Phoenix1977

Hmm, I think we have a closeted Harry Potter fan here. I mean, meeting a guy named Basilik Nagini and someone called James Potter in one chapter cannot be a coincidence, can it?

To be honest, I’m dissapointed to see the story end. I would have loved to read about J.J. and Henry in the political arena, perhaps one day all the way to the White House? I truly enjoyed reading J.J.’s story and hope we’ll hear from him again in the future.

From the very first chapter of your very first story CJ never ceases to amaze me how he can get into all kinds of trouble 🤣 Although he certainly made his way up from a homophobic biker to a dangerous Russian spy / diplomat …

Unfortunately, it’s a historical landmark so demolishing is not allowed. Lots of people tried to find a reason to have the Dutch Royal Palace torn down but so far no good. And yes, I’m dying to know how things are in Makarovia so don’t hold back in order to punish us 😃

Ok, so you say there is no such thing as an ugly palace but have you ever visited Amsterdam (the capitol of the Netherlands)? At Dam Square there is the Dutch Royal Palace and it's most certainly not the most beautiful building I have ever seen. In fact, Queen Wilhelmina, the great-grandmother of our current king, is rumored to have said "You couldn't accidentally have dropped a bomb on it?" to her pilot and aide Erik Hazelhoff Roelfsema when she arrived back in the Netherlands after the Second World War. She truly hated the building and Roelfsema had been a Dutch fighter pilot is service of the RAF during the war, bombing German targets in the Netherlands. Unfortunately I cannot upload a photo but you can see the building here: https://images.app.goo.gl/FpG9Y4xbuMbm66Fh6

I should have waited starting this story one more chapter. I really hate cliff hangers! 🙂

I know what you mean. It’s quite rare for people to react to stories. I have some here as well but people don’t comment often. And I’m no better 😃 I must admit I was surprised when new chapters started to appear but pleasantly surprised. Your story is well written and your characters are developed carefully over time. You allowed them to change within normal boundaries. Sometimes you follow a story and all of a sudden a character does a 180 on his or her personality. That makes is less believable. I did enjoy the Nick storyline although I do feel it ended abruptly. You built it up slowly but steady and all of a sudden it was done. I would have liked to read more about the aftermath and how the guys were gonna handle working with him after he’s seen them naked. But I guess there was not much more to tell. But as much I liked Nick I loved the fact Mark got closure with his “not-a-father” even better. Although you didn’t mention it a lot during the story you could always sense a kind of longing in Mark and I hope telling the SoB where to go will cure him of that. Unfortunately, it also proved to me my French is not a good as I thought 🤣 I do hope more chapters will come along although I can imagine at some point the story is complete. And that is ok, although parting is indeed a sweet sorrow 😃

Great chapter. But I really want to know what happened to Mark ...

With Jonas entering the arena all bets are off. The traitor could be anyone, to Lady Fenice herself. We know there is little love lost between the Lady of Tarlenheim and the “Lord Elf”, and even less trust. I guess we’ll just have to wait and see ...

When looking back Henry and Gavin never met again after the situation concerning the true Icon. Perhaps Gavin is not allowed to?

That is probably the situation, yes. In the Netherlands we never speak of "the Spanish Netherlands" after 1648, mostly because it commonly accepted among the Dutch the Spanish had no claim to those territories after the founding of the Republic. We always considered them part of our country which were occupied by a foreign nation 🙂

I love your stories about Rothenia. Today was the first time I found a historic inaccuracy, though. This story plays after 1690 but you mention "The Spanish Netherlands". The Netherlands seized to be Spanish property in 1648 and became "The Republic of Independent Netherlands", which, in time, became the current "Kingdom of the Netherlands" where I am from 🙂

“Indeed, this might not be good bye, there are a couple more chapters in the making and ideas that still need to be developed so you might get to read more in the future, if you're interested of course! Would you be interested?” Only one thing to say about that: WE WANT MORE! WE WANT MORE! WE WANT MORE!

Just finished reading all your “Rothenian Tales”. Wish I had taken more time because now it’s over and I have to wait for new chapters in the lives of our friends in Strelzen and beyond. At least, I hope there will be more ...? Loved all of the stories. Very well written and captivating. Was a good way to spend my time 😃

The father might be an idiot; the mother has no spine. if she loves her son so much, why not tell that husband of hers to find residence elsewhere?