Three nations. Two walls. One year, and one awful mistake to confront - "Anything," Prussia finally admits out loud. "I'd do ANYTHING to get us all out of this mess with our necks intact."

A series of small stories set in and around my story "The Sons of Durin." Really probably best to read that first! Herein you will find all of the family feelings, and more angst and fluff than you can shake a stick at. Prompts are always welcome!

A thousand years since the Battle of Five Armies, the Dwarves of Middle Earth are a fading race. Subservient to Men, they scarcely remember the legends of Dwarven greatness, or the prayers of their ancestors. But things are stirring in Erelin, last city of the Dwarves, and a young Dwarf with memories of lives he has never lived is on a desperate hunt for what has been lost.

-OneShot- Sherlock, behind the wheel of a hearse, observes the mourners who think they're burying him; he reads their stories- all but one. To be taken as being Post Reichenbach, I guess.

Bilbo Baggins is a humble grocer, living a quiet life. The police say the Sons of Durin are a crime family. The government has labeled them a group of environmental terrorists. Thorin Oakenshield will tell you that they are simply desperate for a home. But when Bilbo is dragged into the group as their unwilling burglar, everything he has taken for granted will be torn asunder.

Three bullets. Two guns. One dead man, and one realization - "Nothing," Italy says coldly, with tears on his cheeks. "There is NOTHING I won't do to save Germany."