Beorn

[davem]

Originally Posted by Nogrod

Hmm... that said indeed. Think of Robin Hood or George W. Bush in relation with this! People get along under a bad government but they get along... and then someone comes and says "Hey, I'm going to make you free with fighting the oppressors and thence putting you yourselves on to harms way as well as I make you active parties to this struggle I, the hero, have raised up!" and what follows? More hardship for everyone...

There're few things more difficult to deal with than a warrior in peace-time. Grettir is a classic example of a man who slays monsters & trouble-makers & is in many ways an agent of civilisation. The problem comes when there are no monsters to be fought, because a warrior is still a warrior. Beorn may fit into the world of TH, but would he fit into the Fourth Age - what role for an Orc-slayer when there are no more Orcs? The Berserkers outlived their time & became a nuisance. I wonder if Beorn lived alone out of choice, or simply because he knew he was a man out of his time & place. Turin was in the same position, but simply couldn't accept it. The more I think about him the sadder Beorn seems.