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02-24-2005, 04:57 PM
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Shade of Carn Dûm
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Standing amidst the slaughter I have wreaked upon the orcs
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I highly doubt Kuru's hypothesis that mounted archers would have made up the bulk of an Eored. In RotK, Tolkien's references are quite clearly on lancers, e.g. "More skilled was their Knighthood with long spears and bitter", Theoden shattering his lance against the Haradhrim chieftain, etc.
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