Hello all!
Thanks for taking the time to read my little story & the great feedback! Yes, sorry about the chps thing- I had trouble figuring out how to upload them...think I got it figured out now :)
Please be patient with me...we'll get to that happy ending in due time...enjoy :)
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Across the sundered seas, the special halls of Mandos enlarged ever wider in anticipation from the immense battle. The Eagles of Manwe, so instrumental in helping turn the tide of the battle, had just arrived back in the golden halls in Valinor after their long journey. Manwe received them and spoke to them at length. Manwe reentered his palace and sighed. He knew he must gather the others and give them the news.
"So many?" cried Nienna, Vaire busied herself with her webs and Aule paced. "No, no, no," he thought, "It cannot be..." How could the bloodline of his oldest and dearest creation have ended? With the battle imminent, he knew there would be casualties, but he never expected that the entire line of Durin would have perished. Then he had overheard their cries to him and never in any of the long ages of Middle Earth did he feel so powerless.
