She's here! She's here!!
OK, so now you all get to fight Shelob. Feel free to post about the battle however you wish -- get involved in fighting her, try to get away, cower against the all in terror, whatever.
There are, however, certain things that we should all take note of:
First, there is nowhere to hide in this chamber. It is her trap and she's crafted ti well -- all tunnels are blocked by webs that cannot be broken through, all crannies are too small to protect you.
Second,
please remember the description of Shelob given us by Tolkien and do her full justice. She's not just a big spider, but one of the primary evil beings of M-E. Her hide is impenetrable by any kind of weapon we have, so hack away but it won't do any good. Sulphur will make her mad, but hey -- give it a shot! Fire is not her favourite thing, but our little torches will only hurt and annoy.
She has but two vulnerable points: her eyes and the wound given her by Sam. Please do not be too free with these, however, as she will be very careful to protect both. She has a lot of eyes, anyway, so even if we take out a few she'll still be able to see.
If (and it's a big if) someone can get close enough to her belly to exploit the wound there, we might be able to do some damage, but it won't be enough to kill her (at least, not right off the bat).
So fight fight fight, but there's no way in Mordor we're going to be able to kill her quite yet. . .
(But don't worry, we're going to get out of here. . .somehow
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