Introduction
So many people on seem to be obsessed with writing themselves into stories, and one of the fandoms that has been most grievously plagued (presumably due to the lack of kick-butt feminist anti-male characters… or a basic lack of imagination) is Lord of the Rings. Both the books and the series must have had what, a hundred, a thousand fangirls cast into their midst? And the story almost always takes a turn towards the Pro-Sue standpoint.
Therefore I give all of you Mary Sues an opportunity to work out you desire to infiltrate Middle Earth with this handy dandy interactive fiction patterned after the style of the "Choose Your Own Adventure" books. Beware – not all of your mistakes can be covered up quite so nicely in this, the ultimate test of your survival skills.
This story will not allow you into the center of the plot as Tolkien wrote it. I'm sorry, but I can't allow myself to even think about doing that. Instead, you're just going to have to guess at what time period you'd fallen into, because wormholes and gateways are seldom accurate when they occur on a whim.
Good Luck!
Nyala Necheyev