I just had an idea: What if from
RSO-SL-22 through to just before the Battle of the Pelennor Fields could be its own chapter called
The Treason of Isengard, since the vast bulk of the chapter will be made up of
The Battles of the Fords of Isen, as well as the events of the LotR Synopsis that deal with The Two Towers and Saruman's treachery. I think this would work best, and allow us to use
The War of the Ring for the events of Return of the King, and allow us to keep
The End of the Third Age as the chapter that tells of the aftermath.
Edit: The chapter heading would be
FY-HL-18.5. The chapter would basically consist of all the material displaced from this chapter, with this small addition at the end:
Quote:
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TI-SL-01 <LotR Synopsis In the parley before the door Saruman refused to repent, and Gandalf deposed him and broke his staff, leaving him to the vigilance of the Ents. From a high tower Wormtongue hurled a stone at Gandalf; but it missed him, and it was picked up by Peregrin. This proved to be one of the three surviving palantíri, the Seeing Stones of Númenor. Later at night Peregrin succumbed to the lure of the Stone; he stole it and looked in it, and so was revealed to Sauron. TI-SL-02 {The book ended with the coming of a}A Nazgûl came over the plains of Rohan, a Ringwraith mounted on a flying steed, presage of imminent war. Gandalf delivered the palantír to Aragorn, and taking Peregrin rode away to Minas Tirith.>
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The next chapter,
The War of the Ring, would thus open with the journey of Frodo and Sam to Mordor. Thoughts?