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Title: Clarity of Vision, Chapter 17
Relationship: Thorin/Bilbo
Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Fíli, Kíli, Thorin, Dwalin, Balin, Gandalf
Fandom: Hobbit
Warnings/Spoilers: Descriptions of depression.
Rating: G
Word Count: 3700
Story Summary: In a Middle-Earth where Erebor never fell, a shadow remains in the heart of the Lonely Mountain. Bilbo Baggins finds himself drawn reluctantly into a quest that will lead him across the continent--from Bree to Lake Evendim to the icy North and beyond--with a party of five dwarves searching for an artifact that will cure the ailing King Thrór.
Chapter Summary: With the glass that was Thorin's hope destroyed, the party searches for a new path.

( He was empty inside. He had failed. He was nothing. )

Title: Clarity of Vision, Chapter 15
Relationship: Thorin/Bilbo
Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Fíli, Kíli, Thorin, Dwalin, Balin, Gandalf
Fandom: Hobbit
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Rating: G
Word Count: 4400
Story Summary: In a Middle-Earth where Erebor never fell, a shadow remains in the heart of the Lonely Mountain. Bilbo Baggins finds himself drawn reluctantly into a quest that will lead him across the continent--from Bree to Lake Evendim to the icy North and beyond--with a party of five dwarves searching for an artifact that will cure the ailing King Thrór.
Chapter Summary: Beneath the Misty Mountains, the fate of Middle Earth veers in a slightly different direction.

( Bilbo tried to catch his breath, feeling battered and bruised. He was lying on pebbly rocks and the darkness around him was shot through with eerie rippling light and the whisper of water. )

Title: Clarity of Vision, Chapter 13
Relationship: Thorin/Bilbo
Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Fíli, Kíli, Thorin, Dwalin, Balin
Fandom: Hobbit
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Rating: G
Word Count: 1900
Story Summary: In a Middle-Earth where Erebor never fell, a shadow remains in the heart of the Lonely Mountain. Bilbo Baggins finds himself drawn reluctantly into a quest that will lead him across the continent--from Bree to Lake Evendim to the icy North and beyond--with a party of five dwarves searching for an artifact that will cure the ailing King Thrór.
Chapter Summary: The party leaves to travel south to Rivendell and somehow finds the road pleasant despite the weather.

( There was a humming sound behind him, and Thorin turned to see Bilbo absent-mindedly humming under his breath, almost smiling. )

Title: Clarity of Vision, Chapter 11
Relationship: Thorin/Bilbo
Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Fíli, Kíli, Thorin, Dwalin, Balin
Fandom: Hobbit
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Rating: G
Word Count: 2400
Story Summary: In a Middle-Earth where Erebor never fell, a shadow remains in the heart of the Lonely Mountain. Bilbo Baggins finds himself drawn reluctantly into a quest that will lead him across the continent--from Bree to Lake Evendim to the icy North and beyond--with a party of five dwarves searching for an artifact that will cure the ailing King Thrór.
Chapter Summary: While exploring the elvish ruins of Himring, Bilbo finds something interesting.

( Bilbo was going through a cabinet filled with tangled necklaces of every color and shape. Himring was full of rooms heaped high with treasure--armor and weapons, jewels and cups and cunning boxes. )

Title: Clarity of Vision, Chapter 9
Relationship: Thorin/Bilbo
Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Fíli, Kíli, Thorin, Dwalin, Balin
Fandom: Hobbit
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Rating: PG for a bit of language.
Word Count: 3000
Story Summary: In a Middle-Earth where Erebor never fell, a shadow remains in the heart of the Lonely Mountain. Bilbo Baggins finds himself drawn reluctantly into a quest that will lead him across the continent--from Bree to Lake Evendim to the icy North and beyond--with a party of five dwarves searching for an artifact that will cure the ailing King Thrór.
Chapter Summary: Thorin's company travels north along the coast toward Himring: in which there are language lessons, cold weather, and the first sight of the sea.

