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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tal Rasha" data-source="post: 3540169" data-attributes="member: 46213">I was just re-reading some passages from this story hour, and I had this most pleasant realisation.In the preface to "The Silmarillion" I think, Christopher Tolkien describes the fascination with the unknown that the Lord of the Rings books evoked. That feeling you get when you hear of long-gone heroes and deeds, when you are reading a story and you get some subtle hint or another regarding something that happened 1000 years ago, or something that is ineffable, or something that is just on the horizon, but still out of reach. Well, the thing is, I had never noticed this. In everything I read (or played through), any mystery, no matter how interesting, only evoked curiosity, not fascination. Things were either inconsequential, or they merited discovery.Until now. I must say, the aura that surrounds the Oinoloth is incredibly enjoyable. I almost wish we wouldn't (eventually) find out what he actually is. Almost  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> .So, to sum up, and to avoid being accused of idle flattery: good writing. Regard this post as a subtle way of saying "update please".</blockquote>