Lord of Thrones: A Game of Rings

Introduction

Recently I made the mistake of binge watching all seven seasons of Game of Thrones right after doing a marathon of the extended editions of the Lord of the Rings. Besides the obviously massive amount of time wasted and the sleep depravation involved in these endeavors, since then I have not been able to get the idea out of my head of what it would be like if the Lord of the Rings and Game of Thrones existed in the same universe. So, being the writer that I am, I know there is no way I am going to have a peaceful night's sleep until I write about it. And so Lord of Thrones: A Game of Rings was born.

There are some important details you should know. The first is that while I will be taking inspiration from the films on how to portray the characters of Middle-earth, anywhere the movies contradict Tolkien's original writings (an issue I have with the Hobbit films especially) I will give priority to Tolkien's version of events. This won't have too large of an impact on the story, but there will be an appearance by Glorfindel and other characters not portrayed in the movies, as well as some events that occurred in the films playing out differently. However, I am not as versed with Martin's world as I am with Tolkien's and have only read the first book in A Song of Ice and Fire, so I will be relying predominantly on the events of the television show. Also important to note is that this is an alternate universe, in which Westeros and Middle-earth have always existed alongside one another, but have had little contact due to distance and other forces. This may result in some discrepancies, but I will do my best to keep them at a minimum.

I will be using both the Westeros (Before/After Conquest) and Middle-earth (Second/Third Age) methods of tracking the years, with the assumption that Season 1 of Game of Thrones takes place ten years after the events of the Hobbit.

I hope you all enjoy this adventure across Middle-Earth, Essos, and Westeros. Please give me all the feedback you can. Seriously, feedback is literally what fanfic writers live on. I might die without it. Anyways, thank you for joining me on this adventure and I will be speaking to you later!