#Methedras

[rockattitudegr]

Για πρώτη φορά έρχεται στην Ελλάδα η Thrash – Metal δολοφονική μηχανή των Methedras και συναντάει μια από τις ιστορικότητες Ελληνικές metal μπάντες, τους Piranha Greek metal band για τέσσερα εκρηκτικά live shows στα πλαίσια του “ETERNAL DECEPTION” tour 2024. Μαζί τους οι Cleavercult, Rockband Parhelion και CORAX B.M

ΚΟΜΟΤΙΝΗ - 17/10 Valhalla ΘΕΣΣΑΛΟΝΙΚΗ - 18/10 Eightball ΛΑΡΙΣΑ - 19/10 Skyland ΑΘΗΝΑ - 20/10 Temple Athens

[mysteriis-moon666]

METHEDRAS - Human Deception

Le groupe italien de thrash-death metal Methedras a sorti son sixième chapitre intitulé « Human Deception » avec un line-up renouvelé composé de Beppe « Rex » Caruso (IRA, ex-Node) comme frontman et Edo Sala (Folkstone, BardoMagno) comme batteur : « Deux incroyables et talentueux Italiens. des artistes qui ont remarquablement enrichi le style du groupe depuis leur arrivée et ont su donner une classe supérieure à nos nouvelles compositions » expliquent Andrea Bochi et Daniele Colombo.

Enregistré au légendaire Studio Fredman par Fredrik Nordström, « Human Deception » réinvente l'attitude de Methedras : « Nous sommes extrêmement satisfaits de notre nouvel album, fait d'une étude minutieuse en termes d'écriture de chansons et plein de nuances, perdant un peu en fruitabilité immédiate mais gagnant beaucoup en longévité et en malléabilité. Chaque aspect a été amélioré par une maturité de création, de préparation et d’exécution, amenant le projet à un nouveau niveau jamais atteint dans le passé. « Human Deception » dispose de ce rôtissage thrashy et deathalique. Un autre aspect important à mentionner est la collaboration avec deux incroyables artistes comme Francesco Ferrini (Fleshgod Apocalypse) pour les orchestrations de cinq chansons sur dix et Giacomo Gastaldi, un maître en synthétiseur analogique, qui nous a offert son talent pour donner une touche plus fraîche et moderne. -jusqu'à notre nouvel album. Avec « Human Deception », nous souhaitons attirer l’attention d’un public plus large et curieux, fasciné par les contaminations sonores, sans barrières mentales lors de l’écoute de musique métal » dixit Methedras

L’album inonde de forêts tordues par les tempêtes, et des broussailles cachés dans des roches escarpées, léchées par un feu déchirant.

[deadqueernoldor]

It is my firm belief that if Caranthir had survived the 1st age, he would have established a new realm either on the eastern side of Esgaroth or around the area where the Rivers Celduin and Carnen (from Iron Hills) meet.

My man nopes out of the active warzone until his brothers forced him into it again, he'd do it again but more firmly the second time around.

[gwynbleiddyn]

delinquent dúnadan behaviour

[lotro-tooltips-daily]

[esther-dot]

We Will Be the Walls of this House 27k @tornadodream

"She stood firm, her clutch steady against his forearm. 'You are my brother.' 'No,' he said, and his voice was gravelly. 'No, I am no brother of yours, Sansa Stark.'" The war has taken much from both of them. But when Jon Snow returns from the south as the new Region-King of the North, Sansa Stark knows that the best way to secure Winterfell for the both of them is a marriage that neither of them want, but the marriage that they both know that they need.

To Be Alone With You 10k @methedras

If he willed it, Sansa would make a Stark of Jon. One way or another.

