While We Dwelt in Fear
by Pearl Took
**COMPLETE**The story of the families of Merry, Pippin, Frodo and Sam as they face the troubles of the Occupation of the Shire. Although there are some AU items, the effort is made to include all of the events occuring in the Shire that Tolkien mentions happening during this time and to have all original events be consistant with canon.
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· Complete
· Updated 4 March 2005
Characters: Bell Gamgee, Eglantine Took, Esmeralda Brandybuck, Frodo Baggins, Hamfast Gamgee, Lobelia Sackvill-Baggins, Merry, Paladin Took, Pippin, Rose Cotton, Samwise Gamgee, Saradoc Brandybuck
Chapters
- 0. Prologue (365 words)
- 1. Gone (1,645 words)
- 2. From the Inside, Out (1,768 words)
- 3. The Secret No One Acknowledged (2,165 words)
- 4. Visitors and Visions (2,183 words)
- 5. Troubling News (886 words)
- 6. A Turning at Yule-Tide (1,575 words)
- 7. First Yule: Festivity Tainted, Festivity Missed (3,076 words)
- 8. Second Yule: Festivity Perverted (2,032 words)
- 9. Nearly Calm (2,419 words)
- 10. Pieces Moving Into Place (3,620 words)
- 11. Storms (1,936 words)
- 12. A Disturbing Visit (4,538 words)
- 13. The Last Journey (1,612 words)
- 14. Chaos, Deceptions and Deals: The New Shire (6,292 words)
- 15. Rules (2,581 words)
- 16. Rule Breakers (3,068 words)
- 17. Guilty Feelings (3,493 words)
- 18. In Plenty and In Want (1,079 words)
- 19. Choices (1,921 words)
- 20. The First Awakening (1,543 words)
- 21. The Second Awakening (1,607 words)
- 22. The Third Awakening (3,266 words)
- 23. Took Moot (1,644 words)
- 24. Deeds Done in the Dark (1,922 words)
- 25. Doing What We Can (2,060 words)
- 26. Tremors, Terrors and Healing (2,155 words)
- 27. The Ending and a Beginning (2,502 words)
- 28. Spring (1,214 words)
- 29. Dealing With Changes in Circumstance (1,927 words)
- 30. Getting Reestablished (2,313 words)
- 31. Gaining Knowledge (1,960 words)
- 32. Troubles Brewing (1,630 words)
- 33. Plans (2,656 words)
- 34. The Summer of Our Discontent (1,901 words)
- 35. Sorrows and Fears (2,542 words)
- 36. Names (829 words)
- 37. In Green Eyes (2,715 words)
- 38. Enlightenment and Madness (1,586 words)
- 39. Doubts (1,866 words)
- 40. Revelations, Celebrations and Visions in Rivendell (2,582 words)
- 41. Buckland (2,531 words)
- 42. Sharkey (1,007 words)
- 43. The Whole Shire (1,768 words)
- 44. Lotho Sackville-Baggins, Chief of the Shire (1,604 words)
- 45. Then World Behind and Home Ahead (3,042 words)
- 999. Epilogue (3,349 words)