Daughters of Oromë

This story is dedicated to the memory of my dear friend and writer, Rosemary St. George. She, like Finduilas of dol Amroth, died untimely, and tragically by her own hand, but her memory lives on.

Boundless bouquets of gratitude to my long-lost 'sister,' Amy. Without her allowing me to sit in on her Tolkien class, I would not have discovered fanfiction and I would certainly never had considered writing any myself. My heartfelt thanks to many other fanfiction writers who provided support and oftentimes much-needed criticism: Nessime tops the list (my sycldesweoster and friend!), Maura Mellon, and Jen who beta read the whole story. Thank you, dear heart, for catching all of my inappropriate dialogue punctuation!

Anglo-Saxon words
I carried around A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary for the Use of Students by John R. Clark Hall, London, 1894, for about 6 months. All of the Anglo-Saxon words in this story came from this book, which is Anglo-Saxon to modern English only, so I've had hours of pun poring through it to find appropriate words and names.

Peter Jackson
My thanks for Peter Jackson for making the LotR trilogy, and for his brilliance in casting Miranda Otto as Eowyn. Her acting has inspired me all through this story.