A Fork in the Road: A Lord of the Rings Story
“I have come. But I do not choose now to do what I came to do. I will not do this deed. the Ring is mine!” The terrible words came, but Sam could not believe…
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Brother of My Heart: A Lord of the Rings Story
22 Halimath, 1389. The start of a beautiful friendship... Frodo stepped out of the cart and looked at his new home. Bilbo turned to him and beamed. “Well, Frodo, my lad, what do you think?”…
The Sound of the Sea: A Lord of the Rings Story
Water lapped around the ankles of Drogo and Primula as they walked hand-in-hand along the edge of the Brandywine River. A bit ahead of them, their seven-year-old son stooped down to pick up anything and…
Frodo’s Last Shire Yule: A Lord of the Rings Story
Frodo stood silently in the dark parlour, looking at the single light that glowed by his favorite chair. The book he was reading awaited him by the table. The blanket he often wrapped himself in…
Happy Yule, Frodo!: A Lord of the Rings Story
A/N: This is my Christmas present to my dear Queen Galadriel, but since it deals with Frodo’s first Yule at Bag End, it’s being posted today. A sort of sequel to “Brother of My Heart”.…
A Light to the World: The Call Heard and Answered
At the ‘Council of London’ the Tea Club and Barrovian Society held in December 1914, J. R. R. Tolkien and his three dearest friends spoke of the call they felt to bring beauty and meaning…
Guardian Angels of the Quest: Frodo, Sam, and the Valar
Sam is Frodo’s guardian angel on the Quest, but he is not the only one. The Valar also play instrumental roles in aiding the Ring-bearer and his friends during the War of the Ring…
Pity for a Creature Dark as Darkness: Bilbo’s Encounter with Gollum in “The Hobbit”
The meeting of Bilbo, the dreadfully and fearfully lost hobbit, and Gollum, a creature “as dark as darkness” (Hobbit 88), their riddle-game and what happens after Gollum loses are among the most iconic scenes of…
First Yule: A Lord of the Rings Story
Sam rose late from his afternoon nap to find the smial entirely dark, except as he walked closer to the parlor he saw two candles burning with another set a bit apart. Then as he watched, more…
Yule on the Quest: A Lord of the Rings Story
“May I help you, Master Peregrin?” Glorfindel asked. Pippin abruptly straightened and jumped off the chair he had brought up aside a high shelf in the kitchens of Rivendell. He colored…