Continuity errors in Tolkien - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Finwe · 12-14-2003, 05:00 PM

Kalimac, in The Hobbit, Bilbo hadn't been stabbed by a Morgul blade, and wasn't in danger of suffering a fate far worse than death. They could risk a rather quick pace. In The Fellowship of the Ring, Frodo was wounded by the Morgul blade, and was very very sick, ergo even if he wanted to, Aragorn had to keep a fairly slow pace, so that Frodo wouldn't fall behind or so he wouldn't become overly exhausted, and become more vulnerable to the wound.

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12-14-2003, 05:00 PM	#12
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	Kalimac, in The Hobbit, Bilbo hadn't been stabbed by a Morgul blade, and wasn't in danger of suffering a fate far worse than death. They could risk a rather quick pace. In The Fellowship of the Ring, Frodo was wounded by the Morgul blade, and was very very sick, ergo even if he wanted to, Aragorn had to keep a fairly slow pace, so that Frodo wouldn't fall behind or so he wouldn't become overly exhausted, and become more vulnerable to the wound. <font size=1 color=339966>[ 6:00 PM December 14, 2003: Message edited by: Finwe ] __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.