Thanks, all!
Yes,
Hilde, it
is like losing a friend. I shall miss Kaldir very much. It's strange... when we started this story I never intended for him to die, yet, as the story progressed, I began to see that this was the way it had to be with him. He should have died back in Mordor. Oh,well...

Sorry he had to take your old friend, Rauthain, with him that way though!
Pio - yes, my avatar is Ingrid Bergman. It is a still from
Casablanca, one of my all time favorite movies. I really am a hopeless romantic! What is yours? It looks Japanese. ?
Nerindel - how cool! Your sister did some wonderful work.