( Thorin sat at the campfire, looking out at the sea as his party relaxed. Balin and Dwalin were smoking and swapping stories about their youth; Fíli was practicing his fiddle; Kíli was waxing his bow strings and complaining about the damp salt air for the hundredth time. Bilbo was using a pocketknife to pry open some mottled, purple-shelled things he had found--mussels, that was what he had called them. The tip of his tongue was sticking very slightly out of his mouth as he concentrated. )

Title: Clarity of Vision, Chapter 7
Relationship: Thorin/Bilbo
Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Fíli, Kíli, Thorin, Dwalin, Balin
Fandom: Hobbit
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Rating: G
Word Count: 2400
Story Summary: In a Middle-Earth where Erebor never fell, a shadow remains in the heart of the Lonely Mountain. Bilbo Baggins finds himself drawn reluctantly into a quest that will lead him across the continent--from Bree to Lake Evendim to the icy North and beyond--with a party of five dwarves searching for an artifact that will cure the ailing King Thrór.
Chapter Summary: The party arrives at the ancient city of Annúminas, where Bilbo gets some surprising lessons in Dwarvish genealogy.

( Bilbo looked south and his heart ached. It was nearly his birthday. Were people searching for him? Was anyone worried about him? When would he see his home again? )

Title: Clarity of Vision, Chapter 5
Relationship: Thorin/Bilbo
Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Fíli, Kíli, Thorin, Dwalin, Balin
Fandom: Hobbit
Warnings/Spoilers: Discussions (and misunderstanding) of genetic mental illness.
Rating: G
Word Count: 3400
Story Summary: In a Middle-Earth where Erebor never fell, a shadow remains in the heart of the Lonely Mountain. Bilbo Baggins finds himself drawn reluctantly into a quest that will lead him across the continent--from Bree to Lake Evendim to the icy North and beyond--with a party of five dwarves searching for an artifact that will cure the ailing King Thrór.
Chapter Summary: Trapped in the Library of Fornost, Thorin and his company search for clues and Thorin and Bilbo have some conversations with unfortunate results.
Notes: Well-timed for this chapter, Mekare has a fantastic picture of Thorin Doing Research as well as an adorable Baffled Skeleton With Umbrella! I just want to hug both of them...although neither would probably appreciate it.

( You're not going to get far in this quest if you keep shutting people out who might help you. With an attitude like that, no wonder you haven't made any progress in ten years. )

Title: Clarity of Vision, Chapter 2
Relationship: Thorin/Bilbo
Characters: Bilbo Baggins, Fíli, Kíli, Dís
Fandom: Hobbit
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Rating: G
Word Count: 2100
Story Summary: In a Middle-Earth where Erebor never fell, a shadow remains in the heart of the Lonely Mountain. Bilbo Baggins finds himself drawn reluctantly into a quest that will lead him across the continent--from Bree to Lake Evendim to the icy North and beyond--with a party of five dwarves searching for an artifact that will cure the ailing King Thrór.
Chapter Summary: Bilbo is just going to give these two young dwarves a little help, and then it's back to Hobbiton for him. Yes indeed. No adventures here.

( It's the delegation traveling from Erebor to Ered Luin, we convinced them to let us come along, but we've been asking about Uncle Thorin all the way, and now we've finally found him, and we're only two days behind him, and we're not going to lose him now, are we, Kíli? )

Title: Daisies, Poppies, and One Red Rose
Relationship: Thorin/Bilbo
Characters: Thorin, Bilbo, Fili, Kili, Durin, Dwalin, Ori, Gandalf
Fandom: The Hobbit
Warnings/Spoilers: None
Rating: G
Word Count 2100
Summary: Bilbo's birthday arrives while the Company is on the road, and hobbits and dwarves disagree on both birthday protocol and the value of certain gifts.

( The sight was nothing to a dwarf who had seen rivers of gold or the Arkenstone pulsing like a living heart, but the flowers were pretty enough, Thorin supposed. )