O... Saruman here is so deliciously neither evil nor good. And I can just hear and see Christopher Lee saying these things with that nasty raise of his eyebrow(s).

Sweet, the way you worked in the hobbit peculiarities concerning legal documents and witnesses. Funny and touching.

great chapter.

This is a beautiful story.

I am starting into a new story by you. Very nice use of the various names.

I'd like to think that if these hobbits of old met Sam and Frodo and Pippin and Merry - they would feel that the future was in good hands. Let me guess - the child born while Ladro was gone - was he a direct ancestor to Frodo?

Great chapter, like always.

Of your story set, I think Stirring Rings took the longest to grow on me - but it's gotten my attention because you do such a good job of showing the seeds of the future in Fellowship/Two Towers/Return in the ancestors of those characters. Great chapter and story.

I'm really glad to see that you're continuing this story!
I loved reading this passage about the hobbits' involvement in the war with Arvedui. It's really great! Please continue!

This is a lengthy and well-written piece of work. It is very nice to see the story through the eyes of the Wizards, and it is pretty cool to see how the story takes place through the centuries.

This is beautifully written. Everyone is in charcter here and the Valar don't talk like a bunch of teenagers. Can't wait to read more!

It is an interesting story, unusual and informative.
But it is better to keep all your dates straight. The Fall of Arnor happened in TA 1974, Angmar was defeated next year TA 1975, but Minas Ithil was captured and renamed Minas Morgul only in TA 2002. And it was the Witch-King (aided by the other nazgul) who captured the city.

This is really good. Seeing the histories of the Istar is fascinating, and the style of the story works with what you're trying to accomplish.

Beautifully executed - I could be reading this as a chapter in the Silmarillion; how cleanly it projected events of the future, including the predisposition of some to eventually achieve the ends of which we have read in Lord of the Rings!

I confess I am struggling through the Sil a second time - history was never my strong suit - but works like this are tantalizing and give me the desire to keep on digging!

I do enjoy your writing...but are you sure that Beren is from the house of Húrin? It has been a while since I have looked through the appendixes, but the blood of Húrin was only survived through Lalaith, Túrin, and Nienor, all whom died.

It's been a while since I've read your work, but I'm glad I finally got a chance to read it again. Keep up the good work!

I'm loving this story. I really like your sensitive touch with the characters.