The Unfinished Tales - favorite story

[tar-ancalime]

I really like Aldarion and Erendis. Both of them are such strong characters. My favorite part of the story is before they are betrothed, and each is pursuing the other. Also, what Erendis says to Ancalime after Aldarion becomes King:

"Therefore do not bend, Ancalime. Once bend a little, and they will bend you further until you are bowed down. Sink your roots into the rock, and face the wind, though it blow away all your leaves."

Just had a thought: Aldarion and Erendis are rather like the Ents and the Entwives, in love with each other but equally in love with their respective ways of life. And like the Ents, Aldarion needs to wander, and like the Entwives, Erendis wants to stay and tend her sheep. Aldrion and Erendis ultimately engage in quite a lot more vitriol than the Ents and the Entwives seem to, but I think there is a parallel.