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Such a poignant and sad story, it sort of typifies the tragedy of the Noldor and I really like this more oblique view from a foot soldier;s pov so the personal loss and tragedy here underpins the heroic and epic nature of Tolkien's tale. I love how you do this - that intense understanding of character and how it drives a plot. As always, your writing is masterful.

Thank you, I'm happy to hear you liked it!

I guess I made it sound sort of scientific by calling Berion's state of emotional shock PTSD, but I haven't done any real research on the subject, so I'm glad you find his reactions convincing.

That part about Fingolfin's grave was the original plot bunny--that any refugees from Hithlum that ended up in Gondolin would find that Fingolfin had got there before them, but it could never be more than a sad meeting...