*You follow me down a winding set of stairs that you know shouldn't be there until we reach the entrance to a long hallway. Torches sputter to life of their own accord, illuminating the hall and the paintings hanging on the walls.*

You may choose anyone here, but only one of them will be yours. Whom will you choose?

*You look down the hallway at the rows of paintings and begin to walk the length of it, peering at each one as you pass*

1) Luthien

2) Fëanor

3) Beorn

4) Bilbo

5) Eldarion

6) Maedhros

7) Eowyn

8) Morgoth

9) Galadriel

10) Gimli

11) Legolas

12) Kili

13) Tauriel

14) Haleth

15) Thranduil

16) Khamul the Black Easterling

17) Morwen Eledhwen

18) Smaug

19) Niënor

20) Thuringwethil

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*You spend several minutes deciding who you want before finally pointing to one*

That one there, eh? A most interesting choice *I rub my hands together* Now that you've chosen, I suspect you want to see what you're fighting for, am I right?

*You nod excitedly, the warmth finally returning to your bones*

Follow me, friend.

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Just a note: I do not own the rights to these pictures, nor do I claim to have made them. They fit with what I pictured the characters to be, and all due credit should go to the artists who did such an amazing job on them.