I'm Holding You Closer Than Most Because You Are My Heaven 8k by @sansaswolfbits

Perhaps she deserves more than a man who loves another woman, but it's him she wants, so she'll take whatever part of him she can have. She's grown used to pretending, how hard can it be?

want me to love you in moderation? well don't you know, i wish i could 8k by @sansaswolfbits

He had Winterfell and Sansa, and everything that should have been Robb's, or Bran's or Rickon's, and now hers, and he couldn't even allow himself to enjoy it. The guilt was eating him up, tearing away pieces of him every single day and keeping him up at night. All of his brothers—who had never been his true brothers—had died so that he could be Lord of Winterfell, so that he could use the girl he'd once called sister to take everything that was hers for his own. Even with Jon it was just her claim he needed. But at least to him, Winterfell was more than a keep and a title. He understood what her home meant to her. They shared the same memories and suffered the same losses. Jon cared for her, but he didn't love her the way a man should love his lady wife.

Finding Love in the Strangest Places 50k

The Rebellion didn't happen till Next Gen: Arya was engaged to Joffery and eloped/was kidnapped by Aegon. Robb and his father Brandon went down to King's Landing and Mad King Rhaegar killed them. Now Jon has to marry Robb's betrothed Sansa Tully. Sansa had a crush on Robb and now has to marry his sullen younger brother before he goes off to war.

The Northern Crown 2k by @hkafterdark

They were married in the Godswood as the snow fell around them.

The Quiet Balance of Wolves 12k by @sevensneakyfoxes

Regardless of what may or may not linger between them, he knows exactly the horrible position he is putting Sansa in: her home and freedom for another interloper in her bed. Jon cannot put her through it again. “My brother knew that the blood of dragons needed to flow in the North, and despite his misguided attempts at creating a lineage, I am starting to understand why. Wolves and dragons were meant to balance each other." Jon is thoroughly sick of prophecies; blood is blood - spilt, it looks the same red on snow. -- Daenerys and Jon make a deal. Jon barters poorly.

Seasons of Wine 1k by @geekprincess26

Sansa still drinks wine only when she has to. Every so often, as the world changes at a dizzying pace around her and her cousin Jon, she has to.

Say Your Vows Against My Skin 8k by @madamebaggio

Jon had married Sansa to protect the North. At least, that was what she thought. Sansa had married Jon to be protected. At least, that was he thought. Their marriage might have started for political reasons, but they love each other. Now if they'd could only say that to each other... Fortunately, one night makes them realize they might've been missing something significant about their relationship.

Duty, Desire, or Love 2k by @damdamfino

Sansa’s duty as Queen is to give the King an heir. But what if that is the only reason Jon is so gentle and caring to her? Would everything change if she told him she was with child? What if she wanted to pretend…for just a little longer.

What Grows in Winter 3k by @orangeflavoryawp

“There are too many years ahead to think of the years before.” - Jon and Sansa. Through the years of a harsh winter, they tend their love.

The Songs Never Mentioned the Scars 2k by @azulaahai

Sansa could hear how naïve it sounded even as she thought it, but the only thing she could think was - not Jon. Jon would never. Jon, her sweet Jon, who's first words to her after their wedding in the godswood had been that Ghost was her wolf now as much as his (which was so adorable and silly that Sansa never failed to smile when she thought about it), who knew exactly what it meant to grow up a bastard - would that man start visiting a brothel without explanation?

time goes by go and i can't control my mind (just keep breathin') 10k by @ladyalice101

“She’s grieving," Arya says, "I’ve never seen her like this and I don’t think she should be alone, but I - . . . have you ever seen her so sad?” Jon’s face has pulled down, the lines etched across it deeper than she’s ever seen them, and there’s a true sorrow in his eyes. “Once or twice,” he answers quietly. “You’re right, she shouldn’t be alone." - We have sad Sansa being comforted by Jon, we have arranged marriage, we have pining, we have feasts, we have bed sharing! This one is just chock full of tropes friends.

Take Me To Wife 1k

When the liege-lords and bannermen to House Stark find out that their king is not who they thought he was, a solution is suggested in the hope of restoring peace among his subjects.

All My Days 74k by @kit-kat21

The night before, as Sansa oversaw the packing of her trunks – her chamber at Winterfell being emptied of her possessions to take to her new home with her – she had asked her brother to describe her soon-to-be husband because Robb hadn’t even supplied a sketch of the man. “Well, he’s… pretty,” Robb decided after a moment’s contemplation. “Pretty?” Sansa’s eyebrows both raised at that.

