some extenuating circumstances. I think Elrond already feels guilty that he didn't insist on doing something to help Minastan when he was an elfling, but he has grown into a very unpleasant person - an example of an abused child becoming an abuser.
Poor Nessariel deserved better - she was hypnotised by him and couldn't walk away.
Calion is doing well - he has found himself in a nurturing environment and is benefiting from it. And Sirithiel is getting female support until Elrohir comes home.
Fingers crossed he doesn't get away. It was pouring with rain here - and it must rain in Valinor or it wouldn't be green and beautiful! I just had an urge for some weather.
Anonymous
· 1 September 2004
· Chapter 24: Coming Together
So it all comes together. Poor Gurthion. As they said--you feel for the suffering his life must have been but his actions are still unacceptable. In truth--poor Thranduil. It is not as if he would have felt nothing about all the people lost under his command so long ago and then to see this outcome. It just brings it all home again. I like how Celeborn comforts him speaking of Legolas. I love how these elves that were allies but also rivals work together in the Blessed Realm. And I adore your Galadriel. She is perfect.
I certainly hope no more tragedy come's to Nessariel's father. And I really have come to like Calion. He really got what he needed from good old Thranduil. I hope all turns out well for him. I will be so sorry to see this end! I love it.
Author's reply
I couldn't see a normal rational elf behaving like Minastan/Gurthion - there had to be something that has pushed him beyond the bounds. He really is the product of an abused childhood - he has been neglected emotionally and has not received the careful nurturing that is usual among elves. Were he a teenager that might be more of an excuse, but he is old enough to know that what he does is wrong.
In my mind Celeborn and Thranduil had time to grow close after most of the elves had left and they came together in Lasgalen, and a lot of old rivalries were outgrown then. Although of course Thranduil is still not too fond of Galadriel.
I hope Nessariel's father survives this - Ancalime needs him. And I think Calion has fallen on his feet with Thranduil.
I will be sorry to see it end too. It will leave a big gap.
Jay of Lasgalen
· 1 September 2004
· Chapter 24: Coming Together
At last, a few answers! I thought Minastan's father had died at Dagorlad; hence his resentment of Thranduil's house. But for his own mother to treat him like that as well, calling him Gurthion - Bodkin, despite that, I refuse to feel sympathy for him! I knew it couldn't have been any of Elrond's spies who spooked Minastan - but Nessariel's father, that makes sense. I just hope he doesn't do anything that lets his quarry get away.
And poor Sirithiel - yes, she does need Elrohir. She needs his strength and support, and he needs to be with his wife - the poor elf has missed the first movements of his children! (Maybe this early deprivation of their father's presence is the reason they're so wild?)
Jay
Author's reply
I found it hard to imagine an elf being evil just because he was - there had to be some reason. I think his mother was mad, really - and her parents so worried about her that they had little time for him. And she was obsessive and he has apparently inherited that. It's a rationale rather than an excuse, because, after all, Elrond had a pretty rough childhood and he's all right.
I hope Macar doesn't do anything foolish - but people do, when they are in despair as he is.
I did consider whether lack of early paternal support might be a factor in his offspring's wildness - I think it could have a bearing, especially as Sirithiel is quite stressed and worried by all the things that are going on just now. And, of course, Galadriel has been offering her support - who knows what her input might have done!
daw the minstrel
· 31 August 2004
· Chapter 23: Love's Memory
Excellent! I knew that was his mother. How lovely.
It's a good thing the twins were there to keep Legolas and his mother from miscommunicating big time and losing a chance at happiness. And now I'd like to see Thranduil with her.
Author's reply
I can now admit it openly! I was thinking though that it's a shame Tolkien didn't get round to giving her a name, because Thranduil sounds like a polygamist! In fact, there are a lot of people he could have named - most of them female.
Legolas and his naneth will have to give themselves time for their relationship to grow. Even as elves, they are still barely acquainted - but time is one thing they certainly have.
You want a Thranduil / Laerwen reunion? Well, I'll have to see.
(Laerwen is an irritating name to type. Too many left hand letters.)
daw the minstrel
· 31 August 2004
· Chapter 22: Hunted
I've been out of town and I get back to find two chapters. Cool!
I thought this chapter was very alive. As I read it, I became increasingly aware of how you've managed to create this complex society with a very large cast. I liked Thranduil and Calion. Calion would indeed have been in better hands if Thranduil had been his father.
