How about act one starting more chaotically? It starts very organised, so to say, with the admin (spiritual admin and geopolitical), and then goes into the smaller details, we could also flip it maybe? What if we start off with Sauron and Thuringwethil/Barahirs Band in the thick of picking up on the pieces on the battlefield after the DB, (the two plots with the scout of Barahir can work together anyway) and then towards the end, we get someone in one of these plots maybe from a hill in dorthonion ominously looking down towards a tower (both barahir and sauron have interest in tol sirions status after all) --> transition into the tol sirion scene, and then after that, for our ominous act one break, we get the ominous namo scene, where we could already have foreshadowed a little bit from Sauron & Thuringwethil, but nothing explicit yet..
I really like all the scenes individually, and also the little petty Sauron/Gothmog antagonism. Also all the scenes have a lot of potential for angst, desperation and all the good post bragollach feelings.
I really like all the scenes individually, and also the little petty Sauron/Gothmog antagonism. Also all the scenes have a lot of potential for angst, desperation and all the good post bragollach feelings.