Excellent story! You write really well and portray Tolkien's characters perfectly :D

With great enjoyment I read this story again, which has been since a log time one of my favourites.

This is so very beautifully and carefully written, and such a cut above what we usually get to read here (which is enjoyable, but rarely stunning). Very, very moving. Thank you for all your work.

This story brought tears to my eyes. It is deeply romantic, and you made me feel for both Faramir and Eowyn. I am so glad that they found happiness with each other at last. You did a fine job of portraying Faramir's feelings, about the White Lady of Rohan, about his father and his brother, and about his new responsibilities. Thank you for writing and posting this. Sincerely, Darkover

Excellent characterization and a great enriching of a beautiful romance. Thank you for posting this.

'And of all the mean things crawling on the earth that I despise, I hold a special contempt for those whose tongues are slippery with deceit.'

HA! Can you say...oh, I don't know...perhaps...no, it's much too far-fetched...oh, very well...GRIMA? : )

How very sweet, when they fall asleep on the grass together. It's very restful to sleep like that (on the grass- I've never done it on someone else's shoulder).

I liked the thing with images verses reality. Poignant way to end the chapter.

Wonderful! I take my cap off to you!

"Surely, our acts of restraint show our quality as much as our acts of war."

Faramir would know...

I have loved this story for a long time, and now, rereading it, I find I love it still.

Faramir and Eowyn have always been amongst my favourite characters in LOTR, and this fic captures Faramir perfectly. I hope you return to this particular 'ship someday! :)

A gentler chapter, that shows, Faramir being Faramir, his rebuilding his strength even as he and everyone else waits for the ultimate stroke of doom. I love it that you, like Tolkien, show his becoming Eowyn's friend before even thinking of speaking to her of love.

Oh my; poor Faramir - to learn all the heartbreaking news in one day - no wonder he welcomes the dream of the wave that drowned his ancestors' home as the least of many evils.

Of course, you tell it all beautifully. Faramir's gradual knowledge of his father's fate, from his sadly diffident asking, of Imrahil, to hear his father's opinion of his exploits, to his sorrow at having suddenly lost father as well as brother, and then to learn that Daddy Dearest tried to burn him alive before immolating himself...Whoa. It's no wonder that Faramir finally has a moment of real anger against his father, after struggling against the overwhelming hordes of Sauron's forces for two or three days, to find that Denethor finally expressed 'love' by trying to complete the annhiliation that the Enemy had not finished. I thought it very appropriate that Gandalf was the one to tell Faramir of his father's actual fate.

I'm not so sure I agree that Faramir would have known about Denethor's palantir habit. I think that he would have done something about it, or told Boromir or Imrahil, earlier.

I liked the interlude where Faramir learns more of his brother's death from Boromir's Fellowship comrades, and their gentle acceptance of Faramir, and desire to tell him of his brother's valor. But sheesh, Faramir has had an emotionally devastating day!

A quietly dramatic chapter!

What, I haven't reviewed this gem before? Shame on me!

Wonderful Prologue; Faramir lost in the otherworld, trying to fight and being overwhelmed - again, is scary-good. And the imagery of him being caught between fire and water is outstanding. I liked the bit about the frail voice calling his name before he hears Aragorn's insistent call - that frail voice had to be Denethor's.

Well, I just love your Far(amir)fics... :) Magnificient as usally... :) Eowyn and Faramir are my favourities characters and I really enjoy your stories about them. Why Tolkien hasn't written more about them? :P

Yet another exquisite piece of writing, strong on the characterisation and use of symbolism.

Really great to talk to you (if briefly) at Redemption. I've saved A Game of Chess to read over the weekend and I'm much looking forward to it. Just read The Fire Sermon though, and wanted to say how very impressed I am at the quality of this work. Character tone is pitch-perfect, with some beautiful interior detail and delicacy. Thank you. Gloria.