I also liked the way that Galadriel's mother shook her up. I think we've talked before about how hard it is to fathom what generations would be like in elves. And I do like Elrond and his spies.
Author's reply
I hope you had fun in out-of-town-land. It's all getting on towards the end now, and I hope to add new chapters quite quickly.
I am glad this chapter worked for you - I am increasingly aware of how large the cast is and how much is going on! Hopefully it will end tidily - but with potential for more. If I feel I can. Calion would have been much better off with Thranduil as a father. Love, discipline, responsibilities, principles - not bad things to offer your offspring. I think he's been caught at a good moment though.
Mothers must be even more difficult for elves - the generation thing does intrigue me - there is no natural follow on and it must be incredibly difficult to go from being one of the oldest and most powerful elves on Middle Earth to a little girl. Especially - as you have said - as family and your House is a very important pillar of elven life. Age difference in marriage is interesting too - because why would it matter in people who do not age? Yet on the other hand, how old do you have to be before experience evens out?
And Elrond would have an intelligence network. He's too much a lore master not to realise the value of information.
Ellie
· 31 August 2004
· Chapter 23: Love's Memory
Chapter 23 is good. Keep up the good work! I check every day for updates!
Author's reply
Thank you - I'm glad you liked it. Next chapter soon. Only a few more to go now, though.
Rose Sared
· 31 August 2004
· Chapter 23: Love's Memory
Awwwww, goes off to sniffle in the corner. How sweet. Thanks
Rose
Author's reply
Thank you. It must be horribly difficult to meet your mother after x hundred years and realise that you don't know her at all. They will need to build their relationship very carefully - although, as elves, they probably have a closer bond than human mothers and children would have under similar circumstances.
SharonB
· 30 August 2004
· Chapter 23: Love's Memory
Okay, you had me sniffling there at the end. She is his mother. And hmm, how does this tie into the problems that Thranduil and the rest of the family are experiencing with Minastan?
It sounds like you are wrapping the story up well. Then ends are all coming together quite neatly. Glorfindel is right, it's time to bring some family groups and well skilled elves to the area. If nothing else to show "those spoiled brats" how it is all done. Some like Calion and Ambantor can adjust, others like Minalcar may not be able to make the adjustment without a lot of trials. I know Glorfindel doesn't want to have to babysit that kind. Neither do they show well the type of settlement that our ME elves want to have to those who already inhabit the forest.
Author's reply
OK so you make me think - qualms - have I got that sorted out? Does it fit in? I hope the ends connect properly. It's a bit difficult to conclude because it's in two places, which means it needs two conclusions in a way, rather than one nice tidy one.
I think Elrond and the others will be sending out some sensible elves pretty soon - more the practical sort who can actually get something done rather than the offspring of noble families. And with wives and children too, which will, I think, be more reassuring for those who are already there.
Glorfindel is actually a very good person to be in charge - efficient, but charming and able to accommodate all sorts of people. It won't do him any harm either, if the locals see that he can be very firm with those, like Minalcar, who won't try to fit in. They will see that he is not going to let strangers run riot in the forest and take advantage of those who live there.
Anonymous
· 30 August 2004
· Chapter 23: Love's Memory
Poor Legolas and Laerwen! This is so sad but that is sooo what I was hoping would happen. I so hoped the Lady was Legolas' mother. Please tell us that you intend to show Thranduil's reunion with her too!
Author's reply
I am nothing if not predictable!
It must be really hard to be reunited with a mother you haven't seen since you were a small child. It will take them time to learn to know each other.
More soon!
rikki
· 30 August 2004
· Chapter 23: Love's Memory
Super chapter! I loved the way you described Laerwen - cedar blue eyes, silver hair like aspens, dressed in moss green, so wood-elfish. I felt for her deeply, here she is with her son Legolas, and she doesn't know how to tell him she is his naneth. He must have been very young when she died to only remember voice and a feeling.
How would one react to be reborn I wonder? Here one has a whole layer of memories, but one hasn't lived them in the strictest sense, and in this case Laerwen remembers Legolas as a baby and here he is a grown elf with children of his own. I would think it would be very hard to make that connection again. Though I think Thranduil might handle it a little better. Are the twins and Legolas let him be surprised, or are they going to let Thranduil know he needs to get out here immediately?
