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❝ 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐝
𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐦𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐭𝐨 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞
𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 ? ❞

『 𝐒𝐘𝐍𝐎𝐏𝐒𝐈𝐒 』
❝ Lady Alassaran of Imladris had lived long and seen much of the world. She had seen the rise and fall of the great evil that was Sauron during the Second Age. She had witnessed her home reduced to rubble and her brother taken by the flames of the dragon Smaug. She had seen Erebor descend into fire when the serpent attacked. Her eyes, some said, had seen too much, and what she had seen left scars on both her skin and soul. The elves of Rivendell called her Naerien, the lady of sorrow.

She was reduced to a shell of who she had once been, her spirit locked away by the horrors only seen in times of old. No longer were her green eyes full of life, her skin warmed by the sun, or her voice ringing through the halls of the House of Elrond. Naerien was a ghost, a specter destined to haunt Imladris until the weight of her grief consumed her completely.

Or so they thought.

When the Grey Pilgrim arrives in Rivendell accompanied by thirteen dwarves and a peculiar half-ling by the name of Bilbo Baggins, Lord Elrond convinces Naerien to join them on their journey to reclaim the Lonely Mountain in hopes that he will see the life she once had restored.

He can only pray she will survive it. ❞

『 𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐓 』

𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙖 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙮 𝙖𝙨
𝕬𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐧 𝕹𝐚𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧

❝ 𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐑 𝐓𝐎 𝐀 𝐓𝐇𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐎𝐅 𝐑𝐔𝐁𝐁𝐋𝐄 ❞
Her eyes felt brighter, her bones stronger, and her breaths easier. It felt as though she could smile without guilt...

𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙨
𝕭𝐢𝐥𝐛𝐨 𝕭𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐬

❝ 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐆𝐎𝐋𝐃 ❞
She privately wondered if he would ever know that he gave her hope, fueled her long-cold courage, and put light in her eyes.

𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙣 𝙤𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙚𝙡𝙙
𝙖𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙨 𝙠𝙞𝙡𝙞
𝙙𝙚𝙖𝙣 𝙤'𝙜𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙞
𝙠𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙩𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣
𝙖𝙙𝙖𝙢 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙧𝙞
𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙝𝙖𝙢 𝙢𝙘𝙩𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙨𝙝 𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙬𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙣

𝙟𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙨 𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙛𝙪𝙧
𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙢 𝙠𝙞𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙞𝙛𝙪𝙧
𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙝𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙤𝙢𝙗𝙪𝙧
𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝙝𝙖𝙙𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙖𝙨 𝙙𝙤𝙧𝙞
𝙟𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙮 𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙞
𝙟𝙤𝙝𝙣 𝙘𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙞𝙣

𝙥𝙚𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙗𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙡𝙤𝙞𝙣
𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙤 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙢 𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙨
𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙩 𝙢𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙣𝙯𝙞𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙧
𝙝𝙪𝙜𝙤 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙨 𝙚𝙡𝙧𝙤𝙣𝙙
𝙨𝙞𝙧 𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙢𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙞𝙧/𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖𝙡𝙛
𝙡𝙚𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙪𝙞𝙡

𝙖𝙡𝙮𝙨𝙨𝙖 𝙨𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙖
𝙡𝙪𝙠𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙧𝙙
𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙡𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙩𝙤𝙬𝙣
𝙥𝙚𝙜𝙜𝙮 𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙧𝙞𝙙
𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙗𝙞𝙩𝙩 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙙𝙖
𝙟𝙤𝙝𝙣 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙖𝙞𝙣

𝙗𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙩 𝙘𝙪𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙗𝙖𝙩𝙘𝙝 𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙢𝙖𝙪𝙜
𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙠𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙨 𝙜𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙪𝙢/𝙨𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙡
𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙟𝙖𝙝 𝙬𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙤 𝙗𝙖𝙜𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙨

❝ 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐦𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐰
𝐢 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐢 𝐥𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮
𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 ❞

『 𝐃𝐈𝐒𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐑 』
I don't own Lord of the Rings, the Silmarillion, or the Hobbit. All rights go to my personal hero JRR Tolkien, Peter Jackson, Warner Bros, and Wingnut Films. Any and all recognizable plots and characters are not mine. However, all Ballads plots and characters are of my own original work. I deeply respect and love Tolkien's works and try hard to model them, please don't steal them.
Also of note: every story of the Ballads series interconnects into a slightly alternate universe. I honestly have too much respect for Middle-earth to change it too significantly. You don't need to read the other stories to understand this one, but characters and major events may cross paths with this story and its characters.
IMPORTANT!! This series follows the books very closely, and uses the movies for additional detail/dialogue. So before you wonder why the heck no one's being constantly chased by orcs or why Tariel...doesn't exist, that would be why.
『 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒 』
This fanfic is rated PG-16 for fantasy violence, gore, scenes of torture, mental conditions such as PTSD, descriptions of panic attacks, depression, death, loss, and grief.
『 𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑'𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄 』
Bilbo Baggins deserves all the love in the universe, and he doesn't really get it. I've decided to change that...that's all I have to say here
Oh! And I hope you enjoy my take on this fantastic book/movie trilogy. :)
『 𝐃𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 』
To JRR Tolkien, who, from his place in Heaven, is constantly inspiring writers like me to create new worlds. To my sisters, who have to endure my crazy fangirling, and to all of you readers who decide to support me! You are what makes writing stuff like this worthwhile. Love y'all!
『 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐒 』𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆
Started: 08 / 2021
Edited: 20 /25 / 2022 — ?
Finished: —
『 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆 』
Somebody Like You by Smith & Thell

𝕭𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐬
❝ 𝙨𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙬𝙚 𝙥𝙪𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙛𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 ❞

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