A/n: My realm jumping class (some call it English class) was given an assignment to create our own fellowship and write a story about it. We were put into groups and then wrote our own fellowship story. Each story takes place between the hobbit and lord of the Rings, and most of them lead up to an event in LOTR. Hope you enjoy our latest realm jumps!
Fellowship Journal:
April 18th Halls of the Elven King
We, that is the elves of our fellowship, have decided to keep a journal of our journey. King Thranduil has issued us a mission, and told us that if we bring along these four idiots we will be promoted to palace guards. The idiots in question are a male human, a male dwarf, a female hobbit, and a female wizard. We will have to train the fools for four weeks so they will be ready for their mission. Celindua has decided to take on the hobbit, called Usquner. Peredhil has decided to take on the dwarf, Agaryulnaer. Valar has taken in the human, named Morier. I have decided to take the wizard, who is called Naalostistari. Hopefully we can complete our mission, which is to investigate rumors of the Necromancers return to our forest of Mirkwood. First we must get through our personal fools training, which will start on Monday.
-Aratohallaer
May 12th (after the training, day 1 of quest) Forest of Mirkwood
We traveled 36 miles of easily traveled ground while the blundering fellowship lagged throughout the trek. The fellowship of inferior races trotted on the ground while the other Elves and I ran throughout the branches of the darkened trees blocking the sun. We saw faint traces of "orcish" tracks throughout the forest but we believe that they are being hunted down by the others.
- Peredhil
May 13th Forest of Mirkwood
I've been stuck with these creatures for 2 whole days! I don't know how I'll survive for almost 4 weeks. You would think my fellow elves would be mature. Aratohallaer was sent because of a punishment for robbing. Peredhil was sent for drinking. Valar was too inappropriate. Of course I was sent to get the mission done. Now I'm stuck with them. Hopefully, I can conveniently find a boulder to chunk at them.
-Celindua
May 14thForest of Mirkwood
This wretched journey is no fun. It was much more fun in the king's court. Furthermore, Celindua is acting rather orcish. And I hope Peredhil goes and Miqula Orqu (kisses an orc). He is a bothersome error and a disgrace to elves. The only elf that is even somewhat tolerable is Aratohallaer. She always has that mischievous look about her and looks like she could give any of us a good beating. My kind of person. I guess I have found an ally in this horrid journey. The rest can go burn in the void for all I care.
We had to cross the mountains of Mirkwood today, adding to the misery. Our trainees took forever, but the pass we took allowed us to get across in one day, though all we did today was cross the mountains.
- Valar
May 15th Forest of Mirkwood
Valar, Peredhil and I have been enjoying this trip, even if no one else seems to be having fun. Because we are elves we can run through the trees and keep ahead of our fools, so the three of us have begun springing small pranks on the rest of our Fellowship. The fools, and Celindua who is far too well behaved, have been finding ...surprises in their path. We have dropped everything from spider silk, to briars, even mud upon our pitiful fellowship, just to make the trip more interesting. I can't wait till we encounter our first orc pack, the fight will be so much fun. Anyway, we have about four weeks together, so we might as well make it exciting...
-Aratohallaer
May 16th Forest of Mirkwood
The dwarven disgrace-Agaryulnaer- was wounded in the femoral artery by the arrow of an orcish bow from an ambush while tracking the the Mirkwood. He was shot as soon as they appeared and couldn't help in repelling them. The battle was short and costly for the orcs but the dwarf was seriously wounded by the arrow. The dwarfs wound will not be allowed to be healed by our elven medicine because of his pride. We hope this useless waste of food dies soon within the coming days.
- Peredhil
May 17th Forest of Mirkwood
This journey is becoming rather lifeless. They are all acting like their souls have been lifted and been thrown into the depths of Mordor. I have decided I will show these people how to enjoy their lives to the full extent. Before I was sent to this ghastly journey, I slipped some Dorwinian wine into my satchel. I have been looking for the right time for days now to slip the strong wine into Peredhil's drink. And it looks like today, the time has finally come. The dwarf was having trouble keeping up with the rest of us with his wound and all. He was a disaster just waiting to happen in my opinion. Anyways, Peredhil went to go aid the dwarf. Meanwhile, I carefully poured the wine into Peredhil's drink. Aratohallaer kept Peredhil occupied, telling him to go fetch water or something. The obnoxious alcoholic has no idea what he is in for tomorrow. I cannot wait to see his reaction to something as strong as Dorwinian.
