Murder Most Foul
by Larner
Faced with a restrained plea from a woman of Anórien to send someone to investigate the trial that has left her son condemned to hang and two other youths to spend the remainder of their lives in hard labor, the new King of Gondor sends a deputation to investigate the murders of three small boys to find out just how many lives were destroyed two days before Midsummer the preceding year. Written for the Big Bang Challenge.
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· Complete
· Updated 16 September 2011
Characters: Aragorn, Frodo Baggins, Gandalf, Gimli, Hurin the Tall (of the Keys), Imrahil, Legolas, Merry, Original Character(s), Pippin, Samwise Gamgee
Chapters
- 0. Prelude: Evil at Day's End (4,930 words)
- 1. A Letter to the King's Majesty (2,594 words)
- 2. A Deputation Formed (2,388 words)
- 3. Legal Scribe, Healer and Surgeon (2,694 words)
- 4. Deputation Mounted (6,820 words)
- 5. Lord Benargil's House (7,109 words)
- 6. Revelations of the North (4,492 words)
- 7. The Investigation Begins (4,545 words)
- 8. The Reading Continues (5,509 words)
- 9. And What Is Truth? (5,014 words)
- 10. Another Journey Made (5,864 words)
- 11. An Evening's Discussions (3,501 words)
- 12. A Visit to Medril's Farm (7,469 words)
- 13. “Do Not Seek to Embroider upon the Truth…” (7,022 words)
- 14. To Know the Accused (7,006 words)
- 15. What Everyone Knows (5,403 words)
- 16. And Whom Might We Suspect? (4,745 words)
- 17. When Those Sworn to Justice Fail their Purpose (14,001 words)
- 18. On Evil Averted--or Not (10,326 words)
- 19. Revelations in Hevensgil (5,952 words)
- 20. To Meet Those Accused (14,656 words)
- 21. The Lords Examine (17,320 words)
- 22. Journey Toward Judgment (6,615 words)
- 23. On the Way to Judgment (9,639 words)
- 24. The Final Trials Begin (4,582 words)
- 25. Final Judgments (18,642 words)
- 26. Epilogue--A Package from the Shire (3,000 words)
- 27. Author's Notes (8,188 words)
- 999999. Post Script (1,643 words)