galathil
· 16 October 2012
· Chapter 28: When Wisdom Fails
Hi Larner.I cant wait for you finish this story.I feel for the Vala when Isildur
turned away.I often wondered, if he had known what the future held, if he had gone ahead and destroyed the ring. Can't wait for the next chapter.LOL Galathil
Author's reply
My heavens, but I've managed to miss this one, too! This story is continued on in a way in my work in progress, Stirring Rings. If only Isildur hadn't put off the destruction of the Ring as he did! Thanks!
Antane
· 27 July 2011
· Chapter 28: When Wisdom Fails
As always good will come from evil. The water is now the safest place for the Ring to be until Ring-destroyer, Ring-finder, and Ring-bearer can come to be and take up their appointed roles.
Namarie, God bless, Antane :)
Author's reply
Yes, those three will come; but there can't help but have been shock and disappointment that Isildur managed to botch it as he did. Thanks so, Antane!
Antane
· 27 July 2011
· Chapter 27: To Go Home at Last
Finally finishing these up - glad to see another story of his wishing to heal and free those so long trapped by evil.
Namarie, God bless, Antane :)
Author's reply
I'm certain that this would be one of Aragorn's greatest desire--to indeed see all healed and set upon their proper way, including those caught on the ancient battleground and the site of the burials for so many.
Antane
· 26 May 2011
· Chapter 22: A Propitious Visit
Ah, for the time to take a journey that long! I am filled with longing.
Namarie, God bless, Antane :)
Author's reply
I would love to have the chance to visit Rhosgobel myself. Thanks!
Antane
· 26 May 2011
· Chapter 21: A Grim Purpose
Contining to make my way through this Journey - and though I am certainly glad not to be personally with Gandalf on this one, I would still love to see it continued, even if we already know who he found. A little fleshing out under your expert hand would be welcome! :)
Namarie, God bless, Antane :)
Author's reply
Eventually this chapter will be expanded upon in "Stirring Rings." And thanks so for the vote of confidence!
Antane
· 26 May 2011
· Chapter 19: That We Not Fade
I love the ending the most, comfort given and received.
Namarie, God bless, Antane :)
Author's reply
It must have been difficult accepting that Legolas has accepted he must leave Middle Earth one day; but it's a truth best faced from the beginning, I think. And Legolas has observed enough to realize that there will be bad rulers as well as good ones in the world of Men.
Thanks so, Antane.
Antane
· 26 May 2011
· Chapter 13: The Warning
A truly frightening experience - glad he came out unharmed - though sorry that others did not. :(
Namarie, God bless, Antane
Author's reply
Realizing what was going on inside the Red Temples--and why--must have shocked him, and strengthened his resolve to counter the Enemy however he could.
Antane
· 20 May 2011
· Chapter 17: In Thanks for Welcome Shown
What a sweet thing for Frodo to do, especially considering the way he and Boromir parted, but such is the nobility of that dear hobbit. :)
Namarie, God bless, Antane :)
Author's reply
Considering what the Ring did to him, I suspect strongly that Frodo had to forgive Boromir as well as to thank him for giving him the reason to leave as and when he did. And, indeed, such is the nobility of Frodo Baggins. And how better to honor Boromir's honor and his defense of Merry and Pippin than by trying to repay these people in Boromir's memory?
Antane
· 12 May 2011
· Chapter 12: Lilies and Sympathy
Love the care Sam was giving to the flowers - making sure they were all right - and love most the end - the sweet care he gives to Elrond in that touch of his hand.
Namarie, God bless, Antane :)
Author's reply
Yes, the flowers of that greenhouse would have drawn Sam to their place, and how he must have loved being there, able to examine them. And as one given ever to nurturance, Elrond himself would have appealed to him at that moment, I think. Thanks so very much, Antane!
Antane
· 12 May 2011
· Chapter 10: Planning for Contingencies
That particular son is one of the few clear memories I have from my one reading of Silmarillion. He suffered greatly at the hands of the enemy, just as Frodo has and will. Love that last sentence, assurance that would be needed even if he didn't understand who that Other was, as I'm afraid such a fate would occupy his mind much on the way especially when he knew more and more he could not part with his loathed and loved treasure.
