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SamwiseGamgee · 06-28-2005, 01:55 AM

Update 2:
28 June 2005
Greetings, Warg enthusiasts. I write to you from a town known as Mysore in S.India. It is a place famous for it's magnificent Maharaja's Palace and ancient zoo. I am happy to report that both of these places were of interest.

The Maharaja's Palace housed one of the finest collections of taxidermy I have ever seen, From Bengal tiger to Asian elephant I witnessed them all. Little, however, would prepare me for the sight to be seen in the very centre of the palace. There, in an inner sanctum, was a Great Grey Asian Warg. Legend tells that he was the steed of Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction. He certainly looked it. He was about 8ft at the shoulder and perhaps 12ft long- nose to tail. I asked the guards if he could tell me more, but unfortunately the language barrier was, as is so often the case, my bitter nemesis. Unfortunately cameras are forbidden in the palace also,and so all I have is sweet memory.

The zoo was not, however, so encouraging. In one of the cages was a striped hyena, those most famous of nature's cacklers. Beneath this creatures English name on the sign, however, lay a disturbing Latin translation: Grandus Wargus Stripi. Peter Jackson, where will your mind-melting stop?

06-28-2005, 01:55 AM	#328
SamwiseGamgee Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: In the warm bosom of a Warg Posts: 378	Update 2: 28 June 2005 Greetings, Warg enthusiasts. I write to you from a town known as Mysore in S.India. It is a place famous for it's magnificent Maharaja's Palace and ancient zoo. I am happy to report that both of these places were of interest. The Maharaja's Palace housed one of the finest collections of taxidermy I have ever seen, From Bengal tiger to Asian elephant I witnessed them all. Little, however, would prepare me for the sight to be seen in the very centre of the palace. There, in an inner sanctum, was a Great Grey Asian Warg. Legend tells that he was the steed of Shiva, the Hindu god of destruction. He certainly looked it. He was about 8ft at the shoulder and perhaps 12ft long- nose to tail. I asked the guards if he could tell me more, but unfortunately the language barrier was, as is so often the case, my bitter nemesis. Unfortunately cameras are forbidden in the palace also,and so all I have is sweet memory. The zoo was not, however, so encouraging. In one of the cages was a striped hyena, those most famous of nature's cacklers. Beneath this creatures English name on the sign, however, lay a disturbing Latin translation: Grandus Wargus Stripi. Peter Jackson, where will your mind-melting stop? __________________ -- Well, I'm back. Last edited by SamwiseGamgee; 07-01-2005 at 08:27 AM.