User blog comment:SaynaSLuke/Dream Seekers/@comment-2142396-20151010194219

And the slowest reader ever finishes ‘Dream Seekers’! That certainly was impressive. I laughed at Skadu’s reaction to having a bath. Truly, cats and water don’t mix. :D The moment when Bluefen, Lilly and apprentices all decide to return to the catacombs to fight Swartt was truly an inspiring one, a true courage on their part.

So Loki comes back! I wondered if she would play a bigger role. Deathbringers were an interesting concept on their own, too. I wish I could learn the whole story of why Loki betrayed them and how she ended up in Swartt’s cell; it’s implied that Loki was Shroud’s spy, but if so, I wonder why Swartt imprisoned Loki instead of simply killing her.

I loved the quest to find Morning Song, especially how beautifully you described the old halls. Shows that underground isn’t always dark and bleak, there is beauty, too. And it turns out there were seven pearls! I suspect that was how Ublaz learned of them in the first place, by possessing the seventh pearl, right?

I can say that you succeeded in creating a sense of dread and hopelessness before the final battle… which led to only greater despair and terror when it was revealed what exactly Swartt did with Cedric, Esther and others. Still, I like how Swartt failed to hex Evening, because, firstly, not all the plans are going to go as you plan, and secondly, it stands to reason that Evening would be mentally stronger of the two… I felt it was especially bad with Fripple and Cedric, because that’s not exactly a situation where you would want your Bloodwrath to manifest… And the scariest thing certainly was that the hexed beast was conscious and sentient, but unable to do anything. However, there was that one moment when Veil thinks that even Swartt was unable to undo the hex, and that had me puzzled. It would be more logical to assume that whoever put the spell was the one who could lift it, and how Veil would know the mechanics of such an enchantment?

In a way, I feel that the way the enchantment was removed, with Lenn and others singing the Morning Song, was too easy… but considering how difficult and hopeless you made the situation to be, I do understand there probably was no other way to save the hexed ones.

As time passes, my love for Vinwyte grows. ;) And even though Sunflash was relatively minor there, I loved the moment when he ripped a table leg to use as a club. Nothing to bash your enemies with like a piece of good furniture! :D The way Kinta and Slugwort parted was sad, but at the very least Kinta wasn’t forced to kill him… Considering the way the families of converted vermin go in your stories, that’s already a good outcome. I loved the fight between Deathstrike and Evening, because I actually forgot about Strike myself. But in the end, he got what he deserved.

Lilly finally showing that she wasn’t the queen of Southsward for nothing and fighting Shroud was awesome! And I find it reassuringly realistic that there was a part of the city that supported Swartt. After all, he wouldn’t get to suppress it if he didn’t have at least some followers. Even though Bluefen’s demise was sad, in a way I felt that was the only way for her. She was just a type of a person that wasn’t meant to have a happy ending…

I’m absolutely happy for Scound – he did get to lead a horde after all. Well, a relatively small horde. A horde of ten beasts, but still. ;) After all his moral struggles, he deserved some peace. Also… is there really a hint? Scound and Aisha? That was unexpected, mostly because building up a relationship with somebeast never was a part of Scound’s character development; for him, growing as a character and sorting out his own ideals and principles were big enough, just as for Aisha. But that ending sounds like a beginning of something, and if that’s the case, I’m certainly glad for the two.