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• The Protector of the Gentle West by HadrianPeverellBlack

  Fandoms: The Hobbit (Jackson Movies), Merlin (TV)  

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  15 Jun 2025

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  • Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield
  • Bilbo Baggins & Merlin
  • Bilbo Baggins & Thorin Oakenshield
  • Gandalf (Tolkien) & Merlin (Merlin)
  • Gwaine & Merlin (Merlin)
  • Bilbo Baggins
  • Thorin Oakenshield
  • Kíli (Tolkien)
  • Fíli (Tolkien)
  • Bofur (Tolkien)
  • Bifur (Tolkien)
  • Bombur (Tolkien)
  • Glóin (Tolkien)
  • Dwalin (Tolkien)
  • Balin (Tolkien)
  • Óin (Tolkien)
  • Ori (Tolkien)
  • Nori (Tolkien)
  • Dori (Tolkien)
  • Merlin (Merlin)
  • Gandalf (Tolkien)
  • Gwaine (Merlin)
  • Angst
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Hobbit Culture & Customs
  • Merlin as a Legend
  • Fell Winter
  • BAMF Bilbo Baggins
  • Sassy Bilbo Baggins
  • Hurt Bilbo Baggins
  • Eventual Bilbo Baggins/Thorin Oakenshield
  • Protective Bilbo Baggins
  • POV Thorin Oakenshield
  • Protective Thorin Oakenshield
  • Thorin Oakenshield Is a Disaster
  • Overprotective Dwarves
  • Everyone Loves Bilbo Baggins
  • BAMF Merlin (Merlin)
  • Immortal Merlin (Merlin)
  • Protective Merlin (Merlin)
  • Dragonlord Merlin (Merlin)
  • Merlin in Middle-Earth (Merlin)
  • Gandalf Meddles
  • It's Always Gandalf's Fault
  • Merlin is So Done (Merlin)
  • Gwaine Being Gwaine (Merlin)
  • Protective Gwaine (Merlin)
  • Gwaine Knows About Merlin's Magic (Merlin)
  • Good Friend Gwaine (Merlin)

  Summary

  Thorin's Company is left by Gandalf as they enter Mirkwood. But, fortunately for them, another maiar decides to help them.

  Even if he isn't a maiar. Nor an elf. Nor a man. Nor a dwarf or a Hobbit.

  Well, at least he can control dragons, right?

  Series

  • Part 95 of Merlin Bingo 2024
  • Part 11 of Merlin Bingo 2025

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  8,437

  Chapters:

  10/?

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