- Valar
May 18th Forest of Mirkwood
The dwarf is even slower than he already was. He got shot by an Orc. Even though he isn't my favorite member of the fellowship, I sincerely hope he gets healed. Also, I finally am getting used to Valar. Yesterday, she pranked Peredhil. His reaction was actually quite funny. He swayed around like an idiot and was blubbering some incoherent nonsense. Maybe I won't need that boulder after all.
- Celindua
May 19th Forest of Mirkwood
We walk on and on through the forests for two weeks now with these blundering pieces of spider bait. i have tried many times to lose them but the are persistently yelling and yammering like youngling searching for their parents. this would give away our position eventually so we had to allow them to see us at all times to maintain stealth from the orcs and spiders.
-Peredhil
May 20th. Forest of Mirkwood
More orcs today. They came at dawn while I was on watch. I, of course, heard them coming and could have stopped them at any time..OK, fine, I was asleep when they came. I did wake up when they got closer, and then warned the others. The fight was short and mostly uninteresting. The dwarf still refuses to be healed, and has still been limping along. He even tried to fight today, though he failed miserably. The journey has gotten a bit boring again, maybe its time for another prank..?
-Aratohallaer
May 21st Forest of Mirkwood
Yesterday, we had an orc fight. When they came out, that Aratohallaer wasn't even awake. Of course she was sleeping. . We didn't lose any members , which is good. The dwarf is still in pain, and I don't even know when we'll reach Dol Guldor. Anyways, I almost got hit with a sword. The orc came right behind me, but luckily, I moved right in time. We quickly defeated them and started to move along.
-Celindua
May 22nd Forest of Mirkwood
That empty headed human has met his fate today. Death. That fool made the worst decision of his useless life by betraying the Fellowship. I have always thought humans were weird and rather outlandish creatures, but this was just plain ludicrous behavior. We found out about the human's true motives today in the orc battle. I was assigned by Aratohallaer to sneak up and surprise the band of orcs while the rest of them fought because I was very nimble footed. I had noticed that the shortsighted human wasn't fighting with them, but I didn't think anything of it. While I scouted for orcs and thought of a brilliant strategy, I overheard the senseless human talking to the hideous orcs. I leaned closer toward them from my crouched position on the tree and I was able to hear faint traces of their whispered and seemingly urgent conversation. I heard bits and pieces of it such as 'plan' and 'escape'. It didn't take a genius like me to know that the human was telling the orcs our plan. That hypocrite. I was about to leap from my tree to go attack that traitor but it turns out there was no need. After hearing the Fellowship's complete strategy, the orcs realized what an utter idiot he was and slaughtered him. I couldn't have done better myself. Except I think I would have also plucked his eyeballs from his sockets and kept them as a souvenir. But slaughter is good too.
-Valar
May 23rd Forest of Mirkwood
Another dreary day of uneventful walking towards southern have seen orc tracks towards the mountains and signs of the Nazgul that were in the area. we believe the mountains to be a problem for they have a substantial number of misplaced goblins possibly burrowing into the mountain.
- Peredhil
May 24th Forest of Mirkwood
We've lost another fool today, leaving us with a hobbit and a bleeding dwarf. Some orcs attacked today, which shouldn't have caused a problem. In fact, the other elves and I were just shooting down the last of the orcs with our bows, when that idiot, Naalost, had to step into the fight. She tried to use a spell to send the orcs flying away, but , being senseless, she had her staff held backwards. This resulted in the wizard flying right out of the tree tops, presumably dead once she landed. I feel a little bad that she is gone, but really, if she is that stupid, I don't mind losing her. After all, we can move a bit faster now and will need less food. Still, I will miss pranking them, after all I only have three pranking subjects left (Celindua, Usquener, and Agaryulnaer)
-Aratohallaer
May 25th Forest of Mirkwood
I've survived 2 weeks on this journey. We only have 2 weeks left. We have walked a lot lately, and it might be interesting to have another battle. However, the wizard and human have already died. It won't be a good to lose another member.