Put Your Hands on My Waist, Do It Softly 1k by @kitten1618x

The Great War has ended, and Jon and Sansa have wed, but a marriage of convenience has evolved to so much more. As the frigid winter winds whip about outside the walls of Winterfell, Jon suggests something new to take the chill off, testing the boundaries of Sansa's trust in him.

tongue-tied disservice 9k by @ava-rosier

Jon and Sansa are wedded and bedded for the good of the realm.

Strange Bedfellows 7k

Married at Daenerys' behest, Sansa and Jon take a chance and open up to one another on their wedding night.

forbidden fruit's in season 13k by @bravegentlestrong

Jon and Sansa get married. For political reasons. And heir producing purposes. They only have sex this much for the good of the realm. There is a 0% chance they're secretly in love. Alternatively titled "Newsflash, asshole! I've been in love with you this entire goddamn time!"

Jon Snow's 5 Infallible Steps to a Successful Marriage 1k by @azulaahai

By mutual agreement, Jon and Sansa do not share the lord’s bedchamber.

Beasts of Seasons 69k incomplete

She had prepared her words and her actions meticulously.She hadn’t prepared to actually see him. Or, Jon and Sansa reunite and things don't go according to plan, forcing Sansa to reevaluate her identity and her loyalties and forcing Jon to come back to himself. Post-ADWD, bookverse fic. Jon and Sansa reunite on campaign to win back Winterfell.

i could offer you a warm embrace 10k by @amymel86

Of course he wants to keep his newly earned grotesque covered. He’s seen it in the looking glass; a sightless milk-white eye surrounded by angry puckered red scarring from brow to temple. Jon is not a vain man, but no one wants to witness their king’s weaknesses, least of all his wife who had once dreamt that her husband should be a beautiful, fair-haired prince. Well now you have a half-blind brother king.

Hard times for Dreamers 4k by @comma-spice (this was posted in 2014)

She shouldn't feel saddened by his outward lack of affection. Outside of their separate chambers Jon was a good, dutiful husband. He tried to see the logic behind her requests, agreeing on the importance of Bran sitting with them during the morning petitions, and riding out to Wintertown to visit the smallfolk. They rarely fought, and when they did an easy compromise was often found. More importantly he was kind, which was something she had long come to accept as impossible in a husband. Sansa is Bran's Regent and she starts to suspect perhaps she and her husband have built their marriage on a misunderstanding.

time's been kind to you, my love 23k orphaned

Sansa knows her loyalties lie with the Northern independence. Robb might have forgotten her, but she hasn’t forgotten him. Married to Tyrion, beaten by Joffrey- she’s never allowed herself to forget. Sansa has Stark engraved deep into her blood and bone. She’s been a quiet girl for long enough: wolves are protective of their own, after all, and it’s time she lived up to that.

[Aged up Jon and Sansa, set in an universe where, on Jon’s fourteenth birthday, Ned tells him his true parentage and Jon goes to Essos instead of the Wall; upon hearing of Sansa’s predicament in King’s Landing, he returns with an army.]

and I'm like falling water, set me free 2k by @aflashofgreen

Sansa resents these childish dreams of hers she can’t let go of despite the years. She resents them as much as she cherishes them.

From a Flicker to a Glow 8k by @dresupi

In retrospect, it was stupid to think Joffrey Baratheon had ever intended to propose marriage, but Sansa Stark is often blinded by wolves in sheep's clothing, especially if they have very fine wool. Jon arrives to save her, reminding her of the knights in the stories she enjoyed as a girl, complete with a white horse and all. But is he only offering to save her because she needs saving? If so, will that be enough foundation upon which to build a marriage?

but you're the one that i want; is that really so wrong? 4k orphaned

In light of the North’s demand for a marriage alliance, Jon and Sansa have some long-harbored matters to discuss.

