Hantale

(meaning "thanx" in the High Elven language) to...

...first of all, of course, J.R.R. Tolkien for his incredible work which is and will probably stay unreached not only in the genre he created.

...my teachers Wolgang Teutsch for making us read The Hobbit in year six and showing me the way to Middle-Earth and Gerda Sitter for lots of support and interest in my work.

...David Day and Michael Nagula for their excellent books whithout which I would probably have despaired. Even if the latter "stole" some of my own ideas, which makes it look as if they weren't, damn!

...the people who gave/lent them to me: Wintersorrow and Mum.

...Gavin Harper aka. NeedledWarheart for corrections... at least on the first five pages.

...Blind Guardian, Battlelore and Nightwish for quotes and inspiration through the musical masterpieces "Tales From The Twilight World", "Nightfall In Middle-Earth"; "...Where The Shadows Lie", "Swordsong"; "Angels Fall First".

...Children Of Bodom for further inspiration ("The orcs desolate, crush and burn." - which sadly became an outtake...).

...Lucky Strike, Brauerei Rapp KG, ...

...and MS Word 97 for not completely breaking down until nearly the end.

- PRINT VERSION -

...Anna for printing the cover and maps.

...Mum for playing the driver from printers one to the petrol station to printers two.

...Wintersorrow for letting me use his computer for the few final touches, printing the rest of the whole thing and drinking a beer with me when everything was done at half past five in the morning.

- ONLINE VERSION -

...Self HTML for my "incredible" programming-skills.

...Wintersorrow for my shiny nice new computer and support via telephone :)