The Hobbit: A Red Witch

by karisumaniji

This story is a fan fiction based on the popular movie The Hobbit. It takes place a short while before the movies actually begins. It is focused on a mysterious woman that finds her way into Mirkwood Forest and eventually standing before the elvenking of Mirkwood himself, Thranduil. Learns of the woman's dark past and is conflicted on what exactly to do with her. She casts a spell

1. Prolgue

The Hobbit

A Red Witch

Prologue

Myth tells of a darkness –a darkness created as Merlok then later descended as Morgoth "He Who Arises in Might". He was a great shadow drawn across the lands of Arda and root to all evils, but this story is not about him. He did one thing other than cause discord and mayhem to not only Middle Earth, but the rest of the realms. He had a daughter.

Her name was Lokva and she was known as the goddess fertility and lust. Though born of The Dark Lord himself, she had a tender heart for children and a cold heart to those that harmed them. Yet still, she did have his insatiable lust for power. She spent her early years sweeping away life from the mortal men whom cheated on their families with stray woman or fathered children out of wedlock and abandoned their families. When she was not punishing the disloyal men, she spent her time feeding herself with the lustful energy of those around her then using her magic to control their hearts.

Through her magic she could appear beautiful to whoever lay eyes on her and if there was the slightest seed of desire in one's heart she could cast a spell to slowly consume one's mind and either manipulate in life or suck the very energy of one's very soul to death.

When Morgoth fell she no longer had a shadow to hide within from the Valar, ancient gods who sought out to balance the world and rid it of the evils of her father. She fled to middle earth and sought out refuge among the men that she for so long tormented and manipulated.

She reclaimed power by seducing and overwhelming the minds of kings then sitting by them in ruleat their side as their queen. until she was known by their people then soonOnce she was known by his people as their queen she would take the life of the king himself and inherit his kingdom. She used her power to ravage lands and attempt to control as much as she possibly could. Though the soon, the land of mortal men was not enough. Her eye traveled to other race's kingdom. The daughter of darkness was found out to be an artist in dark magic and her deeds slowly came to light amongst the races. She became known as The Red Witch and one of the greatest evils of Middle Earth, conquering concurringconcurring and killing kingdom after kingdom leaving a trail of death in her path.

The great elf nations knew that she must be stopped lest she gain so much power she become a threat to not only mortal men, but the elven people as well.

Weapons were forged. The elves of the east forged their weapons from starlight, south from moonlight, north from the light of fire, and west, the most powerful of all, the light of the sun.

The witch learned of these weapons and she fled for her life and vanished for an age…