-Celindua
May 26th Forest of Mirkwood
Today was the start of our third week and it was an adventurous and rather risky day. The orcs had caught up to us and put up quite a fight. The brainless hobbit and the moronic bleeding dwarf were no help as usual. We trained them for an entire month but those dimwitted oafs never put their knowledge to good use. They just get in the way and consume food all day. The hobbit ate what seemed like 20 times a day and the dwarf had the appetite of 20 dragons. If they keep consuming this fast, we will most likely run out of food. Anyways, the orcs put up a mighty good fight today. They seemed well rested and high spirited. But we elves didn't go down without a fight. The heavy combat lasted for about 20 minutes. The clang of steel and the shouts could be heard throughout the whole battle. But in the end, we elves forced the ferocious orcs to retreat while the hobbit and the dwarf stood at the sidelines and absentmindedly cheered us on. It is only a matter of time before they die off. I long for that day.
- Valar
May 27th Forest of Mirkwood
The foods supply for our fellowship is running low at the moment but as soon as we lose another oaf we can lighten our load and hunt with a bit more freedom as we need some fresh deer or boar from this darkened forest.
- Peredhil
May 28th. Forest of Mirkwood
Today was a quite adventurous, but sad day. We got into a fight with the giant spiders. The hobbit was eaten by a spider. First, the spider bit him in half. Burying him was not something I enjoyed, but Peredhil might have enjoyed it. At this rate, I have no idea how we will reach Dol Guldor. I hope we can protect ourselves for the rest of our journey.
- Celindua
May 29th. Forest of Mirkwood
At this point, I am almost tempted to kill the Dwarf off. We no longer have to deal with the hobbit, the human, or the wizard, slowing us down, but the dwarf is still here! He still refuses treatment and is slowly bleeding. This means that not only does he move slower because he is a dwarf, he also slows us with his limping and whining! We could have been done four weeks ago had we not stopped to train and bring the useless mortals! At least we now near the home of the Necromancer and this mess will soon be over.
-Aratohallaer
May 30th. Forest of Mirkwood
Today we sighted those deadly Black Riders. They didn't cause any trouble with us, but we caught a glimpse of them as they head towards the forest borders to leave Mirkwood. Although they shouldn't cause any trouble, we need to keep an eye out for them. They can be very sneaky . Our prediction is that we will be reaching the necromancer's home in about 4-6 days. The sooner the better. I don't think I can take the annoying dwarf's endless groans anymore.
- Valar
May 31st. Forest of Mirkwood
With the hobbit,wizard, and human dead, we can speed up to a brisk sprint and try to ditch the dwarf at the same time. my only concern is that if the dwarf is loud when looking for us he could give away our position to the pyromancer and i thus have reason to kill him. i can only hope.
-Peredhil
June 1st. Forest of Mirkwood
We near Dol Guldor, so the orcs have become increasingly bold in their attacks. We had to shoot a few who attempted an ambush while we ate breakfast. Not that it was much of an ambush, we could hear them as they approached but it was inconvenient. Although we have not seen any more black riders, we have decided to keep looking for them. I wonder if they have left, perhaps they only had a quick mission to complete. After all, we did see them headed in the direction of Mirkwood borders... It would be frustrating to come this whole way for nothing.
-Aratohallaer
June 2nd. Forest of Mirkwood
Today was the start of week four. If our expected time was correct, then we are drawing to a close end to our journey. Aratohallaer has told us that we should arrive at Dol Guldor in 1-2 days; I look forward to it. The only remaining people from our Fellowship are the elves and a bleeding dwarf who was absolutely no use to us. The constant groans and complaints from the dwarf is rather bothersome. I really don't know what the Elven King was thinking when he sent this thick-headed creature on a crucial journey like this.
