"The Tarsius of Amriath." started out as a favour for my Daughter: ("Hey, Dad; can you do a fairy tale for the kids to get them interested in reading?"). This undertaking was duly abandoned when her children discovered electronic games. Reading through it again, I decided that as I really liked the way the existing work was progressing, and was too promising to be consigned to the recycle bin; standing in excess of 100,000 words; I would proceed, and see where it led. It did not, however, turn out to be a fairy tale.