Henneth Annûn Story Archive

Gwynnyd bows down and worships at your feet.

Damn!  That's good!   

Elladan frowned. "Would you rather we compel a vow that is not ours to condone or condemn? Would you rather we be oathkeepers, as were the sons of Fëanor?"

"I would rather this war were put behind us," Elrohir snapped. "I would rather be gone from this place. And I would rather you not compare our deeds to those of the kinslayers!"

Brilliant insights to these peredhel! Yes, I believe in these two.

Gwynnyd 

This is so very very good - it was a turning point of the story, and with the need for action (of some sort) such an imperative, it is wonderful to look at some of the thoughts of those involved. The point about elvish memory and the legends of man is well-made - rather heart-breaking to see lessons left unlearned time and again, so when yet another pivotal situation presents itself, they are right to fear the outcome.

Sorry - I'll stop now! I just wanted to say how very much I enjoyed this.

Cheers :)

Nice little gap filler there.  As Elladan thinks, a witness is always useful.

And yes, this has always bugged me from the earliest: Eowyn's betrayal of her task.  Lucky for her - and all Middle Earth - that she did.  But who looked after the Rohirrim in her absence?

Thank you. 

>>She saw the man as a doorway. An escape from her obligations, and as such, she loved him.

This is such an interesting interpretation of Eowyn.  I've never much liked Arwen - my sympathies have always been with Eowyn.  Nonetheless, there is an obvious difference in the love they have for Aragorn.  For Arwen, it requires a sacrifice and an irrevocable choice;  for Eowyn, Aragorn symbolises the opposite.

>>Yet what of the cost? For thousands of years, the oathbreakers have been cursed to walk as shades. To linger in twilight while all around them fades into naught."

>>"To suffer the fate of the elves," Elrohir whispered.

This exchange casts a slightly different light upon the twins.  Alone among Aragorn's companions who follow him on the Path of the Dead, Legolas is fascinated and not at all disturbed by the ghosts.  I'd always assumed that Elladan and Elrohir were more uneasy because of their mortal blood, but perhaps it's their *elven* blood - specifically, Noldorin rather than Sylvan blood - that is the cause.

This is beautiful! 

 "If fortune is not kind, then none will look back at all," Elrohir answered, but there was resignation in his voice.

"Yet that, too, would be a kindness," Elladan said quietly, "for who would wish to endure such a fate?"

Oh yes, it must indeed have been difficult to find rest that night!!!

"I perceived their voices when we climbed the trail this evening, and treasonous words breed treasonous thoughts." 

 I never considered the impact of the Oathbreakers in the mountain on Eowyn's actions - what a wonderful idea.

And I just love your style!

This is a gem of a story:  tightly written, good use of canon dialog, interesting twists.