MIRKWOOD DISCUSSION - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

***Gilthalion*** · 05-01-2002, 11:05 AM

The elf maiden is looking forward to posting.

I am assuming you must travel from Dale, down the Long Lake, past the bones of Smaug south of the new Laketown, to the Forest River. The marshes lie all about it, and that is where you will encounter the elf maiden. Upstream is the Woodland Realm.

The geography alone will make for some pretty prose! (The jewel bespangled bones of the dragon beckoned with its curse through many fathoms of deep icy water. The few who dove for the cursed treasures had been cheated of reward and never resurfaced...)

Hopefully Dwarin will resume his dwarvish duties, for this was the pretext for a hobbit party (meeting the dwarf and his wife in Dale) to wind up in Mirkwood. If not, another pretext will have to be quickly found.

Laketown is a likely enough place. There, river elves could be found. What would the Shire have that could be of interest to Thranduil? (Don't say "pipeweed," since I'm pretty sure that elves would never think of taking up the habit of smoking!)

[ May 01, 2002: Message edited by: Gilthalion ]

05-01-2002, 11:05 AM	#11
*Gilthalion* Hobbitus Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: South Farthing Posts: 635	The elf maiden is looking forward to posting. I am assuming you must travel from Dale, down the Long Lake, past the bones of Smaug south of the new Laketown, to the Forest River. The marshes lie all about it, and that is where you will encounter the elf maiden. Upstream is the Woodland Realm. The geography alone will make for some pretty prose! (The jewel bespangled bones of the dragon beckoned with its curse through many fathoms of deep icy water. The few who dove for the cursed treasures had been cheated of reward and never resurfaced...) Hopefully Dwarin will resume his dwarvish duties, for this was the pretext for a hobbit party (meeting the dwarf and his wife in Dale) to wind up in Mirkwood. If not, another pretext will have to be quickly found. Laketown is a likely enough place. There, river elves could be found. What would the Shire have that could be of interest to Thranduil? (Don't say "pipeweed," since I'm pretty sure that elves would never think of taking up the habit of smoking!) [ May 01, 2002: Message edited by: Gilthalion ] __________________ Please read my fan fiction novel THE HOBBITS. Wanna hear me read Tolkien? Gilthalion's Grand Adventures!