There were some excellent parts besides the reunion which offered comic relief away from the high tension expressed between Legolas and Laerwen. One was Neldin:
"Neldin scowled. He had never liked Talathin – he had always been big-headed just because he was useful with that bow. He seemed to feel he was something special simply because he could put arrows into orcs. Where was the difficulty in that? It was not as if they had ever tried to run away."
It doesn't sound like Neldin has a very high regard for any elf that fought in Middle Earth. Or is it sour grapes because he isn't as good with a bow as other elves?
The funniest part was Elladan and Elrohir crawling through the mud and underbrush to find out they could have just walked in. However, Elladan's quote, "It will do us both good,’ he said. ‘We were getting soft." says a lot about the twins. How are they managing to cope in a world that has no natural enemies when they have fought orcs and goblins for ages?
Can't wait for the next chapter to see how Laerwen and Legolas make out. And whether Glorfindel will end up with his half a hundred wimps.
Author's reply
Having ended up with an Elerrina who was built up from a collection of woody descriptions, it seemed only apt to use them for Laerwen. I spent some time with a book on trees!
It's an impossible situation, isn't it? How do you announce to someone that he is your child? Legolas was quite young - I picture him about the human equivalent of eight or so, when you think you will remember - but actually, when you look back, you don't much. Memory is more odd incidents and a bit hazy.
Rebirth must be very disorienting - much worse than arriving in Valinor to be healed, because you cannot be exactly the same person you were. There is this hiatus, when you were not. Thranduil will probably deal with it all better - Laerwen is a real person to him and not just a name - but it will still, I think, have more potential for difficulty than if his wife had simply sailed and they met again after the same period of time.
Neldin seems to me to have a big inferiority complex - and I think he has been courted and manipulated by someone who is very good at bringing out the worst in people he deals with.
The twins dreaded living a cushioned life in Valinor, with nothing much to do and nothing to fight - but they have developed wives and offspring and the challenge of establishing smoothly-running realms will give them plenty to do - for a while, anyway. I think they will find their own challenges.
Thank you for reading. More soon.
Nilmandra
· 30 August 2004
· Chapter 23: Love's Memory
I am behind again, but I am thrilled it was Legolas's mother. I am glad he has finally met up with her - and I think everyone will find that combining communities will now be much easier to negotiate :D
Author's reply
It should make it all easier - although it could make Thranduil top dog, which might not please Galadriel much.
However, if Glorfindel and Laerwen are doing the negotiating, they should be able to sort it out quite quickly.
I think it will take time for Legolas and Laerwen to build a real relationship - but I am sure they will.
(More History Lessons? Please?)
Bejai
· 30 August 2004
· Chapter 23: Love's Memory
Have I mentioned recently my awe at how amazing prolific you are? It takes me months to muster a chapter, and it seems you have a new one for use every day or so. And I love the intrigue, and the complexity.
And Legolas' nana. I knew it!
I very much enjoyed the chapter, and I do all of them.
Author's reply
The whole thing practically burst into my brain full-blown (although it has expanded as it's gone along - like that expanding foam stuff) and it has taken over my life! I am really trying to get most of it down before I drown in work.
Besides you have to know what you are talking about and fit it into the rules! This is set beyond most of the rules and is, if you look carefully, very woolly about proven facts. It makes it much easier to write. (By the way, how is the next chapter coming along? Looking forward to it!)
I only hope it is possible to knot off the complexity neatly at the end!
Yes, Legolas's nana. After all, having married off Legolas and the sons of Elrond, why wouldn't I reunite Thranduil with his wife! (It's a shame everyone has to invent their own name - it makes it sound as if he is polygamous. Still . .)
I am hoping to get the whole thing finished over the next couple of weeks. Fingers crossed.
Author Reply: By the way, how is your foot? I hope you have fully recovered.
lwarren
· 30 August 2004
· Chapter 23: Love's Memory
The way you have chosen to have the elves returning from Mandos reacting to being reunited with family from their "other life" is so interesting, and sad, and really, quite logical. *bows before bodkin's superior thought processes* :-)
This chapter really(underscore that word a dozen times!) brought the trauma those reborn elves suffer when faced with loved ones they remember, sort of! The reunion of Legolas and Laerwen was heartrending - I felt so sorry for her it hurt! And poor Legolas, to think his naneth was hiding from him, or did not care enough to find him and his father. Still, the most anguish resides with her, I think - saying she could not fight the power of her own death to stay with her son. *gets the kleenex, sniffing loudly*. I was so glad Elrohir and Elladan were there for both Legolas and Laerwen...they seemed to help support both!
