The Witnesses by Himring

I love the cadence of this! Wonderful use of the short form!

As you may have guessed, the weight of all these ancestors - both Elven and mortal - on the shoulders of the later line of Elros is something that I've been chewing on lately, so this fic ran in an open door with me! Wonderful reaction from Elrond (who is probably famliar with the feeling, although the list of (in)famous ancestors is a lot shorter for him). Once again, you say so much in so few words.

On one hand, it must have been intimidating to have all those greats (and not-so-greats ;)) as the ancestors. But on the other hand, it's a pity I don't have anybody who could tell me, "Oh, I was there when your great- great- great- great ... grandfather did this or that". Eh.

Lovely read, very thought-provoking. Thank you :)

LOvely last line especially. I like the poetic devices, like the repetition etc.

poor Aragorn... and poor Elrond, who has studied mortals alot more closely than Lindir ever did. now i'm seeing Elrond wondering if Elros is still alive after five centuries... 

also, structurally, i like the fairy-tale style, and of course the nice and accurate words you used within it !

Aw, poor young Aragorn - that's a lot of ancestors to live up to!