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Steelsheen  by Ecthelion of the fountain 1 Review(s)
LeithianReviewed Chapter: Epilogue 2 on 4/17/2025
𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘴𝘦𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦𝘥, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘦, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵: 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘣𝘰𝘳𝘯 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘯𝘰𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳—𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴, 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘴𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘵 𝘢 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘵. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘯𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘺, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥; 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦; 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘯.

𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘶𝘯𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘦, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳’𝘴 𝘸𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴, 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘨𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥 𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘦: 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘩, 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘳. 𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦, 𝘣𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘸𝘦𝘳𝘦, 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘺𝘦𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘣𝘭𝘦𝘦𝘥.

Ok, now I want to cry. These words are so powerful, yet so soothing. You've written a story so that Eowyn's change of heart (?) makes sense to the readers.

And while I would have loved to read your take on Eowyn's slaying of the Witch-King and her relationship with Faramir, this story is perfect as it is.

Thank you for writing this story. It has been a pleasure to follow Eowyn as she matures into the woman we meet in the LoTR, and to see how the influence of her grandmother guides us as she progresses in life.

Author Reply: Thank you! I’m truly glad it resonated with you—it tells me that my intention was fulfilled.

I deliberately left out the parts about the battle and the scenes in the Houses of Healing; my aim was to fill the gaps, so that those well-developed moments in the book might flow seamlessly from where I chose to end. :)

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