Every year, on the day of the harvest ritual, the village leaders chose someone at random to be sent up the mountain to be sacrificed to the dragon gods, to ensure that they had a good planting season and a bountiful harvest for the upcoming year.
This year, Seonghwa was chosen to be the sacrifice.
He wondered what he ever did to deserve a fate like this.
On the eve of what could be the final and ultimate extermination in Hell, Charlie Morningstar decides to take her own advice, and live the night like it’s her last.
With Vaggie.
Arthur yells at Merlin, pushing him away in the process. When the unexpected strikes, he's faced with the possibility of them being the last words he ever spoke to his best friend.
AKA, Merlin gets bonked on the head and Arthur panics.
Bilbo had a sudden, cheerful realization. “Oh, my, this must mean you’ve already dealt with the problem of the dragon without me!”
Bofur frowned. “Bilbo, no–”
“Sorry, you haven’t dealt with the dragon?”
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Or: the Consort of Erebor loses about seven years of memory.