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A Hobbit custom of banishment by jayyr
Fandoms: The Hobbit - All Media Types, The Hobbit - J. R. R. Tolkien, The Hobbit (Jackson Movies)
05 Dec 2024
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It has been 7 months since the great battle of Erebor and he had hoped every day that this letter would never arrive. He reached for Sting, the letter opener as his friends liked to call it. He tried to blink the tears away as he read it over and over again but the words didnt show him any mercy and remained the same cruel message. It said "Dear Master Bilbo Baggins of Bag End
I, Thorin Oakenshield, son of Thrain, son of Thror, king under the mountain hereby lift the banishment of Bilbo Baggins of Bag End, son of Bungo Baggins
Will you accept and return to Erebor, the kingdom under the mountain?
After all this time he had still hoped that they would have forgotten what he had told them about Hobbit traditions. That it was mandatory to write this letter to a banished person which states to revoke the banishment. Of course it wasn't revoked, it was just to ensure the banished acknowledges being exiled and honors the banishers wishes by replying by denying the offer to return. Dear Yavanna, they had even used the exact wording. Bilbo stood to search for a scroll and ink. He had to reply, after all he was still a honorable Hobbit of Bag End.