A Long and Weary Way
by Canafinwe
After fifteen years of fruitlessly searching for the creature called Gollum, Gandalf forsook the hunt. Though Aragorn persevered for a time, tracking his quarry on the marches of Mordor, he too despaired at last and began his homeward journey...
PG-13
· Complete
· Updated 15 October 2015
Characters: Aragorn, Bilbo, Celeborn, Gandalf, Gollum
Chapters
- 1. Wasted Years (3,981 words)
- 2. Separate Roads (3,619 words)
- 3. Into the Shadows (4,318 words)
- 4. Mercy in Mordor (3,611 words)
- 5. The Empty Pass (4,049 words)
- 6. A Spot of Luck (3,796 words)
- 7. Beneath the Ephel Dûath (3,618 words)
- 8. A Web of Darkness (3,131 words)
- 9. Spider-Shadows (3,036 words)
- 10. Down the Long Stairway (5,170 words)
- 11. The Flowers of Morgul Vale (3,710 words)
- 12. Fruitless Days (3,699 words)
- 13. An Unwilling Guest (4,438 words)
- 14. The Fruits of Failure (4,711 words)
- 15. The Dead Marshes (3,417 words)
- 16. A Prize Hard-Won (3,934 words)
- 17. Of Clemency and Necessity (3,442 words)
- 18. Into the Emyn Muil (3,577 words)
- 19. Onward and Upward (3,215 words)
- 20. Respite from Toil (4,096 words)
- 21. The Safer Path (3,414 words)
- 22. Down to the River (3,833 words)
- 23. Over, Under and Through (4,077 words)
- 24. The Thaw (2,734 words)
- 25. A Man in the Hay (4,339 words)
- 26. Falling Out (4,027 words)
- 27. Retribution (3,069 words)
- 28. Strange Eyes (3,910 words)
- 29. Limlight (3,591 words)
- 30. A Lunatic Quest (4,317 words)
- 31. The Border-Watch (3,293 words)
- 32. Guarded Rest (4,165 words)
- 33. As Needs Must (5,854 words)
- 34. The Hospitality of Lothlórien (5,969 words)
- 35. Silent Sedition (4,155 words)
- 36. Birthday, Precious (4,446 words)
- 37. Who Crosses the Ice (3,989 words)
- 38. Too Clever a Waterman (4,824 words)
- 39. Stark Survival (5,443 words)
- 40. Nine Strokes (4,927 words)
- 41. No Game (4,098 words)
- 42. A Shift in the Wind (3,985 words)
- 43. Blessings of Kementári (4,569 words)
- 44. Roosting in a Storm (5,685 words)
- 45. Over the Road and Up to the Town (5,279 words)
- 46. The Baker and the Ferryman (7,064 words)
- 47. A Beggar at the Door (7,788 words)
- 48. Kindly Lodgings (6,651 words)
- 49. The Wanderer's Tales (7,659 words)
- 50. Making Ready (6,309 words)
- 51. The Eaves of Mirkwood (4,594 words)
- 52. Harried and Hunted (5,420 words)
- 53. Hobbled (5,398 words)
- 54. The Dark Before Dawn (7,333 words)
- 55. The Last Mile (5,615 words)
- 56. Safety and Slumber (5,486 words)
- 57. Hurts Unseen (6,163 words)
- 58. The Depths of the Earth (6,173 words)
- 59. The Wizard and the Weakling (9,112 words)
- 60. Words for Posterity (5,524 words)
- 61. Water in the Wilderness (5,025 words)
- 62. Spiraling Rhetoric (5,933 words)
- 63. Fishing (6,980 words)
- 64. Conflagrations and Conjurations (7,402 words)
- 65. Garbled Truths (7,730 words)
- 66. Prospects of Healing (6,265 words)
- 67. Finery, Flattery and Flight (8,441 words)
- 68. Westward Away (7,659 words)
- 69. Repayment in Kind (7,610 words)
- 70. Anduin Again (6,779 words)
- 71. The High Pass (5,503 words)
- 72. A Last Bitter Blow (5,449 words)
- 73. Choicest Misfortunes (7,412 words)
- 74. At Journey's End (7,266 words)
- 75. Gentle Wisdom (10,001 words)
- 76. Glad Company (6,745 words)
- 77. The Questions of Master Baggins (7,470 words)
- 78. Where the Trees are Grey (6,455 words)
- 79. Children of Lúthien (8,965 words)
- 80. Revelries in Rivendell (7,038 words)
- 81. The First Debate (5,640 words)
- 82. Toils to Come (6,996 words)