The poor carrot is taking quite the beating!
Sometimes, fate just can't be escaped. 🥺
Do your business, brother!
Yeah, it is indeed heavy stuff. I thought Tyelko here did a fantastic job writing Aredhel's death. It's very moving.
If only I had known in time, I would have torn across all Beleriand in a heartbeat to reach you, brother. 😔
It is! Aredhel doesn’t hesitate for a moment to jump and shield her son. The descriptions of her sensations after she’s hit feel as if they’re in slow-motion, yet they happen within just a couple seconds. The swiftly growing numbness, allowing herself to just stop trying to think, the poetry of seeing blood, believing it must be some mercy of Ilúvatar’s that she didn’t feel pain when she hit the ground, her labored breathing; the simplicity of how it’s written deliver all of this powerfully as she’s dying. 🥺
Thank you, I really loved writing that part! It becomes very important to the rest of the story, too.
