Yaaasss!!! Beren, friend to animals <3  Love it!  Love the Orcs and the detail about Morgoth not caring if the Orcs die, either. 

I like the way this sort of mirrors things like Saruman's gore-crows in LOTR, how of course we're sympathetic to Beren but you've drawn out some sympathy for the Orcs as well.

Some of the descriptions remind me of your fic about Emeldir and how she was fighting an earlier stage of that.

The orcs' point of view is very well done!

I like that the squirrel is black, like the Mirkwood squirrels later, but still one of those animals on Beren's side.

I love glimpses into the lives of the poor orcs.  vivid images of the ruined land here.

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I like the way you've given us a glimpse into the meaness of the orcs' lives, evoking sympathy, and then twisting it.