LauraGray



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  1. Summary

    "If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it." Toni Morrison

    I suppose this is the story I have wanted to read, and the story I have needed to tell, for longer than I care to admit. I have tried to make it real, or at least as real as Tolkien's world. I'm not much interested in magic, or faceless evil, or quests; with a few exceptions, this story doesn't have those things. What it does have are the people, and the land. And so...

    "Let us probe the silent place, let us see what luck betide us;
    Let us journey to a lonely land I know.
    There's a whisper on the night-wind, there's a star agleam to guide us,
    And the Wild is calling, calling...let us go."
    Robert Service

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  1. Public Bookmark 60

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    Will/Bran and ensemble postcanon stories

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    115,831
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    60

    28 Dec 2025

  2. Public Bookmark 3

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    What if Boromir had succeeded in taking the Ring?

    Meditations on ruin and reclamation, grief and penance, unbounded love and unendurable forgiveness.

    He had thought to take the Ring directly to Minas Tirith and to his father. But chance – or a terrible providence – led him first to his brother.

    Language:
    English
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    9,192
    Chapters:
    3/5
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    5
    Kudos:
    19
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    3
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    28 Dec 2025

  3. Public Bookmark 2

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    27 May 3012. The last of the Haradrim representatives was recalled today.

    Language:
    English
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    1,193
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    1/1
    Comments:
    11
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    11
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    2
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    05 Nov 2025

  4. Public Bookmark 1

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    Tolkientober Day 12: Brotherhood

    Boromir survives and falls in love at first sight. But her heart belongs to another.

    PREVIEW:
    He was back in his beloved White City, and the war was won.

    Except, he had fallen out of the frying pan into the fire.

    Her reputation preceded her, this fire.

    Series
    Language:
    English
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    628
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    3
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    33
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    1
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    26 Oct 2025

  5. Public Bookmark 1

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    Tolkientober Day 18: Maps

    At Bag End, there is a map of all of Bilbo’s favorite walks. Frodo thinks fondly on the old hobbit as he recalls their days together.

    PREVIEW:
    At Bag End, there is a map in the foyer. Unlike the travel maps stashed away in the library, it is not wrinkled. It is carefully preserved in a frame and hung opposite the door. It spans half the wall, and Sting hangs long and leaflike beside it.

    In red, the map traces all of Bilbo’s favorite walks, and each is a treasure he gave Frodo.

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    503
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    3
    Kudos:
    11
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    1
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    56

    26 Oct 2025