Thank you so so much, Nonnie. I’m so glad you enjoyed it! Awwww, cute Dain with a very important babbu on his lap. That is a good image. Also: Jeri struggling to maintain a stern and professional demeanour, watching the King play-acting at second-in-command to a toddler.
(AAAAAAH YOU LIKED THE POLITE SKELETON THAT SKELETON IS MY FAVE)
Heya afterlife-anon! I am THRILLED you liked it!
(And yep, they knew the Dwarves were there. But didn’t really give a hoot, tbh – it’s not like the Dwarves could have done anything. Though the curse upon the mountain made them visible to those with the eyes to see it, they still couldn’t touch anything.
It was probably a bit amusing for the Dwimorberg host to see all the Dwarves gussying-up with their weapons. What were they gonna fight?)
Basically, Nonnie – I have no idea! I know in a general idea where I want it to end. It will see out the War of the Ring (including the Scouring of the Shire) – ahhh, getting so close now! I am beginning to tie all these disparate themes together now, and phew phew phew it’s all coming to a head!!
It’ll take however long it takes to get to that point I suppose. I don’t intend to drag it on longer than it needs to, though. I really don’t want it to get bogged down and tedious simply because I love it and will miss it.
I will definitely be expanding upon several things in the Appendices. And once the main fic is finished I will clean up all my character notes and publish them in the Appendices as well!