Age sumary:

Ellen: Sister of Wolfram, aunt of Lily and Iris, wife of Kíli; E.A. adult; H.A. 36
Wolfram: Brother of Ellen, father of Lily and Iris; H.A. 48
Thorin "Knee": Firstborn son of Kíli and Ellen; D.A. 19; H.A. 11
Frérin: Second son of Kíli; D.A. 14; H.A. 9
Lyn: Third child of Kíli, his first daughter; D.A. 8; H.A. 5
Fíli: Fourth child of Kíli; D.A. 3; H.A. baby
Firc: Daughter of Bofur; D.A. 9; H.A. 6
Zifur: Son of Bofur; D.A. 3; H.A. baby
Difur and Dibur: Sons of Bombur; D.A. 7; H.A. toddlers
Rori: Son of Ori; D.A. 6; H.A. toddler

2962, Ellen to Wolfram

Erebor,

So, dear Brother, I must suppose you already knew Dumbledore before my cliff-falling adventure, and didn't tell me nothing. Thank so much for your astounding confidence in me! If I hear one more time that I was not nerd enough, I'll lock you in a dungeon until you regret! But, at least my guess that Dumbly is a NerdNet guy too was right, hah!

Be prepared to spoil a lot of heirs to Durin's line, as when you wrote me last time you didn't know yet that our second one was Frerin (Mahal, is he already fourteen?) and then we got Lyn, and now we have another Fili too, he was born three years ago. Dis says her grizzled hair will turn green if she has to have more grandchildren to look after, but it surely helps her to stay lean and fit. It gets even better when Bofur's girl Firc (she is one year older than our Lyn) and her cousins, Bombur's twins Difur and Dibur (these are one year younger than Lyn) plus Nari, son of Ori, that is just six, come to play along. At least when Nari comes Dori uses to lend a hand too, in his old mother hen style. It uses to be when Knee and Frerin escape to Dwalin with the escuse of sparring, and I take Fili to play with Zifur, Bofur's second one, as they are the same age and ain't grown up enough to drive Zirc crazy.

I'm glad to know I'm "presumably dead" to Earth now, as I think my real life begun when I found myself in Middle-Earth, and my former life was just to get prepared for what was to come, and to value who I'd come to know. Thank you so much, beloved Brother, for being there for me all those years!

And the girls, how are they faring? I'm looking forward to see you all, there is so much to talk about, I sure am happy here, but I miss you and the girls. Well, I guess it is only seven years to go, now! I'm sending a list of suggestions attached, you see what you are able to bring and/or use your imagination. If you only bring yourself and the girls it will be enough. By the way, Radagast came to visit us last summer and asked to send you word to not forget your staff when you come.

Love for ever,

Ellen Dwarvenheart, Fundinul

2961, Bilbo to Iris

Hobbiton, 2nd Winterfilth, 1361 Shire Reckoning

My dearest Iris,

It is the memory of your love for me that feeds my hope of one day being really alive, as I haven't been since you departed. Yes, I'm a helpless romantic, and you can punch me for it along hours if you want.

I hope your decision in not going to College because of lack of time to finish it before your coming, with the agreement of your father, exempts me from your aunt's wrath, as I expect to keep my heart right where it is, no soup spoon close to it at all. For what you wrote me seven years ago I'm sure you are quite a skilled healer for hobbit standards. Your skills will be more than welcome in Hobbiton, but you would be welcome just for being who you are; anyway, I believe being a healer will allow you to get acquainted to more people and make your days less boring than they would be just being at my side at Bag-End.

Well, I'm saying all this because I believe it means your father has agreed to you coming to be with me. If he has not, please warn him that I will steal you for me, as a good burglar should. Now I have hope rekindled that my life will not end dully, my only fun to fill the youngsters' heads with adventurous stories just to get their parents annoyed. It looks like not being completely respectable by mature hobbits only makes me more interesting for the younger ones. I have a lot of young friends amongst my younger cousins, both from the Took and the Brandybuck side, plus some not related at all.

I have almost regular news from the Company, as their halls in Ered Luin were not abandoned, although most of the dwarves decided to move to Erebor. Their trading route crosses the Shire, but most people do not even take notice of it, for the dwarves use to cross our towns at night. Of course some of them stop here and so I'm always provided with news, and it is so that I won't have to go to Erebor to deliver this letter. It may comfort you too that you will have regular news form your Aunt Ellen, Little Brother Kili and that pack of youngsters of them. For what I have heard about your little cousins, you and your sister have never been any kind of brats at all!

I plan to start my long expected journey to Erebor with a fair precedence, so I can stay for a while in Rivendell before crossing the Misty Mountains. I want to spend some time with that big bear of a friend Beorn, too, exchanging honey cake recipes, and drink a Dorvinion wine with Legolas and Tauriel with no hurry at all. Of course we both will do all this together on our way back. I really hope Gandalf will be available by this time, he is a very nice company, and uses to visit me once upon a while.

Actually, he is right here, as he came for my humble birthday party yesterday. Yep, I turned seventy-one, dear Iris, and I hope you don't think I'm getting too old for you, because my feeling for you is the same of when we first met, but I must admit that by now I would have stolen you and lied your age rather than agree in waiting twenty-eight years for your possible coming back.

Yearning for you,

Always,

Bilbo Baggins

Why you should not skip next chapter: Because preparations must be done, the time when the Gate of Erebor opens to Earth is near...

Next week: Chapter 6 - T.A. 2962, Wolfram to Ellen + 2962, Iris to Bilbo

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