Yeah, I thought of the deus ex machina earthquake too, and I don't like it anymore. Too cheap and easy. The "run away" tack with earthquakes, hail, wind, and all sorts of other nasty meteorological (sp?) phenomena seems reasonable.
Herugor will have one last nasty surprise closer to Romenna anyway. At that point we can have the eucatastrophe, I guess.
Hey Himaran! Where are you? Are you gonna post some kind of amazing thing for Abarzadan? I keep hoping.
I still like the p[hone]alantir idea though. The others are in the possession of Elendil, so it would be quite plausible for Miriel to use it to keep Elendil informed, don't you think?
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