Gondor’s Embassy to Harad
Deputy Ambassador Arahaelon knows that Gondor’s Embassy to Harad has a reputation for attracting odd people. But he’s really not prepared for the dramas which eventuate when he gets home from sabbatical
Arahaelon’s bad day
Deputy Ambassador Arahaelon is really looking forward to his sabbatical. And then he gets back to Minas Tirith and finds everything is a disaster … he’d better forget that sabbatical.
[To be read after Idis and Thorongil stories, because spoilers]
(Short story)
Cothion’s interview
Cothion, the son of a Haradric trader and a Minas Tirith bar maid, is very nervous when he’s interviewed for a position in Gondor’s Embassy to Harad. That Deputy Ambassador is a scary man!
[To be read after Idis and Thorongil stories]
(Short story)
Nallon and Baradir
Nallon’s really nervous when he hears Ambassador Galador is about to retire. He hopes whoever replaces him is prepared to tolerate the rather odd diplomats in the Embassy…
[To be read after Idis in Harad stories, because spoilers]
(Medium short story)
Cothion’s birthday party
Cothion invites his Embassy colleagues to his birthday party.
[To be read after Idis in Harad stories, because spoilers]
(Short story)
Haldir and Berúthiel
Haldir from the Embassy is rather entranced by Cothion’s sister Berúthiel. But there are many hurdles in their way: outraged half siblings, over-enthusiastic chaperones, and Berúthiel’s rather protective Baba.
[To be read after Idis in Harad stories, because spoilers]
(Medium short story)
Ecthelion visits Harad
Arahaelon is cheered when his cousin Beren and Beren’s housemate Ecthelion come for a visit to Beyazim. Why, O why, do his juniors have potentially spoil his mood by adopting a small stray dog? (That thing is a rat. He’s sure of it!)
[To be read after the stories in Idis in Harad, because spoilers.]
(Short story, unfinished)