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Well, in the book there is no description of what they were.
I don't know, I remember when I first read it, I was influenced by a desk game "The Battle at the Pelennor Fields", and there, Grond had to be accompanied by a group of Trolls (of course, as it is written in LotR) and a group of...
Well, since I would like people to come here with interesting opinions not influenced by anything I say, I suggest everyone to think of what do they imagine when they read that part before they read on. Done? Okay. Note please that I don't stand for it nowadays. I actually do not have a clear image in mind, it could have been some fell-beast-like things. In that game, they were oliphants.
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"Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories
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