Thank goodness you kind of broke up the reunion with Neldin (hooray for the horse!!!) and Glorfindel, with his thoughts of being saddled with a few hundred useless, whining settlers. *g* I was able to catch my breath, or get a new box of kleenex between paragraphs! *vbg*
Great sadsadsadsad chapter, bodkin! And the saddest (and perhaps most joyful) is yet to come, I think!
linda
Author's reply
Flatterer!
Reunions can be hard enough after a few months - I hate to think how hard it must be for elves after millennia apart, even without the traumas of dangerous Middle Earth / peaceful Valinor, war victims / perpetual safety, post-death experience / unharmed.
Elladan and Elrohir are older than Legolas and knew Laerwen before her death - although not well, I think - and they have their own experience of reunion with their naneth, who had been badly damaged. Yes, I think Laerwen was in more pain that Legolas - she feels guilty as well. They need to take time to build a relationship - it could be one of these birth mother / adopted child reunions that is very exciting but short-lived. They have no experience in common and will need to advance slowly.
Very sensible horse, if you ask me. And who would want a whole load of Minalcars dumped on them!
I'm glad you enjoyed it! (If loads of tissues equate with enjoyment!)
Jay of Lasgalen
· 30 August 2004
· Chapter 23: Love's Memory
I knew it! What a lovely reunion. I can understand why Laerwen was so anxious, but glad that they met at last. It would have been an impossible situation for the twins to be in.
How old was Legolas when his mother died, and how did she die?
Jay
Author's reply
Well guessed! It must be really impossible to meet again someone you haven't seen for hundreds of years. The twins are quite a bit older than Legolas - although, of course, time sort of loses meaning after a few centuries, so they knew her, although not well.
Legolas was pretty young, I think. I haven't put an exact age on it but probably eight-ish (human equivalent). You tend to remember some things from that age, but not much and it's rather hazy - more impressions than consecutive memory - at least, that's what I think. As for how she died - I think I'm probably going for orcs, but it hasn't settled into a decision. I haven't got a lot of my background planned in advance, which is probably a mistake - it's kind of developing as I go.
SharonB
· 29 August 2004
· Chapter 22: Hunted
Ah, they are getting closer to Minastan. I do hope they capture him soon. It sounds like things are starting to fall down around him. It will be interesting to find out why he does hate Thranduil's family so.
Calion is growing so well in his stay in Thranduil's household. He certainly is learning what the elves from ME are like. How much more just some of them can be and less prejudiced overall.
And poor Galadriel, I do understand even at 48 it's hard to take some comments coming from parents. We all still feel like little children around them at times. Even Galadriel’s mother feels the same way, LOL. Hmm, I bet Galadriel would look good in blue though.
Author's reply
It won't be too long before the end now. Hopefully all will become clear.
Calion has grown on me - he seems to fit in to Thranduil's household quite well. I feel sorry for his brother, who has to stay at home with his adar.
Parents can be very difficult. (Of course so can children.) They are often at their most annoying when they are right. Somehow I think of Galadriel as being happier here in the Blessed Realm with Celeborn back and no ring. She should probably look at being less of a cliche. I think Celeborn would appreciate it!
Jay of Lasgalen
· 29 August 2004
· Chapter 22: Hunted
The thick plottens, as someone once said. What a shame that someone (who?) scared Minastan off just because Elrond moved in - now where has he gone? So he was brought up by his grandparents, and hates the house of Oropher. Was his father killed at Dagorlad, and his mother died as a result? It could be - two-thirds of Oropher's army were killed, after all.
I really like Thranduil in this chapter. Thranduil leaned forward, a dangerous look on his face. ‘I want him, Elrond.’ I wouldn't want to be in Minastan's shoes when Thranduil catches up with him! Yet he was also great when asking for Calion's help.
Jay
Author's reply
Someone? Not telling. All will become clear in a chapter or two!
I have a bit of a problem with a suitable fate for the baddie - after all this is the Blessed Realm - but I will think of something!
I can't say too much because I'm currently trying to write chapter 28 and I don't want to give too much away.
Anonymous
· 29 August 2004
· Chapter 22: Hunted
I love the conversation between Galadriel and her mother. Mothers have a rare talent for making completely confident and secure daughters well into adulthood (I am 40) feel completely paranoid about themselves and Earwen hit it right on the head, didn't she? Very funny.
