I feel mildly annoyed at myself for having taken so long to comment on this, but here goes. The tale was entertaining, action packed, and brought up a sense of hope and dread. At the same flippin time. Hope because you know that there’s a chance, dread because of just how badly the wolves and lions are loosing that war. Heh, I remember getting a shout as soon as this story was written “Sorry for killing all the ratties” or something to that effect, but when I read this I can’t help but think: The rats are winning.

The actual violence wasn’t nearly as good as some stories I’ve seen, but I think that’s appropriate because this wasn’t an epic finale, rather, a minor skirmish. A single, poorly defended castle amongst thousands. While I know some grand authors (most of them professional) who could have done so much more with the fight, that would have been at the cost of derailing the story and making the meaningful ending harder to fit in. It’s good the way it is.

The characters are … well, I can say that I don’t /like/ the characters, they are rude, annoy each other incessantly, not especially open or wise but rather forced to work together because of strenuous circumstances; I look at those two and see annoying soldiers fighting for dominance rather than anything else. At the same time, I think that it’s handled perfectly, I’m not supposed to admire them for their upstanding morals or valiant heroics, I’m supposed to look at them as people fighting in a war. Anything I might think or feel about them is coincidental, and deliberately left up to the reader to decide. That’s what’s entertaining about it.

Don’t feel bad for not reviewing. You had faved it, I figured you liked it. I figured you had no words to say about it though. It’s not a fic that I require criticism on. As I mention, it was a fic I did quickly and wanted to get out quickly. Its also meant to be an introduction to the fantasy world. So, we’ll see what comes from it. Nothing much to say, but thank you for the comments.