Fill the Earth 6k by @darkmagyk

Arya Stark is a simple girl with simple desires: a prosperous North, a safe family, a large pack. And that her favorite brother and only sister would get on with the heir making business. She cannot have a niece until they are properly bedded. But as always, Jon and Sansa are being difficult.

And the Geese Are Headed North 13k by @yekoc

In the dark and honest part of her that Sansa is no longer afraid of, she had thought that Jon would die, and she was no sadder than she was relieved. In the months that she ruled Winterfell while the great war of men and wights waged around them, she felt herself growing into her power, sinking her roots back deep into the Northern soil. She enjoyed it, ruling. She was good at it. And at night, she had a wide bed and a door that locked and she was never cold. If Jon died in the war, she would miss him like she missed Robb and Rickon and Bran. She wouldn’t miss her husband. Seeing him now, she notes the absence of the relief and joy that marked her first glimpse of him at Castle Black. Instead, she feels a too-familiar grief: my brother is gone.

PRE CANON - WESTERN- FAIRYTALE - REGENCY - LITTLE WOMEN - HOLIDAY - SEASON 6 - ANNE OF GREEN GABLES - THE GIRL IN GREY - FREE CITIES - FAIRYTALE PART II - SALTY TEENS - POST CANON

[a-lonely-dunedain]

they're making a snowed man :) everything is fine in Tal-Methedras :)

Nothing bad is going to happen to them or the snowmen :) :) :)

[captainderyn]

[Fictober24] Day 9: "Don't listen to me, listen to them."

Prompt: "Don't listen to me, listen to them."

Fandom: LOTRO

Pairings: Wulfwryn/Raenor

Warnings: This one is a dark one again. Mentions/implied torture, mentions of injury, general dark and angsty tone.

SPOILERS: For the beginning of the Rise of Isengard.

Summary: Trapped and imprisoned in the orc pits of Isengard, but kept separate, Wulfwryn sneaks down to see Raenor. Her resolve to do what must be done is waning, and it is on him to convince her to keep going, no matter the risk to him. aka I put them both through the horrors again I'm sorry

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Sneaking away from the kitchens in the orc pit beneath Orthanc risked both Wulfwryn and Raenor’s lives. Yet it was a risk Wulfwryn could not bear to not take. 

Raenor stuck his hands, bruised and bloodied beyond recognition, through the bars of his cell. He could barely make it past his forearms and Wulfwryn pressed her forehead against the rusty bars just to feel his hands cup her cheeks. 

The time they had before Morflak became suspicious about her delivering slop to the caged prisoners was slipping through her fingers. She’d been lucky today, lucky that infighting among his suborinates had drawn his attention away so he had not been able to mark the exact minute that she had left. 

It still was not enough time. 

Raenor pressed their foreheads together, or the idea of their foreheads, his thumbs bushing across her cheekbones. 

“Meldanya,” he murmured in raspy elvish. His voice, shot and raspy, hurt her worse than any knife could. “Don’t listen to me, whenever the White Wizard drags me before you again. Whatever he has his lackeys do, whatever tool he tries to make you fold, do not listen. Listen to them, your overseer, these monsters, and bide your time.” 

“Raenor,” Wulfwryn pleaded, cradling his hand against her cheek. “You ask too much, asking me to stand by idly. I cannot let them break you.”

His eyes, glassy with pain but steely, focused in on her. Her resolve began to crack as she met his gaze, her eyes burning. 

“I can’t.” she whispered. 

She’d failed him in Moria, allowing him to fall into the hands of Mazog, and she failed him in the prison caves of Tál Methedras. Never before had she been so easily overpowered, so helpless to stop the forces at work around them. 

If it were just her, she would grit her teeth and bear Morflak’s cruelty alone. She could shoulder it, even if it broke pieces of her off in the process. 

But knowing Raenor languished down here except when Sauraman wished to tout him around like a songbird for show, to try and bend Wulfwryn to his will…

That did not break pieces off of her, it corroded her very foundation, the very core of her. She did not sleep at night, she could not shake the heavy dread that weighted her chest down. 

