"Do you think you'd be an unusually terrible evil ruler of the world?"

"That sort of depends on what 'evil' modifies exactly."

Nod. "I'm afraid I don't know."

Sigh.

He goes off to speak with Dwarves. Her room has very pretty dresses in it, and candles, and a desk with pen and inkwell.

She has been in the same outfit for too long so she changes and then starts writing an outline with headings like "time" and "credibility" and "consent" and "when to have festivals" and "death" and "legitimacy of authority" and "time part II".

Elves sing. Dwarves want nothing to do with the Ring but are willing to try ferrying it while helping to destroy it and are very excited about trade opportunities with another universe.

Dwarves are great.

They are so pleased she thinks so! Elves often don't. They used to hunt them for sport, a very long time ago.

That is incredibly fucked up and did not happen in her world! Wow!

It was a really long time ago, they don't still hold a grudge. The fairly ruthless Elf refugee policies are a more recent grievance. But there've been some productive collaborations, too! Celebrimbor was awesome. Got on amazingly with Dwarves.

Her world has one of those! Next time she sees him she will recommend he visit Dwarves sometime. He's still pretty young.

Someone asks curiously if any of the Finweans, dead in this timeline, have children in that one.

Maitimo is married to- Maitimo is married and has two kids, Findekáno is married and has two kids, those are the only ones she is sure are not duplicated here.

People shiver at the idea of live Fëanorians.

They can't swear any oaths that bind future action.

Alqualondë and the ships and the kidnapping - awkward glances at Elrond - weren't oath-forced.

Well those aren't going to happen in her world either.

Murmurs. No one volunteers more objections.

Sigh.

The humans seem to have far too little context for any of this. They practice swordfighting in the yard and then compare notes on military resources.

Ambela worked on the Valar for a long time and has a lot to write. Anyone interested may read bits.

People are interested!!

They could even transcribe copies for redundancy if they want to help.

She gets some helpers.