This can't have been fun to write, but it was a joy to read - what a ride! I laughed, I cried, I held my breath. Poor Kaie. Poor Madanach. Poor everyone.

I loved Odahviing. I've always loved him - he's such a snarky, unapologetically self-serving bastard, and you wrote him PERFECTLY. I especially enjoyed his exchange with Argis. You did justice to Ulfric's death scene too, and too the complicated tangle of the civil war - Ulfric may not be a nice man, but he's got a point about oaths made to oathbreakers. Liriel is such a badass ("My ancestors are gods!"). And then the HEARTBREAK. Seeing a strong man cry is about the saddest thing in the world, and reading about it's not much better. Snuggle him better, Liriel. :(