Having read the story to the end, I can just add myself to the host of people saying that it sounds so LOTR and that I absolutely love it and feel a bit cheated when the story ends. I wanted to get a glimpse of Turgon "in person".
However, I must say that Tuor is one darn lucky guy. Half of the time he just "feels" something is right and follows, and it's his good fate that it really is something good. His way is shown for him. Ulmo even talks for him. It's not fair!!!
And toward the end of the story I had a weird image of Moses comming to the Pharaoh to get him to "let his people go". Though Tuor is not asking for a group of Elvesto leave, he really does seem a bit Moses-y.
PS: this chapter also helped explain some Downers' profiles *coughLegatecough*
