Cool story. Looking forward to reading more about Haldir and Dawns' adventures. Can't wait. :)

Thank you - I really appreciate knowing that you are reading and enjoying it. The next chapter is taking shape nicely so I hope not to keep you waiting too long!

thanks for the update! im excited for them to meet namo :)

Also, I am super slow...after reading the other reviews I have no idea why the earth moved...the mountains moved? Is this a Valar thing? Eeek, I need coffee...

It might take them a couple of chapters to get to meet Namo, yet.

As for what caused the earth to move - it may become clearer too, eventually!

I had a full-on out-loud squeal moment when I realized, with Tindome, that the earth had indeed moved.

As ever, I adore this series, and am sooooo very glad you continue with it. Thank you for the entertainment!

Thank you - and it is my pleasure. Now to find out just how much the earth may have moved...

It's getting so exciting!!!! Can't wait for more!

Thank you - give me a couple of weeks...

I figured that was what it would be as soon as I read the title, but loved the double entendre.

I said to Speaker-to-Customers that my first thought of a chapter title was that - and he said 'Go for it!', so just this once I took his advice - and did!

Sorry it took me so long to reply, this is awesome and I want more.

Thank you. More is on its way - there are 1,000 words of the next chapter written so it should be about a week :)

Lovely! Thank you darling! Today is my birthday and sitting in bed and evading this was such a nice relaxing thing. I look forward to future chapters!

Thank you - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Great story and series.

One might think that the Valar are using the requirement of the journey to Mandos as a test. After all, if she can get Haldir to actually adjust to life in Valinor, she will have shown that she has the ability to do the same for Spike (or at least get him adjusted to unlife in Valinor!) It is certainly going to be a different enviroment for Spike if he comes over, and the experience in dealing with Haldir will certainly help.

Sneaky Valar!

Thank you. Oh yes - the Valar have definite reasons for Haldir being her companion on this trip!

She's slowly winning over Haldir's grudging approval, isn't she? And perhaps snapping his head off and giving him information he hasn't been interested enough to find out for himself, or not listened to properly if he was told, will, eventually, make him snap himself out of his funk.

Go Tindómë go! Give him hell!

Great chapter :-)

Thank you! It will doubtless do them both good to be thrown together. He is finding this new life to be not at all what he had expected - and it was really time that someone called him on a few misconceptions. And his younger sister-in-law is certainly a good person to do it....

But, then, I don't suppose his brothers actually did tell him how much they mourned him - it's probably not a topic easily discussed over a cup of tea!

Yes, the Spartans have a lot to answer for...

It will do him some good to hear what really happened. And Tindy might be just hte person to do it.

Thanks for writing

"Thanks for writing"

Thanks for commenting - it is much appreciated.

And yes - he needs to stop wanting things to be as they were, or as he had expected them to be, and get used to how they ARE!

Nice, that certainly needed to happen!

Thank you! I wrote and rewrote this chapter, getting rid of unnecessary conversation early on - and then it was suddenly just the right place for this conversation instead.

I was wondering when the confrontation would come. Well done.

Thank you - there may be others, yet...

I'm interested to see where this goes. I've enjoyed the whole series. Also, this has little to do with this story, but today I came across an encyclopedia-type blog entry on Rumil and Orophin, and I was curious to see whether their pictures look anything like your conception of the brothers. http://homeschoolblogger.com/walkinginmiddleearth/661441/ They seem to be from the movies, so I also wonder if they were actually meant to be these characters or if the blog authors just took screenshots of random elf-extras, but I expect you can't answer that. ;-)

Thank you. It is always so nice to know that someone is enjoying the stories enough to take the time to let me know.

As for what the characters look like; as far as I can tell there were no original named parts in PJ's Fellowship of the Ring for Orophin and Rumil, but these two are recognised through much of fandom as being them, simply because of where they were standing, if you see what I mean!

I do have pictures in my own mind for them - I even have some saved. Perhaps I can put them onto here... I will try to add them to the time-line over the next couple of evenings. Because 'my' Orophin is not unlike the fandom one in that picture - but I think that that Rumil looks a bit too... um... rat-like? Not quite good-looking enough, anyway!

ETA - took a little longer than I meant to - but there are now pictures added to the time-line.

Amazing! I love the map idea! Did you realize that, or read about it? Now, it all makes sense!

PS: Tolkien is a genius and I love him even more.

PSS: I love the idea of the Valar homes being 'pocket dimensions'.

PSSS: You are awesome and I really loved this update.

I realized it all myself, when I was looking for maps. I thought 'that looks really familiar' and then it took me ages to find the map it reminded me of, if you see what I mean!

And I'm so glad that you like the idea of the pocket dimensions.

I WANT MORE!!!

*flails*

There will be more - honestly!