i really liked the concept and ideas in this story, and the fight was pretty cool too, but the story was kind of hard to read. overall, i think it was pretty good though

I appreciated your showing us a little of what a wraith titan might get up to in its 'off hours', and your personal twists on the High Elf lore. Regrowing old souls as plants is a good concept with a lot of mythic and genre precedent, and you carry it off well. I especially enjoyed the depictions of Eredh's empathic connection to the forest.

I think the story might be improved if you narrowed down what you really wanted to express. There are a lot of ideas and story elements packed in, and I found myself struggling to follow along with new details as they were introduced. The fight scene, while detailed, veered into pedantically mechanical at times, and I think these two issues might solve each other: by making your fight scene descriptions tighter and more dynamic, you free up space for additional exploration of emotion, theme, and backstory.

Anyway I appreciated your vision here, and with a little more polish and attention to your craft, you could really bring that vision to life in a powerful way. Keep it up!

I think the concept and originality of the story were its strongest points, especially Eredh's task to regrow the fallen as "soul forests".  The concept of her anger affecting the forest was also interesting, though I think it could have been explored in the final sections of your story where you speak of Eredh's 'pure distilled hate' for the Wraith-Shard.

The writing was hard to follow in places - there's a number of typos and changes in tense which unfortunately pulled me out of the fascinating world you were creating.  I imagine a revision of the story could go a long way in improving this aspect, if you're interested in improving your work after the competition's completion.  

I wish a bit more could have been devoted to describing the unconventional weapon than the last paragraph of your story - perhaps more foreshadowing to the capabilities of the soul forest could have helped with this, or more detail of their fight against the wraith-shard.

Thank you for sharing this as part of the OPR Writing Jam!