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Old 04-13-2008, 06:42 PM   #18
Elmo
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every time I RPG I wonder why Tolkien never discribed the fate of the common people. We never find out how the people that DIDNīT destroy rings or command armies. What happened to those that were simple farmers, drawn into a war they didnīt understand?
This forgets what happens at the cross roads when Aragorn sent away the people who refused to go to Mordor. It shows Tolkien had some understanding of what it was like to be so. I bet he wished soldiers in the First World War were given the same choice.
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