I also, as usual, love Thranduil in this. I loved the interaction in the beginning with Elrond (‘Where is he?’ Thranduil leaned forward, a dangerous look on his face. ‘I want him, Elrond.’-- so Thranduil!) but then I decided my favorite was the conversation with Calion. This is Thranduil at his best. Hard and fair. (‘I believe she is right,’ Thranduil told him wryly, ‘it is a habit of hers...--hilarious, I have so much fun with your Galadriel and Thranduil even when they are not in the same room.)
I am dying to see how this turns out but I will be so sorry when it ends. It is currently by far the story I look forward to most.
Author's reply
Mothers - the only thing that worries me is doing the same as above to my own children. It must be awful to come home after several ages and have your mother make you feel like a gawky girl - especially after long centuries of being the most powerful and feared female elf on Middle Earth!
Thranduil and Galadriel get on each other's nerves a bit - but they do know the other's good qualities. I'm glad you liked it!
I'm hoping the ending won't be too disappointing - it's proving more difficult than making the complications in the first place.
Rose Sared
· 28 August 2004
· Chapter 21: Hunting
Hah, they considered it and went ahead anyway! LOL!
Rose
Author's reply
Well, they would, wouldn't they? Can you imagine them going back to Glorfindel and saying, 'We lost Legolas and Camentur. What should we do now?'
Not their style!
SharonB
· 27 August 2004
· Chapter 21: Hunting
Glad you made it back and have given us more. I've been missing my viewing of the blessed realm this week.
Well, at least one of those two knows how to buckle down. Poor Minalcar still has a way to go to learn. Glrofindel will eventually straighten him out I'm sure. You are writing good scenes showing how these sheltered ones are going to have to learn how to adept.
I think Legolas will indeed be surprised with what Elerrina will be able to put up with. But his brother-in-law is right, he just has to watch how to approach the situation and she'll think it's all her idea, LOL.
And I just loved that line about expecting the twins to act rationally was about the same as the sun rising in the west. Those two have a real rep to live down, and they even recognize that. Hmm, do they feel they need to live up to that rep?
Author's reply
Although I am keen to try to tie it all together and come to the natural conclusion, I am going to miss playing with this. Although, with September coming, I will be less able to abandon myself to live in the Blessed Realm!
It all boils down to parenting really - Minalcar said that Ambantor's father took him to the woods and did father/son stuff - whereas Minalcar has been educated to take up a suitable role for one of his family, but I feel he has missed out on the parental example of care. He isn't stupid though, so he will learn, if given enough attention.
Elerrina will be all right. She has been sheltered - very much a protected daughter - but she is pretty strong and she loves Legolas and wants him to be happy. As long as he shows that he appreciates what she is doing!
The twins are headstrong - but they are also experienced and skilled. Just not, perhaps, very diplomatic.
More soon.
finafyr
· 27 August 2004
· Chapter 21: Hunting
‘Of course,’ Elrohir returned, then hesitated. ‘We should probably go back,’ he said. ‘It would be wiser to involve Tineithil in this. He would be the most likely to extract Legolas and Camentur without upsetting local sensibilities.’
Elladan looked at him, but remained silent.
‘It needed to be said,’ Elrohir apologised. ‘We are old enough not to jump in without considering the situation.’
‘And now we have considered it?’
‘They went that way,’ Elrohir pointed out, and they exchanged grins before following the path along which their friends had been led some hours before.
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This by far is my favorite part of this chapter.. and the rest of the chapter is wonderful.. this is just more so.. and it is soooo bery much like the Twins.. I love it.. You are very good.. :)
Author's reply
I love the twins - I think their closeness has given them a link that other elven siblings can't really have. And Legolas knew that there was very little chance of them taking the path of caution.
I am glad you liked it. More soon.
lwarren
· 27 August 2004
· Chapter 21: Hunting
Yay! An update...I've been looking for one for days! Hope your trip was great!
Another wonderful peak at the forest elves and their reaction to the "invasion" by the M-e elves! You can't blame them for being suspicious and stand-offish...in the Lady's words, everything would change if she allows them to enter her forest. I loved the forest here...the trees are somewhat divided in their feelings about Legolas, aren't they? He never knew the other elves were coming until he sensed the change in the song, but they never really warned him. And then they sounded apologetic as he and Camentur are being led away! PLEASE say they are being taken to the Lady! hinthinthint :-)
EWWWWWWW! Cleaning fish! Gross!...and SMELLY! Way to go, Glorfindel!
