Bunbury

Bunbury is the capital city of West Thorland. It's also the title of Chapter 6 of the epic fantasy novel 'Windows on Our World, Part 1: Hope.'

In this chapter, the company flee Ar, the ancient city where they had encountered a very distressing attack. As they travel south towards Bunbury they encounter an attack of a different kind and Squire uses the shield for the first time. When Squire uses the shield, he has a vision of our world and his alter ego, Grant Cowie. To learn more about these 'Windows on Our World', visit http://www.lesbillgates.com/hope.html

At Bunbury, they meet for the first time another major character, Jippers, rat-catcher to the king. Jippers is looking for his 'Hope' and was to some extent modelled on Gollum in LTR; Gollum who was looking for his 'precious'. However, that's where the similarity ends. Jippers is a man and his search for his 'Hope' takes on a very different course from the one taken by Gollum in pursuit of the ring.

The chapter ends with the finding of the next tooth and instructions.