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| Thirty Drabbles Hath November 2011 by Rhyselle | 3 Review(s) |
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| eiluj | Reviewed Chapter: 12 on 11/13/2011 |
| This is intriguing, and an idea I think I've only seen once very briefly before (the Grey Company before Rohan). Fourteen Rangers together in the taproom would surely have unnerved all of Butterbur's guests -- and ruined custom for the evening as much as Frodo's regrettable incident did. Perhaps Butterbur was only asking out of habit, or to be polite? Or maybe to be prepared! It would make a wonderful longer fic, even if only confined to the Rangers' time at the Pony. Though they didn't join the other customers in the taproom, they would still have been seen outside, and entering the inn. This is early 3019; there are strangers and refugees in Bree, too many of them ominous. Evil, unnatural things have begun to roam the vicinity already; these Rangers probably encountered some on their way. Such an unprecedentedly large host of Rangers in Bree would be regarded as just one more alarming and unwelcome intrusion into Bree's expected daily routine. Did the Rangers all enter the Pony at once? I'm assuming they would have come from different directions, and so wouldn't all have ridden into Bree together. If not, did the latecomers know to go directly to the parlor (did they perhaps ask Butterbur if other Rangers were there?) or did a few find their way to the taproom and look around, alarming the patronage? | |
| shirebound | Reviewed Chapter: 12 on 11/13/2011 |
| For all that they didn’t startle when he’d opened the door, he could tell that they were well aware of him. He's learned to appraise Rangers quite well over the years. | |
| Linda Hoyland | Reviewed Chapter: 12 on 11/13/2011 |
| These are most enjoyable. | |