Quote Originally Posted by MadeOfLions View Post
Why can't they? You did -- otherwise how would you have seen them in Forochel and Evendim?

Jokes aside, Schrodinger's Rangers are only an issue for Wardens and Minstrels. The overall chronology that I've been using for everybody else is something like this:

Volume 4 Book 9 -> BBoM 1-10, Shades in the Swamp, BBoM 11-12 -> Volume 5 Book 1 -> BBoM 13-14

It's not perfect (since Queen Arwen makes no appearance during the Minas Morgul stretch of BBoM), but it does allow Elrond to chat with you on Tol Send and still have plenty of time to get to the wedding, without cramming the entirety of the Minas Morgul expansion into the months before Midsummer -- which is possible but I don't think necessary.

For Lothrandir and Techeron, I don't think it's out of the question that they could have joined the wedding-bound party from Rivendell sometime after their adventures with their respective Corrupted Heirlooms, meaning that for Wardens and Minstrels their spoken decision at the banquet to travel to Evendim and Forochel is a return rather than a first journey. It's fun to try and make everything fit, but especially with travel times and distances we sometimes need to play a little fast and loose.

MoL
That explanation and chronology will do for me! Thank you for the awesome stories and for ensuring that the Grey Company were not forgotten!

(I now need to go back to Merethrond and see if I can remember/figure out who all of the rest of the wedding guests are, and speculate about any new names to be found!)

P.S. I bet Rhadrog was rather grumpy that Faeron got invited and he didn’t!