Elerrina and the new life in the forest - bless Legolas for worrying about her reaction, and you did such a good job of showing how it will hurt him to leave the forest, even if it is for his wife's sake! But I have a sneaking suspicion she's a lot tougher than he thinks...and she wouldn't want to hurt her husband, either - she just doesn't seem to be the selfish type who would take him away from the place his heart has in the woods. At least, I don't think she is!
Loareg - bless his heart...getting to know the new "kids" up close and personal! I had to laugh at his Adar's neat little maneuvering in getting him to help out! Wonderful Chapter...sure was glad to see it after the day I had!!!!!! LOL
linda
Author's reply
I enjoyed myself among the parish records in Canterbury Cathedral - although I didn't find anything terribly significant.
I don't know that I would be too happy if loads of outsiders decided to come and build big settlements in my home - I'm not surprised the locals are a bit wary. I think the trees find it hard to keep things from Legolas, but they are probably closer to their own elves. Where are they going? You will know soon!
Gutting fish - one of the nastiest tasks. Although, I suppose, someone has to do it. But a bit of humility will be good for Minalcar.
Elerrina will be all right - they will make sure that there is a reasonable level of comfort before they bring out their families, and I daresay she would rather be with Legolas even if she found it a bit primitive.
I hope Loareg enjoys his time with Minalcar and Ambantor - he should find it a Learning Experience - and, maybe, so will they!
I hope tomorrow is a better day, Miss Scarlett.
Anonymous
· 27 August 2004
· Chapter 21: Hunting
So glad you are back from your trip! I love these two stories and while I am dying to see how the turn out I am also dreading the ending because I will miss them so much. They are great! You've done a great job with a complex and suspenseful plot.
Author's reply
Reflections could go on for ever, I think, although I need to get this one finished to think about it again. This actually has an ending. Sort of. And I have written the very last bit!
I'm glad you are enjoying it. And I'm sure I won't be able to resist doing something else!
Jay of Lasgalen
· 27 August 2004
· Chapter 21: Hunting
I've been checking for updates all day! Welcome back - I hope you had a nice time. That's more than can be said for Legolas and Camentur - the fact that they've been abducted by wood elves is a neat twist! I loved Legolas's thoughts about the twins: 'that they had the sense to go for assistance rather than throw themselves headlong into a rescue attempt. Although, he sighed, there was really more chance of the sun coming up in the west.' He clearly knows them very well! I liked Loereg winding up the two guards on fish-gutting duties too!
I'm glad that Elladan and Legolas now know Elrohir's news.
Jay
Author's reply
Thank you, it was quite fun, although we didn't track down any more ancestors.
Abducted by elves! Poor Legolas. And Camentur. Can you see the twins not rushing to the rescue?
I hate the smell of fish, so being compelled to do that would be truly horrible - so it seemed a suitable task for a spoilt brat. I hope he learns quickly that complaining only gets him in more trouble!
Elrohir needs to get home to Sirithiel soon.
daw the minstrel
· 27 August 2004
· Chapter 21: Hunting
Oh yay! I was so glad to see this update.
I felt bad for Legolas worrying whether about Elerrina would like living in the forest. Her brother is really quite encouraging. It would be a big change for her but maybe she would like it, especially for her children.
It's interesting to see the different attitudes of the 'native' elves. The ones in the village seem pretty suspicious but actually that's very wood-elfy, I think. Thranduil's people didn't exactly welcome strangers with open arms.
Still loving Glorfindel's training of Minalcar. In a way, I don't fault Minalcar. He was raised to live a different kind of life and probably would have done well at it eventually (once he outgrew gambling- assuming he did). But he's sure have to struggle to adjust to this one. But at least he is struggling.
And I'm dying to see who Legolas and his brother in law are going to meet. Tell me it's the Lady!
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It will be a big change for Elerrina - especially at first - but I think she will adjust. She will know how happy Legolas is, and I expect her Wood Elfy offspring will adore it.
The villagers are more suspicious - and I suspect the most suspicious elves just aren't coming anywhere near them. Most of those turning up to look are probably the most open and curious.
Minalcar is a bit of an idiot - but he is quite a strong minded idiot. Ambantor is a quicker learner, I think. They are both rather immature - but should find this a useful experience.
Who are they going to meet - tune in and see!