K. Peruser of the printed word & history nerd. 20something, hailing from New England. Outdoor educator, among other things, the likelihood of whom running off to sea [and/or the Northwoods grows likelier by the day] has occurred. Incorrigible dork. Quite queer. [Find my oddly-specific folk playlists here] [My old-school personal webpage]
Chapter 13 of my comic adaptation of the Hobbit, “the Necromancer!” I put the title page at the end this time for Reasons, though I might change it back to the beginning later. Below the readmore are my “translator’s notes’ on why I made certain changes to the source material (ex why Thror is here instead of Thrain), if you’re interested:
I sometimes think that we stand at sunset (…) It may be that the night will close over us in the end, but I believe that morning will come again. Morning always grows again out of the darkness, though maybe not for the people who saw the sun go down. We are the Lantern Bearers, my friend; for us to keep something burning, to carry what light we can forward into the darkness and the wind.
Wool printed challis dress worn by Mary Elizabeth Dorsey Farnandis (1795–1888). Fashionable paisley prints first gained popularity in the Western world during the late eighteenth century with the importation of fine goat-haired shawls from the Kashmir region of India. Nearing the mid-nineteenth century, textile manufacturers succeeded in producing paisley fabrics cheaper than those made in India, allowing entire dresses to be constructed from it.
