What a beautiful piece. This should be enjoyed by all.

Beautifully written. You walk a fine line between the abstract and the obvious, and I salute you. :-)

this is really good. really captures eowyn, tho i hate the fact that she married faramir (not ur issue, i'm just jealous. love the guy) but yes, it really captures her feelings and what i love, is that u actually no what ur talkin about

I had read this story when it first came out, and found it rather refreshing to see this different interpretation of the root of Eowyn's attraction to Aragorn. In this story I had also found the most satisfying explanation on the nature of love she has for Faramir (long have I tried to understand it, and many stories on ff.net ended up confusing me more). Brilliant combinations of wonderful insight,... lovely imagery,... And one annoyingly, bewildering riddle.
When I first read I this, the presence of the stranger truly baffled me, and being both lover and hater of riddles this intrigued and irritated me to no end. And now upon the second reading I finally feel brave enough to venture a guess, given the following clues:
- "Tall, he had also been, and very fair, his face pale and grave, and his eyes darkened by some sorrow of which he would not speak, although it was ever in his voice"
- "...there was some grace to him surpassing all she had known..."
- "Majesty seemed to adorn his broad brow, and there was a mantle of light to him, shining in his eyes, and raising his voice in a sweetness passing fair as he joined the songs and stories when the night drew in..."
- "...as a hale warrior in the fullness of his strength, made stronger yet by his sorrows. A king she had thought him then..."
- "And mine lies far to the West, and the Seas are wide indeed." He raised his hand, and she thought she caught a glint of gold there, a plain band simply wrought..."
- "...the singing of the nightingales..." (nightingales = leagacy of Luthien)
- "...yet now Midsummer...she beheld that long-remembered face once more amid the crowds of the Golden Hall, like a glint of lightning, and of song out of the Elder Days, out of the depths of time, and read the sorrow written there, and the joy..."
- (his presence in Arwen's entourage)
- (the similarities he shares with Aragorn)
Is this mysterious stranger by any chance Elrond Peredhil, Lord of Imladris, one of the most fascinating characters in Tolkein's universe?

As always, you have such a wonderful way with words, which is very Tolkien-like...And especially in this fic, there is--well, I'm having trouble describe it--a marvelous sense of movement here, from darkness to light. It's really perfect.
And the last line: it's totally gorgeous...

good

Very nice. I liked the ending

A touching tale, Losseniaiel. Your ending is stunning, and the name you chose for this work is beautiful in that is shows so much more about how Eowyn is burying her love for Aragorn, to find something so much more sweet with Faramir. Amazing!

That was simply beautiful. Really, I mean it. Tear worthy (almost)
And, yes, I really shouldn't be reading right now as I have business to attend to, but I couldn't help but check the story out, and now I'm glad that I have.

"Majesty seemed to adorn his broad brow, and there was a mantle of light to him, shining in his eyes, and raising his voice in a sweetness passing fair as he joined the songs and stories when the night drew in, and the shadows crowded the Golden Hall."
This is simply... WOW!
What works so well in this is, how the three layers are woven seamlessly together, the connections seem to come naturally, and you make it with little things, one leading to another.
There is this transition from Éowyn's longing for this unknown man she can love in the beginning, wich is sorrowful because it cannot be fullfilled, to the point at the end when she gets to the truth of the matter, and, you don't even notice when exactly it happens, it ends on such a hopeful note.
The premise sounds... wild... if you think of it, but you actually make it work, and work staying true to Èowyn as a character. I think it adds depth to what exactly her feelings were towards Aragorn, and how different than what made her chose Faramir in the end, and NOT as a second choice.
Ohh, I'm rambling. But I've read it three times now, and I've properly fallen in love with it.