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The Might · 03-14-2007, 06:14 AM

Well, all I know is he had 7 toes on each foot...
But fingers on his hands...maybe 14 then?

Legate of Amon Lanc · 03-14-2007, 07:37 AM

Well, I must apologize, I realize now what is written in the original... of course I was using the translation and there it seems as if he had seven fingers on his hands, where the original speaks obviously about seven toes on feet.

I should have looked it up, but it didn't even come to my mind that the translation could be so twisted

*scratches head* Since if I started from the original, I would probably have asked about the toes, then TM's answer would be correct and I'll pass the thread to him. Most of the other answers, maybe except Gil-Galad's, would anyway be wrong - at least if Treebeard was like other ents. There is said that generally they had "anything from three to nine" (both about the fingers and toes). So TM, ask away.

The Might · 03-14-2007, 08:37 AM

Translations can be a problem sometimes...

Anyway, who hid himself in abandoned mines?

Legate of Amon Lanc · 03-14-2007, 01:21 PM

Arvedui? These were Dwarven mines, and he hid himself there after his retreat from the defeat by Witch-King...

The Might · 03-14-2007, 01:25 PM

I was actually hoping it will take longer to answer, since it's only a pretty obscure thing...guess the thread is yours.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 03-15-2007, 12:39 PM

Well, it happens I like to look at stuff like that, these "not-too-common" things. I like it, because you can see stories or characters behind it that you'd otherwise pay a little attention to. And since the story of the Arnorian chieftains is very elaborate, I have the bits of it in my mind

Okay, it took me now some time, since I was trying to come up also with something "not too ordinary"... I hope this will be interesting enough:

Who was the person whom even the Lord of the Nazgul feared, but who received a Morgul-wound and died?

The Might · 03-16-2007, 08:11 AM

Earnur I believe...
He clearly died from a Morgul-wound as he accepted the Wicht-king's challenge some time later and never returned

03-14-2007, 06:14 AM	#1
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Well, all I know is he had 7 toes on each foot... But fingers on his hands...maybe 14 then? __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

03-14-2007, 07:37 AM	#2
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Well, I must apologize, I realize now what is written in the original... of course I was using the translation and there it seems as if he had seven fingers on his hands, where the original speaks obviously about seven toes on feet. I should have looked it up, but it didn't even come to my mind that the translation could be so twisted scratches head Since if I started from the original, I would probably have asked about the toes, then TM's answer would be correct and I'll pass the thread to him. Most of the other answers, maybe except Gil-Galad's, would anyway be wrong - at least if Treebeard was like other ents. There is said that generally they had "anything from three to nine" (both about the fingers and toes). So TM, ask away. __________________ "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

03-14-2007, 08:37 AM	#3
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Translations can be a problem sometimes... Anyway, who hid himself in abandoned mines? __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

03-14-2007, 01:21 PM	#4
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Arvedui? These were Dwarven mines, and he hid himself there after his retreat from the defeat by Witch-King... __________________ "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

03-14-2007, 01:25 PM	#5
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	I was actually hoping it will take longer to answer, since it's only a pretty obscure thing...guess the thread is yours. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

03-15-2007, 12:39 PM	#6
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Another question Well, it happens I like to look at stuff like that, these "not-too-common" things. I like it, because you can see stories or characters behind it that you'd otherwise pay a little attention to. And since the story of the Arnorian chieftains is very elaborate, I have the bits of it in my mind Okay, it took me now some time, since I was trying to come up also with something "not too ordinary"... I hope this will be interesting enough: Who was the person whom even the Lord of the Nazgul feared, but who received a Morgul-wound and died? __________________ "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

03-16-2007, 08:11 AM	#7
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Earnur I believe... He clearly died from a Morgul-wound as he accepted the Wicht-king's challenge some time later and never returned __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

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