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Forum: The Books
09-10-2009, 05:33 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 9,969
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Theoden's selective outrage
After the Ents demolished Isengard, Theoden had a real rant at Saruman during the Orthanc encounter. He castigated Saruman over the dead children in the Westfold and the mutilation of Hama's body at... |
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Forum: The Books
09-06-2009, 06:24 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 9,777
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Forum: The Books
08-30-2009, 02:43 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 6,691
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How was Gwaihir so well informed ?
Gwaihir the Windlord, the great eagle that rescued Gandalf from Orthanc, seemed to be exceptionally well informed about goings-on in Middle Earth. Right after he rescued Gandalf, it was obvious... |
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Forum: The Books
08-27-2009, 09:21 AM
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Replies: 23
Views: 15,013
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Forum: The Books
08-27-2009, 02:52 AM
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Replies: 24
Views: 11,562
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I think I remember reading somewhere that Tharbad...
I think I remember reading somewhere that Tharbad had a garrison of soldiers and engineers from Gondor until about a century before the War of the Ring. That would suggest that the maintenance of the... |
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Forum: The Books
08-26-2009, 05:41 PM
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Replies: 24
Views: 11,562
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Remember Aragorn's assertion that boats used to...
Remember Aragorn's assertion that boats used to travel south out of Wilderland down to Osgiliath, until only a few years before the War of the Ring. They must have been used for trade between Gondor... |
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Forum: The Books
08-26-2009, 07:50 AM
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Replies: 22
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Consider what Beregond said to Pippin at Minas...
Consider what Beregond said to Pippin at Minas Tirith, before the siege : "Things move in the East beyond the Inland Sea, it is reported ; and north in Mirkwood and beyond ; and south in Harad". ... |
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Forum: The Books
08-25-2009, 05:59 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 9,964
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The River Limlight, the northern border of Rohan,...
The River Limlight, the northern border of Rohan, was only about 100 miles from Lorien. There surely must have been SOME occasional contact between Elves from Lorien and men from the Wold. In... |
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Forum: The Books
08-24-2009, 06:06 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 9,964
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As they were leaving Lorien Celeborn spoke to the...
As they were leaving Lorien Celeborn spoke to the Company - and it was obvious he was well informed about events in Middle-Earth. For example, he knew about the bridges at Osgiliath being down and... |
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Forum: The Books
08-23-2009, 05:43 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 9,964
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Elves and Gondor
Recently I started a thread about "Elves and Dunland" which elicited a number of interesting thoughts. In the same vein, what about contacts between Elves and Gondor at the time of the War of the... |
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Forum: The Books
08-17-2009, 01:35 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 10,232
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There's something else.
If Elves visited...
There's something else. If Elves visited Fangorn from time to time, one of the 3 eldest Ents, Skinbark - and his people - lived on the high WESTERN slopes of the Misty Mountains, which were... |
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Forum: The Books
08-16-2009, 05:49 PM
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Replies: 25
Views: 10,232
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Elves and Dunland
After the defeat of Sauron, the returning hobbits, accompanied by Gandalf and Elves from Rivendell and Lorien, left Isengard on their way home, crossed the Isen and entered Dunland. At that point... |
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Forum: The Books
08-02-2009, 06:00 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 15,013
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The fact remains that after Elrond, Galadriel and...
The fact remains that after Elrond, Galadriel and Gandalf left Middle Earth, there were still in total many thousands of Elves who remained there who hadn't yet sailed, who lived in at least the... |
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Forum: The Books
08-01-2009, 01:21 PM
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Replies: 23
Views: 15,013
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I don't agree that Cirdan left with the Keepers...
I don't agree that Cirdan left with the Keepers of the Three. In the Appendices of ROTK there's a statement somewhere about the Havens, where it's said in relation to Cirdan that "some say he dwells... |
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Forum: The Books
08-01-2009, 09:28 AM
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Replies: 23
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When did the last of the High Elves leave Middle Earth ?
Anyone got any idea when the last High Elven ship - presumably with Cirdan on board - left the Havens ? Or did Cirdan wait even longer until all the other Elves from Mirkwood and Ithilien decided... |
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Forum: The Books
08-01-2009, 01:43 AM
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Replies: 29
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Let's be honest - it was insanity sending 4...
Let's be honest - it was insanity sending 4 hobbits off to Mordor in the first place. And incredible that Elrond, Gandalf and Aragorn would countenance such a move. |
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Forum: The Books
07-23-2009, 05:00 PM
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Replies: 31
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How did Gollum escape from Moria ?
Gollum started following the Fellowship after they entered Moria at the West Gate. And throughout the journey through Moria, both Frodo and Aragorn (and almost certainly Gandalf too) were aware of... |
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Forum: The Books
07-20-2009, 09:25 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,559
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Sorry, but I don't buy that.
I think 2...
Sorry, but I don't buy that. I think 2 distinct horns were required to provide 2 distinct "calls to arms". And JRRT messed up by asking us to believe that Merry carried the Horn of Buckland around... |
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Forum: The Books
07-20-2009, 04:56 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 5,559
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The Horn of Buckland
In the chapter in ROTK, "The Scouring of the Shire", when the 4 Travellers decided to raise the Shire, as Sam was riding to the Cottons, Merry blew 2 horns : (a) the Rohan horn that Eomer and Eowyn... |
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Forum: The Books
07-08-2009, 05:37 PM
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Replies: 22
Views: 32,037
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Great topic. And the extended maps look great.
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Great topic. And the extended maps look great. My only constructive comment is that the East Bight of Mirkwood didn't exist in the First Age ! |
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Forum: The Books
07-06-2009, 09:54 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 4,834
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Boundaries of Wilderland
In LOTR the Emyn Muil is stated to be "the southern march of Wilderland". If the Misty Mountains were Wilderland's western boundary, does that mean that Lorien, the Field of Celebrant, Fangorn... |
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Forum: The Books
06-25-2009, 05:59 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 7,618
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Sauron rebuilt the gates in the time period...
Sauron rebuilt the gates in the time period between the chapters ? |
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Forum: The Books
06-25-2009, 05:57 PM
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Replies: 48
Views: 20,411
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Maybe meeting Lobelia Sackville-Baggins put Bilbo...
Maybe meeting Lobelia Sackville-Baggins put Bilbo off marriage. |
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Forum: The Books
06-19-2009, 09:35 PM
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Replies: 10
Views: 5,814
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Excavating the Mines of Moria
The Mines of Moria were vast, maybe as much as 40 miles across, with huge habitable areas on many levels towards the eastern side where the main gates were, and the "working" and mining areas towards... |
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Forum: The Books
06-08-2009, 11:45 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 7,370
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A Nazgul could have snatched them easily enough,...
A Nazgul could have snatched them easily enough, as they sat alone by the gate, while the Ents were working at the north side of Isengard. |
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