Lancogard

A Hobbit Inquisition, Part the 5th: Hydrangeas 

Being the observations of Applecider Bolingbroke, assisting Deputy-Shirriff Lancogard North-Took, in the Dastardly Case of the Dead Man’s Tale.

(As recorded in a cipher once learned from a wanderin’ Treasure-Seeker called ‘Theodore’)

A Hobbit Inquisition, Part the 4th: Choice Cuts

Being the observations of Applecider Bolingbroke, assisting Lancogard North-Took, Deputy-Shirriff, in his ongoing investigations.

(As recorded in a cipher based entirely ononomatopoeic bird-calls)

NOT TO BE DISSEMINATED OR COPIED, OR I’LL START A RUMOR THAT YER MOTHER WEARS *SHOES*!!! 

A Hobbit Inquisition, Part the 3rd: Bad Pie

Being the observations of Applecider Bolingbroke, assisting Lancogard North-Took, Deputy-Shirriff, his ongoing investigations.

(As recorded in a cipher that may be genuinely unbreakable, as she may not have been entirely sober when she invented it. So the decoding trick may not actually work),

A Hobbitian Inquisition, Part the 2nd: Green Hood, Black Fox

Being the observations of Applecider Bolingbroke, assisting Lancogard North-Took, Deputy-Shirriff, his ongoing investigations.

(As recorded in a cipher what can only be read backwards, then translating from numbers ter Elven script, after first multiplying the even numbers by 17, an’ dividing the odds by 3),

A Hobbitian Inquisition

Being the observations of Applecider Bolingbroke, Deputized Bounder of the Northfarthing Watch, Second-Class, for the use of Lancogard North-Took, Deputy-Shirriff, in the official record of his investigations.

From Applecider Bolingbroke, being sent by Quick Post from the Ivy Bush at Hobbiton-Bywater,

To Lancogard North-took, Hon. Deputy-Shirriff of the Northfarthing, at his lodgings at the Plough & Stars, Brockenborings:

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My dear sir,

I were in receipt of your letter at Waymeet, and as the day were young, having now a direction in which to cross paths with yeh, I took to the road again directly.

From Applecider Bolingbroke, written whilst topping off a short lunch at Duillond, en route to Hobbiton via Needlehole,

To Lancogard North-took, Hon. Deputy-Shirriff of the Northfarthing, at his Burrow at Wending Way, Dunfurlong, in the Shire:

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Most excellent sir,