2026-10-17T22:34:04Z https://nostr.now Shire-Reckoning West https://nostr.now/npub1xut64k65yek5yzvjaa8mvfv4wxtj3emt2hjh6n3wd5huwu8v6qmq7y8zre https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/927/065/168/229/929/original/20aa7958e8bf080f.png https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/109/927/065/168/229/929/original/20aa7958e8bf080f.png https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsymgdwaxd3qctzjg8z2hagt4sf8a95gcfq5cder32akrau2yclsuczyqm302km2snx6ssfjth5ld39j4cew288dd272l2w9ekjl3msangrv5z32lf Strider’s morning hike revealed that they are too far north, so he and the hobbits have spent the day struggling east, then following a valley southeast. Now the valley has dead-ended in a high ridge. They decide to attempt the climb despite Frodo’s wound. 2026-10-17T22:01:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq0g0jcekdlqmrqak55spfzkacl08esagmnp5v9cjanrwda2uqt6qzyqm302km2snx6ssfjth5ld39j4cew288dd272l2w9ekjl3msangrvghunqf At dusk, the Company finally halts. They debate whether to travel under the mountains through the Mines of Moria. Gandalf says he once passed through Moria alive. Aragorn says that he has, too, but ‘the memory is very evil.’ Pippin comments, ‘I don’t wish to enter it even once.’ 2026-01-12T22:40:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf7cw3p2vfpg4mjjw9qp2ds0kl474fdwpg8ug8hg6zrvl5llzjrpgzyqm302km2snx6ssfjth5ld39j4cew288dd272l2w9ekjl3msangrvn8e3h6 Just ahead of the nearest Rider, Asfaloth splashes into the Ford and carries Frodo across. The Nine pause at the water’s edge.<br/><br/>The Nazgûl-Lord himself rides forward into the river.<br/><br/>Frodo lifts his sword—‘By Elbereth and Lúthien the Fair, you shall have neither the Ring nor me!’ 2025-10-20T22:21:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg0jd84g7gg6lefd2msge2zl2gk7nkmefljp8vd7q39pr0lgr838czyqm302km2snx6ssfjth5ld39j4cew288dd272l2w9ekjl3msangrvpn5kq2 By nightfall the hobbits have covered almost twenty miles with Strider and Glorfindel. They are soon asleep. 2025-10-19T23:55:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszj4z03le28ngg85znf05c00tw8jm83h22ekujnx8refmqyhmpwrgzyqm302km2snx6ssfjth5ld39j4cew288dd272l2w9ekjl3msangrvchq26s Sunset is approaching as Strider and the hobbits return to the Road after five difficult days in the hills. They hurry east as night falls. 2025-10-18T22:10:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxe8vkyrmfuwltctqzuk6hd4qej2av25p8glkrcq4wr6vr8uhwukgzyqm302km2snx6ssfjth5ld39j4cew288dd272l2w9ekjl3msangrv7dzptu Strider’s morning hike revealed that they are too far north, so he and the hobbits have spent the day struggling east, then following a valley southeast. Now the valley has dead-ended in a high ridge. They decide to attempt the climb despite Frodo’s wound. 2025-10-17T22:01:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqfg4ak6etmfek9458muqf6utw655jv7wx7ffl2w3s5qvdtm6nzrgzyqm302km2snx6ssfjth5ld39j4cew288dd272l2w9ekjl3msangrv6j8q2e ‘All that is gold does not glitter<br/>Not all those who wander are lost<br/>The old that is strong does not wither<br/>Deep roots are not reached by the frost…’<br/><br/>Strider knows the rhyme from Gandalf’s letter!<br/><br/>‘I am Aragorn son of Arathorn and if by life or death I can save you, I will.’ 2025-09-30T04:38:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsras9gvqq9t4x3833v2jwhywx6xlwvrrnp6nmgses34za7hayzxtczyqm302km2snx6ssfjth5ld39j4cew288dd272l2w9ekjl3msangrvlv8ujp For a third morning, Minas Tirith is in darkness. A messenger arrives to report the fall of Osgiliath: the forces of Mordor now hold both banks of the Anduin, and Faramir has retreated to the Causeway Forts. Gandalf rides out to oppose the terror wielded by the Witch-king. 2025-03-12T12:20:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst9ll8z5gjt8q3q4urfua9uuxw3dk8a5w030s2vvemywq365eghrqzyqm302km2snx6ssfjth5ld39j4cew288dd272l2w9ekjl3msangrv8gv68w Aragorn halts their pursuit for a moment when he sees hobbit-prints veer from the main track of the Orcs. Where the prints end, he finds the elven-brooch that Pippin dropped: at least one Hobbit was still alive at this point. With Legolas and Gimli he continues the chase. 2025-02-25T14:01:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqj445vsl38eklzwf5d4zt4tqnerkekefspk4ux2hv82p6sgrdnsczyqm302km2snx6ssfjth5ld39j4cew288dd272l2w9ekjl3msangrvr8g8vn Elrond sends scouts to learn whether any Nazgûl still lurk near Rivendell. Bilbo notes that this will delay the journey until winter:<br/><br/>‘When winter first begins to bite<br/>and stones crack in the frosty night,<br/>when pools are black and trees are bare,<br/>’tis evil in the Wild to fare.’ 2024-10-26T01:00:00Z