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alatar · 04-27-2006, 08:27 AM

Hopefully someone can help me out by providing the book text, but when Frodo dreams in the house of Tom Bombadil he sees what we learn is Gandalf imprisoned then escaping Orthanc via Eagle Airlines. If I remember accurately what I heard, Frodo sees the person with a staff use it to call the Eagle, by making some flash of sorts. Now, assuming what Frodo sees in the dream is real, we have Gandalf retaining his staff even though he is restrained by Saruman.

Why, then, does PJ remove the staff from the Wizard? Does he want to make the staves so important so that later, when Gandalf breaks Saruman's and the Witch-King breaks Gandalf's, we see it as the staves are what give the Wizards their powers?

04-27-2006, 08:27 AM	#22
alatar Doubting Dwimmerlaik Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Heaven's basement Posts: 2,466	Hopefully someone can help me out by providing the book text, but when Frodo dreams in the house of Tom Bombadil he sees what we learn is Gandalf imprisoned then escaping Orthanc via Eagle Airlines. If I remember accurately what I heard, Frodo sees the person with a staff use it to call the Eagle, by making some flash of sorts. Now, assuming what Frodo sees in the dream is real, we have Gandalf retaining his staff even though he is restrained by Saruman. Why, then, does PJ remove the staff from the Wizard? Does he want to make the staves so important so that later, when Gandalf breaks Saruman's and the Witch-King breaks Gandalf's, we see it as the staves are what give the Wizards their powers? __________________ There is naught that you can do, other than to resist, with hope or without it.