This is an absolute epic!
Such an amazing story. Do I like that Sauron manipulated everyone, especially my two favorites Legolas and Thranduil? No. But a story so masterfully planned and written made me believe it.
So very well written, thank you!

Thank you so much! This was a very epic read.

When I finished the first few chapters I was like, "what is so dark about this story that you need another account?" and then... "oh..."

Some scenes are pretty disturbing, especially when Thranduil had to witness Sauron did that...
I can't even explain. But it is an amazing story. The father and son misunderstanding is heartbreaking. You made a whole new epic journey about another ring, and it is awesome. The last chapter between them is so beautiful, with Legolas telling him not to go, finally loving his father.

Thank you for writing and sharing...I hope you write more. I can't get enough of this fandom.

I really love your story thank you for writing and sharing

I started reading your story and absolutely LOVE it. Thank you for writing and sharing!

Don't mind these idiots correcting you. They should just write themselves to see how hard it is. Since when a fanfic needs to be so canon, where would be the imagination in that? I didn't know this for profit site housed so many boring people, unable to appreciate creativity. I'm deleting my account here and moving to FREE ao3 and the more intelligent and open minded people there. Ao many done it already.
Continue on with slash, there are those many of us that on the contrary ONLY read slash

My God what a story! ...I am crying that it is over...So many emotions that were evoked!...Staying up all hours to see what was going to happen next! Your word even became part of my dreams! ...I can't thank you enough! ...

Well, I must say I rather didn't like this story at first, as none of the characters acted as they did in the books, but I'm glad I read it through.
They act much better now.

I wish you had a non slash version of this tale. I don't like slash in any form. It's a good enough story to add to favorites or my community ... except that it's got slash and married elves kissing people other than their spouses even if only once or twice. I believe the elven marital bond is eternal and such things would just not be done. That's the beauty of AUs, though, I suppose.

Roughly when do Thranduil's flashbacks in the court of Celeborn and Galadriel take place and how does it relate, time wise, to Doriath? I find the timeline of Silmarillion events to be difficult to keep up with, but I thought Numenor was a second age thing and Doriath a first, which if so would have made it impossible for Annatar's father to know Orophir in Doriath depending on just how much time elapsed. Now given who Annatar is, we know he's full of something stinky, but if it's too long a time why would Thranduil not catch the lie given that Annatar's apparently passing himself off to him as a mortal? It's possible you answered this years ago in an author's note or the story itself since I'm just now finding and reading this story, but thanks for the clarification anyway, in whatever form it might take.

Aww poor Infant and Orc/Elf mother can 't help but feel sorry for them.

What was is all a dream? Did he die o.o

Woah haha so Thranduil was quite the awkward one as younger. xD

Woah this is really a good mix of angsty drama with some mystery. If not almost slain by his father is the worst. What is the worst?

Interesting so the song made Gimli see the past of his friend?