Aegiscrypt

Title: The Gathering
Rating: PG-13
Genre: General
Word Count: ~1000+
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.
Also Archived On: Livejournal; Archive of Our Own.
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.
A.N.: THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE. After a year the block on this thing finally relented and let me write the last three unfinished chapters! Bifur, Bofur, and Bombur just weren’t cooperating, and then The Desolation of Smaug derailed some of my plans for chapters in Part 2. So the bad news is that Part 2 is still nowhere near done being drafted. The good news is that the rest of Part 1 IS. I just need to find time to edit, finalize and format the chapters for sharing.

As always, thanks for reading!

( VIII. It’s one of the best lessons Mother had taught him, and Bofur’s put it to excellent use too many a times to count. )

Title: The Gathering
Author: aegistheia
Rating: PG-13
Genre: General
Word Count: ~760
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.
Also Archived On: Livejournal; Archive of Our Own.
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.

( VI. Nori snorts. “I walked in.” )

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.
Also Archived On: Livejournal; Archive of Our Own.
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. )

Title: The Gathering
Rating: PG-13
Genre: General
Word Count: ~1500
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.
Also Archived On: Livejournal; Archive of Our Own.
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.
A.N.: Balin fought me unbelievably hard in the writing of this chapter. This, dear reader, is why watching/reading/playing through the source material before embarking upon the writing of fic would be the wisest course of action. (Also, never underestimate Balin.)

( II. At his back, Dwalin matches him step for step as they trot deeper down into the royal hall. )