#trollshaws

I never even noticed this before, but its so cute how the trolls have these dwarf/hobbit-sized baggies they use to put their future meals in. like judging by the size of the stitching on the seams, they made the bags themselves. so did the trolls just have half a dozen of those already made up in case some small folks wandered by, or did thorin and co. have to sit there and wait for the trolls to hurriedly stitch together some sacks to stash them in?

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The Trollshaws, the woods west of Rivendell where Bilbo and Thorin’s company encountered the trolls and where Frodo then saw the stone statues they became

Been a while! I thought I would post my Trollshaws outfit ☺️ unfortunately, thus character is one I have had a lot of difficulty finding an outfit that truly 'clicks' as hers, so it's been difficult finding anything that I actually like wearing on her

I decided to mess around with cosmetics I haven't used often/at all and colors and quickly made this one for use in the Trollshaws ☺️ I wanted to go with something more orange/golden, but nothing was looking right or dying very well, so it was difficult

Not to say I've lost my love for outfit building, but this isn't my first character for whom it's taken a bit to find the outfit that screams The One, much like Lamaenil who needed the Mirkwood coffer set in order to feel like I had what was Her Clothes

At least I enjoy this outfit enough to run around in it! I'm thinking I'm going to have to swim around in the many piles of cosmetics I have stashed across several alts and give some new things a try

Lesser Secret of the West Helmet, walnut brown

Mantle of Hidden Peaks, walnut brown

Warden's Pack

Reinforced Hauberk of the Abyss, sienna

Gloves of the Isengard Dispeller

Forged-Iron Dunlending Boots, walnut brown

Spear of the Naith

Battle-shield of the Mark

Warning: the UST is reaching melodramatic levels. And this state of affairs will continue for a few chapters.

People who like to gamify things can amuse themselves by counting all the ways in which G makes the trip slightly worse, in this chapter.

Oh, and I just realized I can add this here. It is my attempt at one of Glorfindel's paintings, as mentioned in this chapter: