The Hobbit: The Gathering, Chapter 4

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Title: The Gathering
Rating: PG-13
Genre: General
Word Count: ~2000
Warnings: Dark themes, including violence, gore, starvation, and refugee psychology. Also a drunken timeline mash of both the original and the movie events where possible, no thanks to Tolkien himself not knowing/writing down half the secrets of the Dwarves in his mind, and Sir PJ and Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens simplifying it into a giant accounting mess where the years don’t add up and my literary headcanon got flipped ass over teakettle and etc.
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Summary: Twelve dwarves, one wizard, and one hobbit answer Thorin Oakenshield’s call for companions on the quest for Erebor. This is a story of their marshalling.
Series: Part 1 of The Tales In-Between series.

( IV. It is not the first time Olórin has seen dwarves in Bree, but the gravitas surrounding that particular dwarf – and he has to be a lord, to bear the crest of Durin so proudly – sings a tune that he would be hard-pressed to ignore even when asleep. )