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'''A Knife in the Dark''' is the eleventh chapter of the first book in [[The Fellowship of the Ring]].
| image=Ted Nasmith - Fire on Weathertop.jpg
| title=A Knife in the Dark
| book=The Fellowship of the Ring
| number=11
| event=[[Fredegar Bolger|Fatty]] is attacked at [[Crickhollow]]; [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]] and [[Strider (Aragorn)|Strider]] leave and are attacked at [[Weathertop]].
| date=[[30 September]]-[[6 October]] {{TA|3018|n}}
| location=[[Crickhollow]], [[Bree]], and [[Weathertop]]
| previous=Strider (chapter)
| next=Flight to the Ford
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===Summary===
'''A Knife in the Dark''' is the eleventh chapter of the first book in ''[[The Fellowship of the Ring]]''.
Back at [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]]'s new "home" in [[Crickhollow]], [[Black Riders]] accost [[Fatty Bolger]]. Fatty escapes and the horn call of Buck is blown, announcing the invasion. The Black Riders flee, but now they know that Frodo and the ring are not there.


Meanwhile, at the [[Prancing Pony]], [[Strider]] discovers that the Hobbit rooms have been broken into and the rooms have been ransacked. All the horses have been stolen from the stables and the [[Hobbits]] have no means by which to travel, except for one pony.
==Summary==
Back at [[Frodo Baggins|Frodo]]'s new "home" in [[Crickhollow]], [[Nazgûl|Black Riders]] accosted [[Fredegar Bolger|Fatty Bolger]]. Fatty escaped and the horn call of [[Buckland]] was blown, announcing the invasion. The Black Riders flee, but now they knew that Frodo and the [[The One Ring|ring]] were not there any longer.


The Hobbits load the pony with supplies and set off, creating a stir in [[Breeland]]. Their journey begins on the road and continues along paths and woods through bogs and marshes. By the sixth day, they are almost near the place they have been hoping to meet [[Gandalf]], who left a sign scratched on a stone signifying that he was there three days back.
Meanwhile, at [[the Prancing Pony]], [[Strider (Aragorn)|Strider]] discovered that the [[Hobbits|Hobbit]] rooms of the Inn had been broken into and ransacked. All the horses and ponies had been stolen from the stables and the Hobbits had no means by which to travel, except for one [[Bill the Pony|pony]], sold to them for twice its price.


[[Samwise Gamgee|Sam]] and [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]] find traces of a recent and hasty camping site on the mountaintop. It could have been left by rangers or perhaps by Gandalf. Strider is concerned that it was a mistake for the Hobbits to stay on the mountaintop, because Black Riders can smell the blood of living things. The crusaders make a fire, beside which they sit listening to stories of Elves and Gil-Galad the [[Elven King]] and other tales of [[Middle-earth]].
The Hobbits loaded the pony with supplies and set off, creating a stir in [[Bree-land]]. Their journey began on the road and continued along paths and woods through bogs and marshes. By the sixth day, they were almost near the place that they had been hoping to meet [[Gandalf]], who had left a sign scratched on a stone signifying that he had been there at [[Weathertop]] three days back.


The Hobbits notice strange shadows and they realize that the enemy is approaching. Frodo gives in to the desperation of wearing [[the Ring]] and as soon as he does he sees the riders clearly. There are five of them, one wearing a crown. Though Frodo is invisible, that Black Rider springs forward with his knife. Frodo manages to strike at the enemy's feet but is himself injured in the shoulder. He manages to slip the Ring off his finger before losing consciousness.
[[Samwise Gamgee|Samwise]] and [[Peregrin Took|Pippin]] found traces of a recent and hasty campsite on the mountaintop. It might have been left by rangers or perhaps by Gandalf. Strider was concerned that it was a mistake for the Hobbits to stay on the mountaintop, because Black Riders could smell the blood of living things. The crusaders made a fire, beside which they sat listening to stories of [[Elves]] and [[Gil-galad]] the [[High King of the Noldor|Elven King]] and other tales of [[Middle-earth]].
 
The Hobbits noticed strange shadows and they realized that the enemy was approaching. Frodo gave in to the desperation of wearing [[The One Ring|the Ring]] and as soon as he does he saw the riders clearly. There were five of them, one wearing a crown. Though Frodo was invisible, that Black Rider sprang forward with his knife. Frodo managed to strike at the enemy's feet but was himself injured in the shoulder. He managed to slip the Ring off his finger just before losing consciousness.
 
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Ted Nasmith - Fire on Weathertop.jpg
A Knife in the Dark
Chapter of The Fellowship of the Ring
Number11
Synopsis
EventFatty is attacked at Crickhollow; Frodo and Strider leave and are attacked at Weathertop.
Date30 September-6 October 3018
LocationCrickhollow, Bree, and Weathertop
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A Knife in the Dark is the eleventh chapter of the first book in The Fellowship of the Ring.

Summary

Back at Frodo's new "home" in Crickhollow, Black Riders accosted Fatty Bolger. Fatty escaped and the horn call of Buckland was blown, announcing the invasion. The Black Riders flee, but now they knew that Frodo and the ring were not there any longer.

Meanwhile, at the Prancing Pony, Strider discovered that the Hobbit rooms of the Inn had been broken into and ransacked. All the horses and ponies had been stolen from the stables and the Hobbits had no means by which to travel, except for one pony, sold to them for twice its price.

The Hobbits loaded the pony with supplies and set off, creating a stir in Bree-land. Their journey began on the road and continued along paths and woods through bogs and marshes. By the sixth day, they were almost near the place that they had been hoping to meet Gandalf, who had left a sign scratched on a stone signifying that he had been there at Weathertop three days back.

Samwise and Pippin found traces of a recent and hasty campsite on the mountaintop. It might have been left by rangers or perhaps by Gandalf. Strider was concerned that it was a mistake for the Hobbits to stay on the mountaintop, because Black Riders could smell the blood of living things. The crusaders made a fire, beside which they sat listening to stories of Elves and Gil-galad the Elven King and other tales of Middle-earth.

The Hobbits noticed strange shadows and they realized that the enemy was approaching. Frodo gave in to the desperation of wearing the Ring and as soon as he does he saw the riders clearly. There were five of them, one wearing a crown. Though Frodo was invisible, that Black Rider sprang forward with his knife. Frodo managed to strike at the enemy's feet but was himself injured in the shoulder. He managed to slip the Ring off his finger just before losing consciousness.