Ancestress
by Dreamflower
This is to be a set of 300 word fixed-length ficlets, exploring one possible pre-history for the race of hobbits. (The Prologue is a good deal longer than 300 words.)
G · In progress · Updated 26 February 2015
Chapters
- 0. Prologue: Behind the Rumour (886 words)
- 1. A Meeting on Tol Eressëa (305 words)
- 2. Tea with Grandmother (303 words)
- 3. The Tookish Inquisition (304 words)
- 4. The Wizard's Confession, part 1 (302 words)
- 5. The Wizard's Confession, part 2 (303 words)
- 6. Chip the Glasses and Smash the Plates! (307 words)
- 7. Putting Off the Widow's Weeds (304 words)
- 8. Where Mercy, Love and Pity Dwell (322 words)
- 9. Adamanta Calls Again (303 words)
- 10. A Walk in the Garden (304 words)
- 11. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (306 words)
- 12. Home Cooking (602 words)
- 13. And So It Begins... (304 words)
- 14. Encounter Among the Trees (part 1) (306 words)
- 15. Encounter Among the Trees (part 2) (305 words)
- 16. Secrecy (301 words)
- 17. Troubling Questions (302 words)
- 18. Memory (300 words)
- 19. Time Out (301 words)
- 20. Gandalf Considers (301 words)
- 21. Frodo Takes a Walk (306 words)
- 22. A Logical Conclusion (305 words)
- 23. Origin of the Species (306 words)
- 24. The Truth Shall Set You Free (306 words)
- 25. On the Sea-strand, (part one) (303 words)
- 26. On the Sea-strand (part two) (304 words)
- 27. An Eye-opener and No Mistake (307 words)
- 28. In the Beginning (304 words)
- 29. Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained (306 words)
- 30. Mark’d I Where the Bolt of Cupid Fell (322 words)
- 31. An Invitation (304 words)
- 32. Over Hill, Over Dale (306 words)
- 33. An Introduction (303 words)
- 34. A Mother is a Mother Still (308 words)
- 35. Luncheon Conversation (part 1) (306 words)
- 36. Luncheon Conversation (part 2) (304 words)
- 37. Adamanta's Children: Briar Rose (304 words)
- 38. Adamanta's Children: Raz (301 words)
- 39. Adamanta's Children: Addie (304 words)
- 40. Adamanta's Children: Kali and Ban (307 words)
- 41. Adamanta's Children: Buttercup (305 words)
- 42. Adamanta's Children: Bûk (305 words)
- 43. Adamanta's Children: Aster and Rowan (306 words)
- 44. Adamanta's Children: Bildad (308 words)
- 45. Adamanta's Children: Beryl (304 words)
- 46. Adamanta's Children: Maura (304 words)
- 47. Understanding (303 words)
- 48. Life By the Sea (306 words)
- 49. Adamanta's Announcement (303 words)
- 50. Hole is Where the Heart Is (308 words)
- 51. Hole Sweet Hole (339 words)
- 52. Good Things Come to Those Who Bait (309 words)
- 53. Lunch at Adamanta's Hole (306 words)
- 54. A Lesson for Adamanta, (part 1) (308 words)
- 55. A Lesson for Adamanta, (part 2) (308 words)
- 56. Early Memories (304 words)
- 57. The Voice of the Ring (305 words)
- 58. The Strength of Love (301 words)
- 59. Watched Over (330 words)
- 60. The Upward Path (304 words)
- 61. The Sketchbook, part 1 (306 words)
- 62. The Sketchbook, part 2 (305 words)
- 63. A Drop of Fancy in the Blood (301 words)
- 64. Conversations About the Past, (part 1) (307 words)
- 65. Conversations About the Past, (part 2) (325 words)
- 66. Conversations About the Present, (part 1) (308 words)
- 67. Conversations About the Present, (part 2) (308 words)
- 68. Conversations About the Future, (part 1) (308 words)
- 69. Conversations About the Future, (part 2) (307 words)
- 70. The Burglar Steals Away (306 words)
- 71. The Funeral (304 words)
- 72. Mourning: Frodo (302 words)
- 73. Mourning: Gandalf (303 words)
- 74. Mourning: Adamanta (301 words)
- 75. Mourning: Elrond (302 words)
- 76. There is a Time (325 words)
- 77. Returning Home (324 words)
- 78. The Tower (295 words)
- 79. Across the Sundering Sea, part 1 (306 words)