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An Early Departure, An Unexpected Encounter and A Lost Ring. What would happen if Bilbo Baggins departed the Shire with the One Ring before his 111th birthday, before Gandalf realized what it was, before Sauron had fully regrouped? What if his feet carried him to Gondor, and the Ring fell into the hands of Man?
A LotR Alternate Universe Story.
Updated June 22, 2002
Introduction: A Shadow Grows in Gondor
Bilbo makes his untimely journey, and meets Boromir at its end.~
Book One -
Table of Contents or Read from the beginning
The heir of Isildur arrives in Gondor with disruptive consequence, and a Company of hobbits search for Bilbo Baggins.
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Book Two -
The Ring Leaves Minas Tirith
Boromir finds himself in unpleasant company.A Rude Awakening
Éowyn's arrival rekindles hard feelings between herself and Boromir.For the Love of a Story
Merry and Pippin almost get an unwanted shower from some orcs, and decide to investigate!The Horde of Isengard
A meeting of old friends on the road, and trouble with orcs.
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Notes and Asides
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Illustrations
= written by tammy lee
= joint (pluto & tammy)
We have taken great care to keep events as close to canon as possible up until the point of divergence. So, if you see something that doesn't work, we would really appreciate hearing it! We know we have diminished the potency of the Ring on Men, but blame this on Sauron's current weakened and distracted state. All other feedback also happily welcomed, be it constructive crit, commentary, praise, correction, etc. Flames will be ignored and/or laughed at.
Lord of the Rings and its associated characters belong to that Forefather of Fantasy, JRR Tolkien, and NOT us. We wrote this story for the amusement of our friends and ourselves, and hold the original Lord of the Rings story with utmost respect, intending no infringment of copyright. Plus, we are so poor! So please don't sue us :)