“You must.” Raenor shifted, brushing a kiss across her forehead that barely reached through the bars. Wulfwryn stifled a sob. “And you will. Melin gin, meldanya.” 

Morflak’s furious voice boomed down the hallway, calling for his wayward ‘maggot’. 

Wulfwryn flinched, squeezing her eyes closed and pressing Raenor’s fingers tight to her skin where they rested against her skin. Then she took a deep breath, pushed it all down, and stepped back from his cell. 

Raenor retreated into the deep shadows at the back of his cell, settling back against the wall. 

Taking the heels of her palms, Wulfwryn brushed away her tears and Raenor’s bloody fingerprints from her skin. With a swift kick, she sent what remained of the slop bucket spilling across the floor, then picked up a dirty rag as though she attempted to clean it up. 

She grit her teeth to the paint of pain as Morflak seized her by the back of her hair, yanking her to her feet, and snarled at her for skulking around. She cobbled together the facade of a meek, panicked story about spilling the bucket and not wishing to attract rats. 

And thus the act began anew once again.

[loremastering]

lotro geoguessr!

This looks like the Snowman Village in Tal-Methedras, Dunland! At least how it looks before the betrayal ;;

[hobbitwrangler]

At the Death of a Friend

Prompt: 'friendship' for lotrweek day 4

Summary: Saruman has not heard Galadriel's voice in years. But in the aftermath of Gandalf's death, they speak one last time.

Character(s): Saruman & Galadriel

Rating: G

Words: 3.4k

Note: I struggled with whether to post this on day 4 or day 5 since, due to revolving around Gandalf’s death, this could fall into the ‘loss’ category. However, I decided to post it on day 4 because for me the emphasis is more on the ‘friendship’ aspect, which the loss brings out.

Saruman did not know what drew him to the pinnacle of Orthanc. That should probably have warned him. At such height the air was cold, the spires of the tower honing the winter wind until it was knife-sharp and shrieking. Snowflakes danced on the wind, melting in the swirling black heat which rose up from below.

Wondering why he had not thought to don a cloak, Saruman pulled his robes more tightly about him, his gaze tracing the peak of Methedras, scanning the tree-clad slopes reaching toward Isengard. Not for the first time that day (or that hour), he wondered what had befallen Gandalf and his band of fools. Did they walk the dark pathways beneath the mountains or were their bodies frozen in the snows of some mountain pass after another failed attempt to cross? His spies watching the Gap of Rohan had reported nothing, meaning that those two paths were surely all that was left to them.

As if sensing his thoughts, a surge of wind cut down from the mountains, howling discontentedly as it broke against the black stone of Orthanc. Cursing whatever impulse had led him up here, Saruman ducked his head and decided to return indoors.

“My kind are well aware that trees can be angered, but we think much less of mountains. Yet it seems that Middle Earth in all of its parts is unsettled this winter.”

AO3 link - lovely dividers by @saradika

[hallothere]

11 for whoever you feel hasn't been bullied enough (just be nice to them afterwards ok)

11. Hiding from pursuers

Orthanc poked up above the mountains from this angle. The Wizard's Vale wasn't what it once was. Last he'd been visiting- scouting, poking his head in for a peek at how the Head of the Wizards lived- it had been a green place. A living place.

Now Dagoras hid in a graveyard. Trees and Ents and Rohirrim and Dunlendings had come and died. He'd been far enough from his camp when he'd noticed the signs. Footfalls started and stopped with him, dead branches crackled out of time with the wind. His knees told him he'd been crouching behind this rock for too long, but his instincts said not long enough.

It was not the first man- not the first servant of Isengard- that had been sent for his head. This probably wouldn't be the last. He had to hand it to Saruman. The Wizard kept an eye on his domain. Not much went on in the nooks and crannies of Nan Curunir that went unnoticed, including himself.

He thought back to the glorified kennel in the caves of Fordirith... Unfortunately, that was likely to be the kinder of the two prisons on his journey here. He was all alone- one of five scouts sent south from Tal Methedras- and couldn't expect help from Daervunn soon. They'd split up near the Rohirric encampment with different goals in mind. Now, he might be about to pay for that lack of caution.

