The Warg and Warg Rider Appreciation Thread

[SamwiseGamgee]

With Eomer gone it appears I must take the warg and run with it, so to speak, as regards this thread. And so he goes to Madrid. Perhaps he will from afar sight the Great White Warg of Portugal. I can only hope.
I myself travelled over 350 miles yesterday in an attempt to sight that most infamous of wargs- the Greater Govan Warg. I was unfortunately denied this opportunity, but thankfully I was able to visit a Lesser Spotted Tree Warg in its natural habitat. a beautiful sight. with the Easter holidays on I'd be interested to hear of any warg sightings on the holiday travels.

[SamwiseGamgee]

Where have all the wargs gone? Who knows?
Anyway, I shall answer the question earlier posed regarding sightings of holiday wargs. It was on my recent trip to Dublin that I saw the Green Warg. Many have thought it a legend, but the green fur of this creature is indeed fact, though a misleading one. The green is, as you may have suspected, moss and fungus which thrives in the unusually long hair of what is in fact the long haired genus of the Celtic Warg, common in the highlands of Scotland and Eire.
The warg in question is known by the locals as 'Ivan' and his escapades are fondly recounted in folklore, often accompanied by the beat of the bodhram and the blow of the whistle. There is little which compares to an Irish folk song regarding wargs!

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Thank you Maeggaladiel! I did indeed have fun in Madrid and I recommend that you and the others check it out at some point in your lives.

Hail Samwise! I am glad of the effort you have put into the thread during my absence. I have heard of the Celtic Warg but have not yet seen it, Scottish though I am. One of these days I shall indeed go on a trek through the Highlands in order to discover this grand creature.

Little did I know that the Spanish hold Wargs in such high regard. I visited a quiet part of Madrid, where the tourists go not and the locals are generally left to go about their humble ways. In a small square call Herrera Marchena, there is a fabulous statue of a Warg, nigh on 30 feet high. Wonderful so it is. It dates back to the 17th century, and the inscription roughly translates as; "Oh Warg! Recieve our love and protect us throughout. We are your people." Its not exact but that's pretty much the gist of it.

Truly a sign that the Madrilenos love Wargs in much the same way as we love our Gods.

[SamwiseGamgee]

A very short break there, Eomer. I did not expect to see you so soon, but I am glad you have returned, the weight and expectation of carrying the warg appreciation thread has been running me into the ground!
It sounds as though those crazy Spaniards sure know how to appreciate their wargs, if only in my home country the warg were so sweetly savoured. Indeed there is nought but statues of national 'heroes' and local mayors of 'repute', not even the slightest hint of a majestic warg, cast in bronze and towering over all other buildings as it surveys its kingdom.
I can but dream.

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

The biggest statue of a Warg is on a hill-top in Peru and it is over 850 feet tall.

[SamwiseGamgee]

I must say I'm not surprised, those crazy Peruvians sure love their wargs. The question I have often pondered on, though, is why they love wargs so much. I mean, sure, what's not to love, but the Peruvian people have a devotion unrivalled the world over. Where does that come from? Can anyone tell me?

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

I can answer your question Samwise. Once upon a time there was an island in the middle of what we call the Pacific ocean. There were people on it. The population only went back a couple of generations because the original inhabitants were survivors of a ship wreckage. It was a very harsh place to live and many people drowned in fierce floods. They prayed for salvation, because they knew that, in a few years, everyone would be wiped out.

Then the Wargs came to them. They raised the island and brought it over to the place we call South America, where they fit it onto the edge of the continent. Now the people were in a safe environment. They were in contact with other people and their population grew and flourished.

To this day the people of Peru have love for Wargs that suffers no rival.