Sorry... I needed to freak out for like one second... because I just read chapters 14 - 16 of EE (Yep, a great way to get distracted from writing. XD) and had to yell somewhere.
I know most of you have probably finished the book by now, but I forced myself to finish reading LOTR before this... so please, no spoilers on this thread. :P
(Also, I'm sorry I've not been active for a long time.)