Namarie, God bless, Antane :)
Author's reply
I've only read the Sil perhaps twice all the way through, although I do graze from it on occasion. Yes, Maedhros suffered far too greatly at the hands of Melkor, and I suspect that Sauron participated in the tortures inflicted upon him before he was hung upon the mountainside by his one wrist.
And although perhaps Frodo might not fully appreciate the nature of the Creator, I think in the depths of his heart he begins to appreciate just how much he is loved for what he is and for his willingness to spend what he is for the needs of Middle Earth. And love that description of the Ring--"loathed and loved treasure"! How apt.
Antane
· 6 May 2011
· Chapter 8: Where Shall We Call Home?
Sad to face such devastation, but I also feel that survival means a new life in a new place will be forged and new delights will hopefully be found to replace the ones ones. Powerful little bit here!
Namarie, God bless, Antane :)
Author's reply
Am so glad you enjoyed this one, Antane. But so it has always been in the wake of such destructive wars, and not all take well to having to rebuild from scratch. Thanks so!
Tari
· 2 May 2011
· Chapter 28: When Wisdom Fails
Isildur made a tragic mistake indeed. I never gave thought to how his choice to keep the ring would grieve the Valar. But, how could it not?
Author's reply
I so agree, Tari. Yes, that failure to have given up the Ring must have caused much pain to all who observed it. And the Valar themselves have yet to fully appreciate just how much power Sauron packed into that small golden trinket!
Thanks so, and thanks for your patience in awaiting a response. I see the distractions of the time kept me from responding properly to a number of comments.
Tari
· 26 April 2011
· Chapter 27: To Go Home at Last
This chapter was the best yet. So totally awesome that it gave me goosebumps.
I never considered that the souls of those lost in the Dead Marshes were trapped there. This was an amazing release of them.
Author's reply
Man, I was certainly distracted during the last weeks of March, wasn't I? I have so many comments I never responded to!
We don't know that those whose seemings haunted the pools of the Dead Marshes actually were trapped there, but it seemed very possible! And it was wonderful to imagine how, if this premise were true, Aragorn and Arwen's coming there on that first anniversary would have freed them from the land to follow Namo's call at last.
Thanks so very much, and for the patience you've shown in awaiting responses!
Mirach
· 8 April 2011
· Chapter 5: The Daughter of your House
I had to stop reading for a moment after this chapter, to cope witht he sadness and emotions it conveys. Chosing mortality is one thing, but watching someone you love doing that choice must be much harder, and watching it twice...
Author's reply
I'm humbled and pleased to know that this moved you so emotionally, Mirach. Yes, how hard it must have been for Galadriel....
Thanks so, and thanks also for the patience you've exercised in awaiting a response to your comments. The end of March was a rather hectic period for me.
Mirach
· 8 April 2011
· Chapter 5: The Daughter of your House
I had to stop reading after this chapter, to cope witht he sadness and emotions it conveys. Chosing mortality is one thing, but watching someone you love doing that choice must be much harder, and watching it twice...
Andrea
· 4 April 2011
· Chapter 26: Breaking Protocol
LOL!!!
Very nice! Aragorn should be glad about any distraction he can get. And the pages learn to be creative instead of stupidly following instructions ;-)
Last but not least, Pippin has ensured that he won't be forgotten!!!
Author's reply
Ah, but I doubt that anyone who met Pippin could ever truly forget him. And Aragorn and Arwen will need not to come to think of themselves too highly, of course. This was a good deal of fun to write!
Andrea
· 3 April 2011
· Chapter 10: Planning for Contingencies
Sometimes people need a reminder of how brave Frodo really was. And not only that. He was still in Rivendell and he already knew that it might come to the point that he had to sacrifice himself.
And still he was willing to bring the Ring to the fires!
Glorfindel's reassurance and comfort must have given him new hope in a rough time.
Author's reply
I grieve that I did not respond to this at the time--am not certain how I missed it!
Yes, Frodo had his own courage, and he learned a good deal about reticence once he suffered from the Morgul wound, I suspect.
And Glorfindel was one I suspect he truly needed reassurance from at the time.
Thank you so very much, Andrea!
Raksha The Demon
· 3 April 2011
· Chapter 27: To Go Home at Last
Poor Oropher. A nice account of his imprisoning and then, so many years later, the freeing of all the imprisoned souls from the Dead Marshes.
