Comments on Daughters of the Great

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Araglas certainly has a knack for creating solutions without changing the status quo, just the labels. And indeed why not, if it suits all involved (and Athiel is content to bear the heir).

I really enjoyed your characters here; they develop such rich personality in such a short piece. (Well, long piece for you, but still, I think fics that are "bigger on the inside" is your superpower.)

 I don't know if it's because Saelind's Dúnedain have become canon for me, but this carries a lovely familiar feel of an earlier time in that 'verse too.

I love Tatharaen's thought "Like the rim of a basket. Three strands woven together, reinforcement, for strength…"

Lovely, thank you!

Thank you very much, Anerea! I'm really glad this works for you.

That it sounds like it might be an earlier stage of Saelind's Dunedain, but with really distinct personalities, was what I was going for.

Also, I am happy that basket metaphor made sense!

 

....has stepped on some toes on his return from Rivendell, especially those of Arthiel who was his father's second-in-command. But, to her surprise he suggests that they marry, and include Tatharaen in their bond. Somehow this feels perfect.

I can see the influence of Saelind's Dúnedain stories, but your characters are also very alive. And Tatharaen making her observation about three-strand strength is fantastic.