Chapter 2 – Part 2 Unexpected Surprises Chapter 2 – Part 1 Unexpected Surprises Chapter 1 – A Staircase of Stars Chapter 2, Part 3 – Unexpected Surprises by Silent Draco And on one morning, the rain turned to elven-glass and furled back, and a far, green country was revealed under a swift sunrise. Tol…
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Unexpected Surprises – Chapter 2 – Part 2
Chapter 2 – Part 1 Unexpected Surprises Chapter 1 – A Staircase of Stars Chapter 2, Part 2 – Unexpected Surprises by Silent Draco Sam breathed slowly, in great draughts, allowing his head to clear. He was now merely exhausted instead of wretched, and asked the captain if he might go below…

Unexpected Surprises – Chapter 2 – Part 1
A note from the author: I begin to appreciate the scope of Christopher Tolkien’s labors, and I’m only at short forms of six chapters. Writing Chapter Four meant major reconstruction, which forced new versions of Chapters One and Two. This is essentially getting inside Sam as a character, and working out what the Delta who…

A Staircase of Stars – Chapter I
by Silent Draco The tale in part was revealed only to Cirdan of the Havens, before he sailed with the Last Ship into the Uttermost West. He murmured hints of this to the Gardners, the hereditary Masters of the Westmarch and Mayors of the Shire. Only this brief account remains from the days of Frodo IV…