Author's reply
We don't know, of course, what happened the fëar of those who died here, but if they were caught within the battleground, how strong a release they must have known when Sauron was well gone and the Renewer King came with the Elessar on his breast to breathe new life into this beleagured land! Thanks so very much, Raksha--how distracted I was at the end of March, apparently!
Raksha The Demon
· 3 April 2011
· Chapter 5: The Daughter of your House
I really feel sorry for Elrond here. Galadriel may be almost all-knowing, but Elrond has had to watch those he loved most leave him; and is only trying to protect his beloved daughter. At least Elrond is not locking Arwen up in a treehouse!
A fascinating symmetry here. Elrond, by sending Arwen to Lothlorien, practically guaranteed future romance between her and one of his mortal fosterlings - if she had stayed at Rivendell during all of Estel's time there, it is likely that she would have viewed him as a dear little brother, having known him from infancy through childhood and into his teens.
Nicely done!
Author's reply
I know, Raksha. By allowing Arwen to spend so much time with her grandparents he did make it possible to meet Aragorn only after he became a young adult, which strengthened the likelihood she would in the end find her heart stirred by him instead of accepting him as a younger sibling as the twins must have done.
Thanks so!
Ellynn
· 1 April 2011
· Chapter 28: When Wisdom Fails
I love how you describe their reactions.
Author's reply
How horrible it must have been, watching that one fateful decision. I doubt that the Valar themselves appreciated at the time, however, just how much power had been granted to that Ring, and how swiftly and fully It could take Its victims. Thanks so, Ellynn!
Teresa
· 1 April 2011
· Chapter 28: When Wisdom Fails
Thanks for this glimpse of the Valar's reaction to Isildur's fall to the Ring. Hmmmm.... I assume that Ulmo and Aule were able to dim the Ring's abilities when It was in the Anduin and beneath the Misty Mountains. Did the Ring or Sauron suspect that something was muting It's power? Or did Sauron just believe that his recovery was slowed by It's loss after Isildur's attack with Narsil? The Valar must have felt terrible that Sauron and the Ring were able to escape their well earned justice! Many thanks for another addition to Middle Earth! :)
Author's reply
I do suspect that Ulmo and Aule found it necessary to provide damper fields of sorts about the Ring, once It came into their territories. We know that Sauron himself had an affinity for fire, so I truly suspect that having fallen into the Anduin from Isildur's hand the power of the water rushing ever over It did a good deal to assure It was not found betimes by evil creatures, although once It was free from the river It certainly acted swiftly on Deagol and Smeagol.
As for whether Sauron and the Ring Itself realized that outside powers were affecting It--that is a question I may well explore one day!
Just what I need--more Nuzgul haunting my house! Heh!
Mirach
· 1 April 2011
· Chapter 4: A Victory over Self
The unknown elf's thought are very realistic, and he reacts to the threat like anyone would, but at the end he fights. Well done!
Author's reply
Yes, he is frightened, but realizes he must fight and does what is necessary, and so loses a good deal of his fear in the end.
Thanks so for the comments, Mirach!
Mirach
· 1 April 2011
· Chapter 3: Reluctance
Fire-elves is a very logical name the Sindar would give to Noldor.
Author's reply
I thought so. The brightness of the eyes of those who'd grown up in the Light of the Trees has often been commented upon in Tolkien's works, so that this Elf at least might have called them so seemed logical.
Mirach
· 1 April 2011
· Chapter 2: In Defiance
This is really chilling! I would never imagine that someone of the Noldor would go back to meet Fingolfin. It is a very brave act, and refusal of Feanor's leadership. I hope he survived, and met his family!
Author's reply
I so agree, Mirach. Feanor's growing madness must have disturbed at least some of those who'd originally been moved by him in Tirion.
Thanks so very much, and for your patience in awaiting responses!
Mirach
· 1 April 2011
· Chapter 1: Caught in a Web
Now I wonder if the speel bound just his body, or also his thought... I imagine it rather like a timeless moment for both of them, like when you look deeply into a lover's eyes, and get lost of them, the sprits touching.
Author's reply
It's definitely a question to be pondered, Mirach. That spell was apparently a strong one to bind them both so long and so powerfully!
I love your take on that moment!