The difficulty I’ve had writing in recent weeks is prompting me to take a new approach: focus on drabbles. What are drabbles, you ask? I discovered in a post from four years ago, when I wrote my drabble, that its roots are not the author Margaret Drabble, but rather Monty […]
“…for he that strikes the first blow, if he strikes it hard enough, may need to strike no more.” -Gandalf, The Two Towers Threat Level 34 Our heroes wake and examine their wounds. Theodred has one, Beravor and Eowyn have two each. They know the journey is at an end. […]
“If Gondor has such men still in these days of fading, great must have been its glory in the days of its rising.” -Legolas, The Return of the King Threat Level 33 A sense of foreboding pervades as our suddenly-large party of adventurers rises in the new dawn. Three threats […]
“If there is only one way, then I must take it. What comes after must come.” -Frodo Baggins, The Two Towers Threat Level 32 Our large party of intrepid adventurers rises at dawn. Beravor and Theodred still nurse two wounds each; Eowyn remains healthy. Among our five allies, the two […]
“What roads would any dare to tread, what safety would there be in quiet lands, or in the homes of simple men at night, if the Dunedain were asleep, or were all gone into the grave?” Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring Threat Level 37 The ninth day of our […]
Here and there through openings Frodo could catch sudden glimpses of rolling meads, and far beyond the hill in the sunset, and away on the edge of sight a dark line, where marched the southernmost ranks of the Mist Mountains. -The Fellowship of the Ring Threat Level 36 The sun […]
“But it will be hard to find the path unless the fog lifts a little later on.” -Aragorn, The Fellowship of the Ring That disastrous result of questing is only a precursor to the combat on Day Seven. You’ll recall we only have two in our party left for combat […]
The dwarves no more shall suffer wrong. The dwarves of yore made mighty spells, While hammers fell like ringing bells In places deep, where dark things sleep, In hollow halls beneath the fells. The Hobbit Threat Level rises to 33 Our party wakes on Day Seven rested and content, for […]
“We will make such a chase as shall be accounted a marvel among the Three Kindreds: Elves, Dwarves, and Men.” -Aragorn, The Two Towers And on Day Six, our intrepid party rested on the banks of the Anduin, having dispatched to the Gates of Hell both the Hill Troll and […]
“Mutton yesterday, mutton today, and blimey, if it don’t look like mutton again tommorow.” -Troll, The Hobbit Our party awakes on Day Five despondent, for the threat against them has risen and they have made little progress in their quest. The fourth day was an utter disaster, and all they […]
