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Fëanor shrugged, studying the contents of his wine glass. “Something must be done about that house. It will fall down eventually.” “It does not follow that it must be you that tears it down single-handedly. Are you sure you do not want help?” “It’s not as though I…
When uneasy dreams bring him back into Beleriand, Daeron finds a pair of twins who have lost their home, and an enemy who has lost himself. The Shadow's reach is growing ever longer, and if they are to survive, they must do it together.
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Again, I just love this! Gil-galad most certainly would have had his hands full keeping the peace among all the vario factions, not to mention coordinating with the armies from Valinor.
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I wish we had more detail on the War of Wrath, I want to write more in this period but I am stymied by the utter lack of any kind of detail to weave together! I keep wanting to tackle a Gil-galad and Finarfin interaction but just haven't managed to work out what on earth that would be LOL
Yeah, this is a period that has a lot of potentials to be explored! I can totally see GG and Finarfin meeting for one tense conference with Eönwë - but that's completely not-canon lol. Would love to read your take, though!
Thank you so much for leaving me a comment here as well! <3
Poor Gil-galad. Meetings with these people are too painful. There are probably times when he wishes his base was a bit more stable so he could say what he thinks, or that tyrannical absolute power was acceptable....
The meetings are only sufferable because GG knows that he's the one who's gotta do it, poor fella xD he definitely wishes he had more power to do things his way without asking for such different opinions. Thanks for reading and commenting!
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