Clarity of Purpose, Chapter 30

[mithen]

Title: Clarity of Purpose, Chap. 30
Chapter Summary: Thorin and Bilbo reach the Cracks of Doom, and the rest of the Fellowship makes a stand at the Black Gate of Mordor.
Relationship: Thorin/Bilbo
Characters: Thorin Oakenshield, Bilbo, Arwen, Gimli, Dis, Legolas, Thrain, Gollum
Fandom: Hobbit/Lord of the Rings. Begins in 2968, twenty-six years

Comments

[shirebound]

Wow, this continues to be fantastic. And the appearance of Thráin took my breath away. How unbelievably clever.

“Just a little more and you shall return to the Shire, to the cool breezes and gentle sunlight of your home. We are almost there, my brave one, my star sapphire, my green leaf in the desert.”

*loves*

[mithen]

Thrain finally caught up, lol! He's been roughly three steps behind them since Saynshar...

And awwww, I'm glad you liked Thorin's pet names! I try to use them sparingly, but I figure if this situation doesn't call for some comfort, nothing does...

[nausicaa83]

Oh my god, Dis and Arwen against the Witch King was so amazing I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. And then I was flailing my arms like a muppet and chocking up at the same time.

And that confrontation at Mount Doom? Oh my god oh my god!!!

Seriously, I might need some chamomile tea after this.

[mithen]

Writing Dis and Arwen against the Witch King kind of had me on the edge of my seat as well, so I'm thrilled it worked for you! *grin* And I have a whole bunch of scribbled maps of the inside of Mt. Doom, because blocking out the confrontation has been quite the challenge... :)

Part 1!

[starsandsea]

It reached him before the two women could, snatching him up and into the air without a sound, then hurling him back down to the earth with vicious contempt.

*wails*

It was Arwen who stepped forward, sword in hand, and stood between them.

The beast snapped at her, knocking her to the side and driving the breath from her body, but she took a firm grip on her blade and swung. Her blow sliced through the scaly neck, severing it cleanly, and its scream of fury was cut off into a gurgling choke.

ARWEN!!!!

Her sword was gone, as was Dís.

Meeep!

Gimli followed the line of his finger, and although his eyes were nowhere near as keen as the elves’, he could easily make out the towering gray form of Shala, the olifaunt, wading across the battlefield and tossing orcs left and right, her trainer on her back shouting orders

Re: Part 1!

[mithen]

Eeeeee! Legolas is still going to have his olifaunt moment! (But in an entirely different way!)

*grin* I could not resist! I was trying to figure out how to get that gate open and it was just too appealing...

Arwen and Dis working together was such fun to write, although also very tense! :)

Part 2!

[starsandsea]

Arwen ran forward to gather Dís in her arms. “Dís,” she said, and then: “Sister. You have prevailed.” Below them there was faint cheering from the armies of Gondor, Rohan, and Saynshar, but Arwen had a care only for the woman lying in her arms. She smoothed back Dís’s hair from her cold forehead. It was all white as snow now, the black seared from it in that terrible thunderclap. “Do not leave me, my friend,” she said, and bent her head and wept.

*wails* Arwen! Dis! DIS.

At the motion, Dís stirred in her arms and coughed weakly. “I won,” she whispered.

Arwen took a careful breath. “Yes, sister. You defeated the Lord of the Nazgûl.”

“Of course I did,” Dis said, and smiled faintly. “But I mean I won...the count.”

Arwen laughed, and the tears of sorrow on her face were mixed with tears of joy. “Yes,” she agreed. “Yes, you won.”

*wibbles and wails and flails and hearts them both*

perhaps it would have been better if the true dragon had destroyed Erebor, so many years ago. Perhaps, away from the mountain, away from the gold, you

Re: Part 2!

[mithen]

*wibbles and wails and flails and hearts them both*

I couldn't possibly have killed Dis off! But I couldn't resist turning her hair pure white...

And Thorin and Bilbo! Oh god, I don't know how I'm going to get through writing the next chapter, it's going to be a challenge, lol. I already have little maps and diagrams everywhere...

[navaan]

Ahhh, Dis! That was so epic! And Arwen and her keeping up the banter through all of it! And Legolas and Gimli being all friends and banter-y, too!

Oh, and the final showdown between father and son. Poor Bilbo caught in the middle and fighting the ring. But, wow, Thorin taking a stand is just so perfect. *hugs*

Go, Bilbo, go! You can do it! Cast it into the fire!

[mithen]

SO MUCH BANTER. It's fun to write (especially in contrast with the Thorin and Bilbo bits, which are very banter-free...)

The next chapter is giving me fits already! *shoves maps and diagrams under the desk* Wish me luck!