The One Watch
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Prologue: A Prelude to a New Evil
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[A/N: Okay, I admit, this wasn't entirely my idea... more or less, however, it IS the aftermath of cookies containing high amounts of chocolate liquor, three hours in a church van, a watch, and three or four dangerously hyper teenagers, one of which was a guy. It's all Philip's fault! *cackles*]
Before the likes of Man dominated the world, and long before the time we know now, this was a land called Middle-Earth. Many free peoples lived in the land, though all different: some were the Shirefolk, Hobbits; others, the forest-dwellers, Elves; Dwarves of the mines and mountains; the magical Wizards, decended of the Istari; and Men, called Big Folk by the Hobbits.
In the land of Mordor, a forsaken place to all with common sense, was the Dark Lord Sauron. In an effort to control all the lands, he forged great rings of power and gave them to the free peoples. He gave three to the Elves, seven to the Dwarves, and nine to the kings of Men; little did they know that Sauron also made a final master ring, The One Ring, to control the others. The nine Men were first to fall, and became his Ringwraith soldiers.
After he lost his physical form and his Ring at the hands of Isildur, Sauron watched as his Ring traveled through many folk: after the death of Isildur, it fell to Smeagol, then to Bilbo Baggins, and finally Bilbo's cousin Frodo Baggins. Frodo was called to bear The Ring back to the fires of Mount Doom, the very place where it had been forged.
But Frodo was not alone. Journeying with him were eight companions: Three Hobbits (Samwise Gamgee, Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck, and Periguin "Pippin" Took), two Men (Aragorn, son of Arathorn and heir to the throne of Men, and Boromir, son of the Steward of Gondor), one Elf (Legolas Greenleaf, prince of Mirkwood forest), one Dwarf (Gimli, son of Gloin), and one Wizard (Gandalf the Grey). They were known as the Fellowship of the Ring.
Through many a perilous journey, both Boromir and Gandalf fell (though Gandalf came back to the Fellowship as Gandalf the White), and Merry and Pippin were captured. Frodo and Sam went to Mordor alone, while Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli set off to rescue the former two Hobbits. In the end, a prodigious battle for all of Middle-Earth was fought between the free peoples and the forces of Sauron and Sauruman, Sauron's wizard follower. But with Gollum's help (though he betrayed them in the lair of the giant spider, Shelob), Frodo and Sam destroyed The Ring.
Unbeknowst to the victorious heroes, however, Sauron forged another powerful trinket just before his precious Ring was destroyed. It was his final, desperate effort to achive the power he desired.
Thus, the One Watch came into being.
With the Fellowship dispersed and long forgotten, The Watch (through a series of chaotic and somewhat humorous events) found its way to the modern times of Earth. It now lies in wait for its new possessor to be found, somewhere in the woods near Camp Ridge Haven in Brevard, North Carolina.
Its goal: to trap nine more unsuspecting victims in another journey through the lands of Middle-Earth.
But who would be strong enough to bear the weight of The One Watch?
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Prologue: A Prelude to a New Evil
~*~
[A/N: Okay, I admit, this wasn't entirely my idea... more or less, however, it IS the aftermath of cookies containing high amounts of chocolate liquor, three hours in a church van, a watch, and three or four dangerously hyper teenagers, one of which was a guy. It's all Philip's fault! *cackles*]
Before the likes of Man dominated the world, and long before the time we know now, this was a land called Middle-Earth. Many free peoples lived in the land, though all different: some were the Shirefolk, Hobbits; others, the forest-dwellers, Elves; Dwarves of the mines and mountains; the magical Wizards, decended of the Istari; and Men, called Big Folk by the Hobbits.
In the land of Mordor, a forsaken place to all with common sense, was the Dark Lord Sauron. In an effort to control all the lands, he forged great rings of power and gave them to the free peoples. He gave three to the Elves, seven to the Dwarves, and nine to the kings of Men; little did they know that Sauron also made a final master ring, The One Ring, to control the others. The nine Men were first to fall, and became his Ringwraith soldiers.
After he lost his physical form and his Ring at the hands of Isildur, Sauron watched as his Ring traveled through many folk: after the death of Isildur, it fell to Smeagol, then to Bilbo Baggins, and finally Bilbo's cousin Frodo Baggins. Frodo was called to bear The Ring back to the fires of Mount Doom, the very place where it had been forged.
But Frodo was not alone. Journeying with him were eight companions: Three Hobbits (Samwise Gamgee, Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck, and Periguin "Pippin" Took), two Men (Aragorn, son of Arathorn and heir to the throne of Men, and Boromir, son of the Steward of Gondor), one Elf (Legolas Greenleaf, prince of Mirkwood forest), one Dwarf (Gimli, son of Gloin), and one Wizard (Gandalf the Grey). They were known as the Fellowship of the Ring.
Through many a perilous journey, both Boromir and Gandalf fell (though Gandalf came back to the Fellowship as Gandalf the White), and Merry and Pippin were captured. Frodo and Sam went to Mordor alone, while Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli set off to rescue the former two Hobbits. In the end, a prodigious battle for all of Middle-Earth was fought between the free peoples and the forces of Sauron and Sauruman, Sauron's wizard follower. But with Gollum's help (though he betrayed them in the lair of the giant spider, Shelob), Frodo and Sam destroyed The Ring.
Unbeknowst to the victorious heroes, however, Sauron forged another powerful trinket just before his precious Ring was destroyed. It was his final, desperate effort to achive the power he desired.
Thus, the One Watch came into being.
With the Fellowship dispersed and long forgotten, The Watch (through a series of chaotic and somewhat humorous events) found its way to the modern times of Earth. It now lies in wait for its new possessor to be found, somewhere in the woods near Camp Ridge Haven in Brevard, North Carolina.
Its goal: to trap nine more unsuspecting victims in another journey through the lands of Middle-Earth.
But who would be strong enough to bear the weight of The One Watch?
