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Final Ballots for Main Category Genres: Adventure

A Walk In The Woods (1179): Anso the Hobbit
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: n/a
When a walk to visit Frodo turns into an adventure, young Pippin needs to
use the all the skills that Merry has taught him.

How Legolas Proved His Bowmanship (8): chathollinn
G, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
The character as a youngster who develops into a person capable of helping
save the world. This story explores his prowess as an archer while
introducing his family, home and teachers.

In the Greening of the Year (774): Lindelea
G, Reason for Rating: G
Romance Partners: N/A
Straightforward action-adventure/drama in relatively few chapters. When the
mother of the Thain is overdue returning from a visit, Pippin pulls out all
the stops to find her.

To the Sea (770): SilverMoonLady
G, Reason for Rating: N/A
Romance Partners: N/A
"Isengar Took (1262-1360) (said to have 'gone to sea' in his youth)" LotR,
Appendices, Took family tree. Though Tooks are notoriously adventurous, not
all of their tales have yet been told.

Narn Niben (140): Werecat
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: n/a
Ever wondered how the sapling of the White Tree ended at the slopes where
Aragorn found it? Follow this tale from Valinor to Minas Tirith to find out.
A bedtime tale for the children of the Fourth Age.



SubCategory: Genres: Adventure: Long Form

Some Nameless Place (875): Budgielover
PG, Reason for Rating: violence
Romance Partners: n/a
In desperate need of supplies, the Fellowship makes the mistake of deciding
to enter a small town of Men, and those who have been sent to hunt down the
Ring-bearer find him.

The Stars of Harad (1219): Cassia & Siobhan
R, Reason for Rating: violence
Romance Partners: N/A but Aragorn/Arwen does figure into the plot
When Aragorn falls in love with Arwen, it seems that he has done the one
thing that could ever divide he and his elven family. Certain that his home
is his no longer, Aragorn leaves with the rangers, attempting to forget the
heartache of all he has lost... What he did not count on was losing his
memory and forgetting *everything*. Now, to find him, Legolas must join the
very men who have captured and enslaved his friend, he must be one of
them... and he must pay the dreadful penalty when their confidence is
broken. But if Aragorn cannot remember, cannot trust the elf he no longer
knows... will it all have been in vain?

Come to Harm (597): Clairon
PG, Reason for Rating: violence
Romance Partners: N/A
What is the one thing the loyal Steward of Gondor would never dream of
doing? Well batten down the hatches, hold on to your hats, pray for him
because he's going to......... This story happens some years after the end
of the war of the ring. Both Saruman and Wormtongue will appear because it
takes more than a cut throat and a few hobbit arrows to keep real evil out
of action!

Made to Suffer (599): Clairon/Raksha the Demon CoAuthors
PG, Reason for Rating: violence
Romance Partners: N/A
Sequel to 'Come to Harm,' where Faramir risks all to regain his honour...The
events occur seven years after those described in 'Come to Harm', which was
set some years after the end of the War of the Ring.

Hearthside (319): Jeodo Brandybuck
G, Reason for Rating: n/a
Romance Partners: N/A
Frodo gets unexpected visitors during a winter storm.

Shire: Beginnings (703): Lindelea
PG-13, Reason for Rating: violence and character death
Romance Partners: N/A
How the Shire came to be. "Beginnings" details the journey of the Fallohides
across the Misty Mountains into the new land.

Hunting (1307): Nilmandra
PG, Reason for Rating: mild violence
Romance Partners: n/a
Nine year old Legolas is learning to track and hunt in the safety of the
realm of his father, King Thranduil; while across the Anduin in the High
Pass of the Misty Mountains, a patrol from Imladris is tracking and hunting
a large party of Orcs descending from the north. Adventures occur as realms
collide.

The Falcon: The Adventures of Peregrin Took (755): Tom Fairbairn
R, Reason for Rating: violence, graphic description of violence, sexual
situations
Romance Partners: Pippin/Diamond Pippin?OC
His father named him "wanderer"; but everyone called him Pippin. He was the
youngest Companion of the Fellowship of the Ring, an innocent and foolish
lad who walked heedlessly into legend. Twelve years after the War of the
Ring, feeling trapped by responsibilities he doesn't want, Peregrin Took
struggles with a restlessness he can no longer deny. Now, traveling amidst
the vast and unexplored vistas of Far Harad, caught up in a war against a
tyrannical Magician and the quest for a legendary Jewel, this impossibly
curious, recklessly courageous hobbit discovers unexpected friends, devious
foes, and a girl who will claim his heart, as he searches for the meaning of
home.


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