Another twig snapped directly behind him. Directly, and clear on the other side of this rock. He didn't have a moment to lose.

Dagoras scrambled up and over his cover, knife drawn, and launched a surprise attack that would make Faeron cringe. It probably saved his life that he fell onto a crossbow and not a drawn blade. Now a broken rib, bruised jaw, and bloodied knife later, Dagoras fought the urge to sink to the ground and catch a breath.

He made haste for his camp, where he'd no doubt dine alone, pack alone, and set out to see if Daervunn was still alive. The Wizard's Vale might've finally gotten too hot to handle.

[rockattitudegr]

Για πρώτη φορά έρχεται στην Ελλάδα η Thrash – Metal δολοφονική μηχανή των METHEDRAS και συναντάει μια από τις ιστορικότερες Ελληνικές metal μπάντες, τους PIRANHA για τέσσερα εκρηκτικά live shows στα πλαίσια του “ETERNAL DECEPTION” tour 2024.

Tην Παρασκευή 18 Οκτωβρίου στο εμβληματικό Eightball θα προσφέρουν στο κοινό της Θεσσαλονίκης ένα live show αντάξιο της ιστορίας τους. Μην λείψει κανείς!!!!

Opening act οι CLEAVERCULT.

[radanir]

i hate you dunland i hate you tâl methedras i hate you tûr morva i hate you oxen i hate you manure i hate you falcon-clan i hate you lheu brenin i hate you jackals i hate you leg injury i hate you i hate you i hate you

[tomschalk]

So I made the Gandalf Four Bears post by @methedras real Original: https://methedras.tumblr.com/post/100399919190

[maryellencarter]

I can't make complete sense of the squiggly part either, but I don't think this map goes all the way to the end of the book. The post says "Rivendell to Mordor", so I think the final bit with Frodo and Sam alone ends at Mount Doom. That would make it a fairly geographical map, simplified in the manner of a subway, which may (or may not!) help with reading.

Here's the interpretation I'm getting:

* Point 1: Rivendell, the Fellowship sets out.

* Point 2: Moria, Gandalf dies.

* Point uh 2.5 with Gandalf alone: Either the peak of Caradhras where he respawns, or Lothlorien where Gwaihir takes him to recover and get his white robes. I cannot figure out why this has connections to (speculative) Helm's Deep and Edoras. He might go to Edoras from Lorien to get Shadowfax? I don't have the Tale of Years in front of me, my book is in storage. I'd expect the logical next connection for Gandalf to be Point 4, which I'm reading as Fangorn -- I think this is a purely geographical map, not time-based, and any character who reaches a certain "stop" on the subway is marked down for that "stop". (There is a point near the end that may contradict this reading, I'll get there.)

* Point 3: Amon Hen, Boromir dies, Breaking of the Fellowship

* Point 4: I agree this is probably Fangorn, based on Gandalf's line having one of its respawn points here, plus being the next "stop" south after Amon Hen for both the Merry-and-Pippin and Three Hunters lines. (Fangorn is actually northeast of Amon Hen, as I recall it, but that would only make Everything Worse on this map, so it gets a pass.)

* Point 5, over to the left: I read this as Isengard? Timeline-wise it's placed in the order that Merry and Pippin arrive at it, and geographically it's in the right place, south and a little west of Fangorn, down at the roots of Methedras. I think... I'm squinting at this on my phone, I *think* there's a loop? Merry and Pippin take the Ent Express from Fangorn to Isengard, but I think it's meant to read that from Fangorn, the Three Hunters and Gandalf first continue *south* to:

* Point 6, the last point where all six of the dots in this part of the map are in a horizontal line: I'm reading this as Edoras. Like Isengard, the Book 3 characters don't all first arrive there at the same time, but they will all eventually regroup there. (I think? I can't recall if Pippin ever makes it to Edoras in Book 3. I think he might skip straight to Minas Tirith with Gandalf after the palantir thing, which happens at their camp the first night out of Isengard on the way back to Edoras.) Anyway, this stop is in the right place relative to Fangorn geographically, south across the plains.

