Training
Frodo sat up and opened his eyes. As he began to remember everything that he had learnt the previous day, he groaned at how much work he had to do. It was time for his training.
Sitting down, he placed three candles in front of him. The papers said that this was the way hobbits used to train their young when they lived in the Homeland. Hobbits were very powerful, and if they weren't properly trainedthere could be catastrophic results. Fires, cyclones, monsoons, avalanches, snow blizzards and even huge numbers of mentally impaired people could result from the misuse of hobbits' powers.
You see, hobbits were not always the short, stocky, and ignorant people they chose to be for hundreds of years; no, they had a deep dark secret that had been lost from generation to generation. Modern day hobbits had no idea what they were made of.
Extract from the file "Hobbits Origins". Page 4.
To show my meaning let my example be dwarves; dwarves built themselves from the earth. All species originated from the Homeland and that is where most of their magic lies, but every kind of people had their own special "building block" for their creation. They all have one thing which they, solely, have mastery over. Other kinds can try and copy the original species, but it will never be of the same quality. To continue with the example of dwarves; these people have an affiliation with the earth as no other creature, except maybe the hobbit. They enjoy tunneling, mining, and only a dwarf can fully appreciate the wonder of a limestone cave. Their height alone tells you that they are built for tunneling and staying close to the earth they love so much.
Other examples are the elves, who are woodland people associating themselves with trees and forests; and wizards who are associates of the winds. These include the winds of divination and magic. They also are very good prying into places only the wind is supposed to be able to go. They piece together facts by looking at the big picture, as the mightiest wind can carry all sorts of things from all sorts of places together at the same time.
There are two exceptions to this: men are imitators, and hobbits are the associates of all things.
With the world of men, each man has his associate thing, and copies the act of associating with that thing from other species. If man does not know the other species in order to copy, they make up their own way of doing it. For example, those who are affiliated with the sea become sailors. If they could see the mer-people, then they would probably try living in water. This would result in the mass drowning of hundreds of people. The problem with man is that man's body fails to let most people follow their affiliate and copy the other species. Their habit of imitatingalso means, however, that man can adapt quickly to new situations and survive better.
Hobbits, on the other hand, are affiliates of all things. They are close to the earth, traditionally living in hobbit holes in the ground; and are also close to the trees, having inhabited Greenwood the Greatas their first home after leaving the Homeland. They are friends with the winds (has a hobbit ever missed his mark in archery or slinging?) and their affiliations with the lowlands involves a knowledge and use of herb lore that is unrivalled except by the elves, the tree folk. After all, they were the first to smoke the nicotiana plant, a feat no other species can claim!
Sadly, the secrets of hobbit origins were lost. This meant that hobbits' original desire for adventure to test their skills in all areas was replaced by the desire to live peacefully. The love of sailing, and indeed living in the sea with the mer-people, slowly faded away. Instead hobbits are too scared to even get in a boat!
After arriving in Middle Earth men began to settle quickly...
The rest of the papers were conserned with the settling of men and elves, but Frodo had read enough.He still, however, had questions, many questions. Why did all these people leave Middle Earth in the first place? Why was the Homeland the only place magic really worked? Why did Greenwood the Great turn foul in the first place? Frodo was determined to find answers, but that was for later.
Focusing on one of the candles in front of him, Frodo conjured the simple thought of wishing he had matches with which to light the candle (step one). He then carefully thought about how good it would be if it just burst into flame with no matches (step two). He then thought about how happy he would be if it did happen (step three). The more he thought about it, the more likely it seemedthat this candle would suddenly burst into flame (step four). Before Frodo had reached step number five (out of fifteen), the candle in front of him suddenly flared up. And before Frodo could ponder the matter further, there was a small flame merrily dancing its way on top of his first candle.
This was unusual, very unusual. The papers said that even the most powerful of hobbits didn't make their first candle light properly until the tenth step. Most hobbits, even at the fifteenth step, only made the candle flicker slightly before dying out.
Frodo, however, disregarded this because most hobbits started their training until they were ten; and we all know how well ten year olds concentrate.
As he lit the second and third candles, and blew them out again in turn with wind and water, little did he know how powerful he was. After working all day and only a few hours after sunset, Frodo had mastered a month long course.
He was ready to free the elves.
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