- Valar
June 3rd. Gates of dol Guldor
The Fellowship has finally reached the gates of Dol Guldor and the dwarf is on death's doorstep. We figured that he would be able scout out the front gates before he bled out. As he walked up to the gates he stepped on a stone and then was shot by an arrow trap imbedded in the walls of Dol Guldor. The Dwarfs weight created a hole through the weakest point in the bridge and fell to never be seen again.
-Peredhil
June 4th. Dol Guldor
Today, we finally searched Dol Guldor, but the necromancer has already fled. Inside of the tallest tower, I found a piece of black cloth from their cloaks. On the wall of the tower, there were muddy footsteps. We basically just got here to go back. At least on the way back, it will be faster. Everyone we trained died.
-Celindua
June 5th. Outside of Mirkwood
We left Mirkwood today and are on the edge of it. We started off with 4 elves, a hobbit, a dwarf, a wizard, and a human. We ended this journey with only 4 elves. Although all our training went to vain, I am thankful we finished this journey. We were walking to the river to go back. It should take us about 1-2 days. We take our time; there was no need to hurry with the hobbit, human, dwarf, and wizard dead. I cannot wait to back to go back to the Elven Halls. I can almost smell the feast awaiting us when we get back.
- Valar
June 6th. Lothlorien
We crossed the last of the land between us and the Anduin this afternoon, and then we forded the river and continued on to Lothlorien. Currently, we have decided to stay the night here, and then take boats from Lothlorien back to the Elven kings halls. Even one night in Lothlorien will be refreshing and I think I will feel much more rested in the morning. In fact, Lothlorien is so calming that I haven't bothered Celindua for a few hours...I think I may not like this rest after all...
-Aratohallaer
June 7th. River Anduin
We are finally on the fairy with the dreaded weight of that fellowship of mortals dead and lost in the forest. we should arrive back at the halls of the Elven king soon, and hopefully i can get out of my sobriety issues.
-Peredhil
June 20th. Halls of the Elven king
It has been 5 days after we got home. I have just came back from the celebration feast. There are foods and drinks of all kind. People dance and talk. Many people have asked about the other 4 members of our fellowship. All 4 of us told the others the stories. They always comment on the wizard. Anyways, now we're back with the other elves. I know I complained a lot about the other members of our fellowship. They have changed now. Of course, all of them still have some foolishness in them. However, I've started seeing the fun in their "hobbies".
-Celindua
June 21st. Halls of the Elven King
Today, all 4 of us were promoted to Palace Guards. I was actually surprised because we came back with half of our fellowship. Anyways, we got new uniforms. In my opinion, they could have done much better. New colors and designs would probably look better. If they are going to make us wear these uniforms, at least make them pretty. Although, it is fun to make fun of how they look. The sad part is I look almost the same as them with our new uniforms. I also hope working with them isn't too bad. I think I've gotten used to them. They are all still annoying. Peredhil still drinks, Valar is still immature, and Aratohallaer is still misbehaving now and then. Hopefully, they can become better with this new promotion.
Palace guards was our new promotion. It is much better than stupid Border Guards. I am looking forward to less messy work and more ceremonial work. Although Celindua was a little annoying at first (actually a lot), I have decided that she is generally a pretty nice elf. And Aratohallaer is still up to her mischievous ways, who can blame her. And then there's Peredhil, the elf that can't stop his alcoholic ways. In fact, he passed out now from too much feasting. I don't blame him; the food was heavenly. Although they act like nutcases sometimes (even I do) , I think I will enjoy working with them just like we did during the journey.
I must say I will miss being part of the border guard, but it will be a pleasant change to become a palace guard. Instead of having to scout orc hunts for the nobles, I will be, if not a noble, at least close to being one. After all, we were given this promotion as reward for completing our mission, it might as well make us nobles. Through being part of our fellowship I have grown closer to my fellow guards, if not becoming friends, we are at least no longer enemies. I look forward to my guard duties with this group, it will be most enjoyable. Besides, I always can use new prank subjects.
- Celindua Megiltura Nikeryn
- Valar Nikeryn
- Aratohallaer Shaalth
- Peredhil Nikeryn