* Point 7, the lower-leftmost point with the Three Hunters and Gandalf dots in a vertical line: This has to be Helm's Deep, it's the only point in this squiggly jumble of Rohan-area stops that Merry and/or Pippin never reach. In my reading, the Three Hunters then loop *up* to Isengard, then around back to Edoras with Merry and Pippin... okay, let's take a step back and try to recombobulate this squiggly portion, now that we have our Rohan points tentatively established.

Gandalf: Respawns in, we'll say Lorien. Travels down to (if I'm remembering correctly) Edoras to get Shadowfax. Takes Shadowfax up to Fangorn, where he regroups with the Three Hunters. All four travel back down to Edoras, acquire Theoden and his household guard. The Three Hunters proceed with Theoden to Helm's Deep at night. Gandalf... let's see... oh, I remember! Gandalf goes from Edoras up to Isengard that night, where he talks with Treebeard and tells Merry and Pippin to keep watch for the king and welcome him the next morning. Then he heads down to Helm's Deep, arriving at dawn with Erkenbrand's men. From there, he should loop back up to Isengard with the Three Hunters and Theoden, reacquiring Merry and Pippin; I still don't know why there's also a detour back to Lorien here!

Merry and Pippin: Amon Hen, Fangorn, Isengard. So far so good. I'm stopping at Isengard for now because Edoras is a Problem, as noted.

* The Three Hunters: Amon Hen, Fangorn on the trail of Merry and Pippin, reconnect with Gandalf in Fangorn, down to Edoras with Gandalf, over to Helm's Deep with Theoden, loop up to Isengard with Theoden, reconnect there with Merry, Pippin, and Gandalf.

Okay. So as far as the regrouping at Isengard, everything except that weird line from Helm's Deep to Lorien makes sense, once I dug up some old memories (I am still kicking myself for leaving my copy of LOTR in storage). From here, things get... weird.

* Merry and Pippin's lines should not travel together back to Edoras. I don't think Pippin ever makes it to Edoras before March 25. Pippin's line should split off from Merry's here and connect to Gandalf's, and they should both have a line that skips Edoras this time and goes straight from Isengard to Minas Tirith.

* Wait, does *anybody* go back to Edoras? I know Merry and Theoden never get to "sit in peace" there and talk about the herb-lore of the Shire, but I can't remember if they pick Eowyn back up there or if they reconnect with her at Dunharrow. I *think* the Muster of the Mark is at Dunharrow, not Edoras, which should mean that Merry travels with the Three Hunters as far as:

* Point 8, Dunharrow, at the start of the hairpin bend for Paths of the Dead. Merry's line should arrive here with the Three Hunters and then go to Minas Tirith without the hairpin. Also, why is the hairpin pointing north? The Paths of the Dead lead *south* underneath the White Mountains and down toward the mouth of Anduin, where the Three Hunters and the Dead intercept the Corsairs of Umbar and Legolas hears the gulls on the shore.

* Point 9: Minas Tirith, where everyone in Book 5 manages to wind up eventually after the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. However, Merry's line should stop here, if I'm reading correctly and this is in fact Minas Tirith -- he stays in the Houses of Healing with Faramir and Eowyn, doesn't he? He never goes to:

* Point 10, the Black Gate. This is another point where people arrive at different times; Frodo and Sam get here a lot earlier than the others, loop away because they can't get in, and proceed down to:

* Point 11, Cirith Ungol, based on the trajectory south through Ithilien and east from the Crossroads of Osgiliath, and

* Point 12, Mount Doom, northeast of Cirith Ungol.

The map stops here and does not incorporate the Field of Cormallen or any of the return journey, if I'm reading it right. Anybody else? Someone with a copy of the book handy, perchance?

A double-bill of Lord of the Rings posts today, this one showing the route of the fellowship from Rivendell to Mordor; one of the most awesome and geekiest posts I’ve ever done.

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