Amid the Powers and Chances of the World

Story Summary

"Men..should have a virtue to shape their lives, amid the powers and chances of the world, beyond the Music of the Ainur, which is as fate to all things else" (Quenta Silmarillion, Chapter 1). A mortal woman is brought to Rivendell for healing in the summer of 3018, and thus becomes entangled with both Men and Elves in the events of the War of the Ring. How will destiny and choice shape the lives of the two Kindreds?

This novel-length story travels from Rohan via Rivendell to Gondor and back again, twining itself in and out of the canon events of LoTR as it goes. Gap-filling, drama, humour, a dash of angst and - eventually - romance between the OFC protagonist and a canon character (so don't say you weren't warned!)

Rated General rather than Adult, but should be considered PG-13 for, in later chapters, some fairly explicit descriptions of the aftermath of battle and for some (non-graphic) sexual content.

Thanks to the kind offices of Altariel, e-book versions are now available; .mobi here and .epub here.

Chapter List

Ch#	Title	Words	Updated
1	To Rivendell, Where Elves Yet Dwell	3,405	22 Nov 10
2	Darkness Took Them, Horse and Horseman	2,448	22 Nov 10
3	Out of Doubt, Out of Dark, to the Day's Rising	4,413	11 Apr 11
4	I'll Linger Here, Beneath the Sun	3,185	22 Nov 10
5	With Weary Feet	1,985	22 Nov 10
6	Half-Grown Hobbits, the Hole-Dwellers	4,107	02 Nov 10
7	With Foes Ahead, Behind Us Dread	2,028	11 Apr 11
8	He Will Not Pass The Borders	3,510	03 Nov 10
9	There Shall Be Counsels Taken	4,727	22 Nov 10
10	Fire and Lamp, and Meat and Bread	4,228	11 Apr 11
11	With Dwarf and Hobbit, Elves and Men	2,404	11 Apr 11
12	Deep Roots Are Not Reached by the Frost	4,029	03 Nov 10
13	Many Paths and Errands Meet	5,723	18 Dec 10
14	The Horse and the Rider	2,105	11 Apr 11
15	From the Grey Twilight	3,323	03 Nov 10
16	When Wind is in the Deadly East	1,965	03 Nov 10
17	Till the Snows are Melted	3,442	03 Nov 10
18	Far Over the Misty Mountains Cold	4,446	03 Nov 10
19	In Dwimordene, in Lórien	4,542	19 Dec 10
20	Through Moor and Waste we Ride in Haste	4,082	04 Nov 10
21	Through Rohan over Fen and Field	3,789	04 Nov 10
22	Still Round the Corner We May Meet	3,831	04 Nov 10
23	Farewell We Call to Hearth and Hall	3,706	05 Nov 10
24	Steed went Striding to the Stoningland	2,530	22 Dec 10
25	I'll Look for Thee, And Call to Thee	3,289	05 Nov 10
26	And Starless Night Devour the Sunless Day	2,493	05 Nov 10
27	Over the Land there Lies a Long Shadow	3,396	05 Nov 10
28	The Dead Watch the Road that Leads to the Sea	1,145	05 Dec 10
29	Till the Dark Lord Lifts His Hand	3,174	11 Apr 11
30	Death in the Morning and at Day's Ending	3,674	06 Nov 10
31	Life to the Dying in the King's Hand Lying	3,007	06 Nov 10
32	The White Gulls are Crying	3,268	07 Nov 10
33	The Setting Sun, The Rising Sun	3,060	26 Nov 10
34	Of Times There Were Before	4,033	08 Nov 10
35	Over Death, Over Dread, Over Doom Lifted	3,699	08 Nov 10
36	When Spring Unfolds the Beechen Leaf	4,562	10 Dec 10
37	In This Far Land Beneath The Trees	5,633	11 Apr 11
38	The Crownless Again Shall Be King	5,098	10 Dec 10
39	We Must Away Ere Break of Day	2,856	11 Apr 11
40	Of Folk of Men and Elven-Kin	4,862	09 Nov 10
41	I'll Look for Thee, and Wait for Thee	3,910	25 Nov 10
42	Until the Stars are All Alight	6,078	12 Nov 10
43	Wake and Hear Me Calling	4,284	12 Nov 10
44	He Walked Alone and Sorrowing	4,212	15 Nov 10
45	On Journey Long Without a Word	3,489	11 Apr 11
46	Long was the Way that Fate Them Bore	3,605	13 Apr 11
47	And In a Noon of Gold	5,407	15 Nov 10
48	Beneath the Sky Shall Be Our Bed	5,352	26 Nov 10
49	Epilogue: Our Days Are Ending	3,052	26 Nov 10
50	Appendix - dates etc (Spoilers!!)	1,598	17 May 11
51	Acknowledgements and sources	551	13 Apr 11
Appx. Word Count		182,740

Challenge Entries by Azalais

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Challenge	Type	Title	Entered
Filk Fest 2005!	Closed	Favourite Rings	August 19, 2005
International Legolas Month Song Parody Palooza	Closed	International Legolas Month	July 08, 2004
Carols in Middle-earth	Closed	Ranger's Carol, A	December 07, 2003
Carols in Middle-earth	Closed	On the Bleak Morannon	December 07, 2003
Things That Go Bump In the Night	Closed	Night and Fog	November 16, 2003
LOTR Holiday Carols	Closed	Come, all ye Fellowship of Nine	March 18, 2003
LOTR Holiday Carols	Closed	Ship Carol	March 18, 2003
Mary Sue Challenge	Closed	Amid the Powers and Chances of the World	March 05, 2003

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