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Gwaihir the Windlord · 08-04-2003, 01:13 AM

Funnily, I hadn't considered that one. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Could have possibilites, though, you know. In all honesty.

I think that, were the Huorns in the Old Forest indeed largely Entwives, Old Man willow was probably unconnected to them (if he was in fact a male Ent). The explanation for his being there would be, I think, that he was simply one of the original Entish inhabitants of that part of the greater Eriador forest before it was settled by the Entwives. Perhaps he reverted back to Huorn-like-form before the woods connectining the Old Forest to Fangorn were killed off; either way, he was probably already there when (if, of course, they did) the Entwives came. There were probably many such Huorns in the Forest, i.e. that weren't Entwives from Fangorn but Onodrim that had retreated to the Old Forest rather than Fangorn.

Although it may of course be true that all the Huorns in the Old Forest were this, and not Entwives at all. I'd like to think they were, though.

08-04-2003, 01:13 AM	#10
Gwaihir the Windlord Essence of Darkness Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Evermore Posts: 1,420	Funnily, I hadn't considered that one. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Could have possibilites, though, you know. In all honesty. I think that, were the Huorns in the Old Forest indeed largely Entwives, Old Man willow was probably unconnected to them (if he was in fact a male Ent). The explanation for his being there would be, I think, that he was simply one of the original Entish inhabitants of that part of the greater Eriador forest before it was settled by the Entwives. Perhaps he reverted back to Huorn-like-form before the woods connectining the Old Forest to Fangorn were killed off; either way, he was probably already there when (if, of course, they did) the Entwives came. There were probably many such Huorns in the Forest, i.e. that weren't Entwives from Fangorn but Onodrim that had retreated to the Old Forest rather than Fangorn. Although it may of course be true that all the Huorns in the Old Forest were this, and not Entwives at all. I'd like to think they were, though.