Lesion by pandemonium_213

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Summary: Something is rotten within the heartwood of Nimloth. Written in response to the prompt "Second Age — Sauron, Ar-Pharazôn — under the White Tree of Númenor" for the Comment!Ficathon for the LOTR World. Major Characters: Ar-Pharazôn, Sauron Major Relationships: Genre: General Challenges: Rating: General Warnings:
Chapters: 1	Word Count: 897
Posted on 10 December 2011	Updated on 10 December 2011
This fanwork is complete.

Lesion

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(1) Comment by oshun for Lesion

I tried four times now to submit a review and it is not working.

Bottom line loved the story,

Re: (1) Comment by oshun for Lesion

Hey, thanks! I welcome short and succinct as much as I do long and fulsome. :^)

I'm sure I'll still pick at this.

(2) Comment by grey_gazania for Lesion

This is excellent; I love it! You write such a deliciously nuanced Sauron.

Re: (2) Comment by grey_gazania for Lesion

Thanks muchly, GG. I always fret that a nuanced Sauron is unwelcome in most quarters of Tolkien fandom, but there's a small contigent (you among them!) who keep me going.

(3) Comment by Adonnen Estenniel for Lesion

As always, your Mairon is a delight to read.

In particular, I loved your descriptions of his process of "scoping out" the tree (if you will). Your word-choice was vivid and clinical, yet beautiful all the same.

Re: (3) Comment by Adonnen Estenniel for Lesion

Thanks so much, Adonnen! I love attempting to translate abstract scientific concepts into more poetic language. I don't always succeed, but I'm more than gratified that it looks like it worked here.

And of course, my Dark Muse is preening upon your compliments. :^D

(4) Comment by Robinka for Lesion

I love this trip inside the tree just as I always love to delve into the DM's mind (very risky, but at the same time fascinating and addictive). This is excellent!

Re: (4) Comment by Robinka for Lesion

Thanks very much, Robinka! Very glad to know you like it! Now if I can only get him to tell me what he's doing with those gloves... ;^)

(5) Comment by Robinka for Lesion

Now if I can only get him to tell me what he's doing with those gloves...

Oh yeah! I hope the DM is co-operative! :D *prods prods*

(6) Comment by Huinare for Lesion

"So like Númenor, rotting from the inside long before I set foot on its shores. They may as well have handed me their kingdom on a platter."

I love that line (and, I fear it may be all too true). As always, I thoroughly enjoyed your scientifc elaboration upon the great matters Tolkien sketched. I would be remiss to not add that your portrayal of Mairon is endlessly entertaining to me, though that probably goes almost without saying.

Re: (6) Comment by Huinare for Lesion

Thanks a million, H! Glad to hear this quickly written piece worked for you. It's irresistible for me to bring science ("the deep arts") into play. I worry that I might be "jumping the shark" with this and with Mairon, so feedback like yours keeps me plugging along. Thanks again!

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