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Part III: Hope

( I ignore Feredir's protests... )

( When Arbellason, Thorontur and I... )

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Author's Note: I've had to split this chapter because it's too big... So it's continued in 2b.

Part II: Crisis

( Legolas is late... )

Author's Note: I owe a million thank-yous to Melethril, who prodded and encouraged and pretty much didn't back down until I'd written this whole thing. :-) The story is complete in three parts (and it's fully written, so no worries there).

It's set after Where Battle Ends, Fic #4 in the Mirkwood Matters series, and will probably make more sense if ( Read more... )