LOTR Survivor

[Boromir88]

With that, Pippin takes a most graceful exit (after a few pints) and went straight to the inn on the boat.

With that, we have reached the finale! What we all (or atleast I have) been waiting for what started out with this long list:

Hobbits:
Frodo
Sam
Merry
Pippin
Bilbo
Lobelia Sackville-Baggins
Lotho Sackville-Baggins
Gollum

Men and Rohan Lady:
Aragorn
Boromir
Denethor
Faramir
Theoden
Eomer
Eowyn
Grima
Hama

Wizards:
Gandalf
Saruman
Radagast
Alatar
Pallando

Elves:
Elrond
Arwen
Glorfindel
Galadriel
Celeborn
Legolas
Haldir
Thranduil
Cirdan

Dwarves:
Gimli
Gloin

Others:
Treebeard
Quickbeam
Tom Bombadil
Goldberry

Badguys:
Sauron
Witch-King
Gothmog
Ugluk
Grishnakh

Has now turned into:

Dwarf- Gimli
Hobbit- Merry
Man- Hama

Here is a reminder on how this will go...

1) You vote for the person you WANT to win.

2) Votes will be irretractable. By this time you should know who you want to win. If you decide to take back your vote, NEITHER of your votes will count.

3) I will not vote unless we have a tie. This I think benefits in a few ways. First, take my word for it (I'm asking you to trust Boromir of all people ) that if there is a tie, and I have to decide it will be unbiased.

In the event of a tie, is the only time that I CAN vote. The way I'll judge is creativity and it's got to be atleast related to LOTR in some way of the arguments you give for your person and against the others (I'll give some examples). So, my decision will be based on how convincing you make your arguments for why the person you voted for should win, and why the other two should lose.

This also, I think makes sure I just don't get a bunch of votes in here, and that we get the true thread quality at the end. This way, JUST in case if there is a tie, the decision will be up to me, on how well you have argued for your person.

For kind of what I'm looking for in the arguments at the end, here's the way to do it, and the way not to do it. As I said, I'll be looking for creativity and whether it's related to LOTR in any way.

For example, I'll use Gil, I fail to see how stealing his pies is LOTR related. Though it may be creative, unless he can convince me what stealing his pies has anything to do with LOTR, I'll have to say that this would not be a good argument.

For a good example...funny I'll use Gil again. When voting for Elrond he said..."Yeah, I'm dead because of him, that jerk." I found this extremely funny, and it does relate to LOTR...Gil-galad...dead because of Elrond.

Also, I found Formendacil's Eomer the Uruk, Galadriel the Balrog, Quickbeam the troll, quite hilarious as they're basically polar opposites. Though Formendacil, I'll say I think Glorfindel would be a better balrog candidate then Galadriel.

So, remember, be convincing, choose wisely, and DONT take back your vote. Good luck to the best-of-the-best at LOTR Survivor.

[Glirdan]

Wow!!!! This is going to be tough. At least one of my favorites is in there, but hey all deserve to win in some way. I'm going to have to think about this and get back to you on my vote......

[Lalaith]

Anguirel I'm sorry but I truly don't understand your last post

The poor man is crazed by grief and disappointment. I hope you're all proud of yourselves.

[mormegil]

Originally Posted by Lalaith

The poor man is crazed by grief and disappointment. I hope you're all proud of yourselves.

How frightfully splendid.

Hama is the underdog and nobody saw him making it this far, but WE DID IT BABY!!! The underdog winning the competition makes everybody feel good, except for the loosers but this is about the audience. Plus Hama has a wife and family that could live a long time on the weath acquired from winning this money. Whereas Gimli is a dwarf and has no such need for money and Merry lives in the shire where bringing in such money from foreign parts will be looked down upon with contempt and suspicion. Plus after such a ravaging war on Rohan their economy could use the little boost.

++HAMA

[arcticstorm]

When all others fled the battlefield and withdrew into the caves this guy stood firm at the hornburg. HE contfronted the Uruk-hai at the gate almost single-handedly. He was the best warrior in the entire land of Rohan, and gave his life for his country, yet not even Mandos could keep him, and he is back. Therfore he deserves the title of the ulitmate Lord of the Rings survivor.
++HAma

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

aye support the door-ward of Medusel.

As said he was fighting most heroic at Hornburg, to be buried in a separate mound was too little a praise. Give him this one too.

Plus he has the same name as the younger son of Helm Hammerhand ! (that is reason enough to vote for him)

++Háma

[Glirdan]

++Merry

My favorite little Hobbit mad it this far, let's see if his friendship and trusting personality can see him through to the end. He's such a brave little Hobbit, and now that I think about it, he did get very little praise for wounding the Witch-King. He deserves this great honour to show his valour.

[Gil-Galad]

lets see....Hama is dead so hes a creep, Gimli is hitting on elf-women, so that leaves Merriadoc Brandybuck, even though he stole my MUSHROOM Pie, i can forgive him that little rascal, after all he did do alot and went bravely into battle at Pelenoor fields...hes a fiesty one

[Formendacil]

I should like to submit that Hama is one of the true heroes of Middle-Earth.

There has been great discussion among those learned scholars who frequent the CbC discussions (no relation of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation) that the experience given Aragorn upon the doorstep of Meduseld was instrumental in teaching him the proper humility when dealing with rules and regulations. I should like to submit that it was Hama, whose impeccable loyalty to Theoden is beyond doubt, who is responsible for that incident. Would Gandalf have had his companions disarm had Hama not required it? Of course not...

Further examination of this incident will show that Hama DEFEATED Aragorn. That's right, folks, our humble doorwarden prevailed over the Heir of Isildur. Doesn't that tell you things about him?

The only remaining event chronicled in the Lord of the Rings concerning Hama is that he fell at Helm's Deep. "He fell before the Gate" says the book. Many take that as a sign that Hama's contribution was insignificant, not worth recording in the Red Book. But I submit to you that the Red Book was written by the Hobbits, none of whom were present at Helm's Deep, and had never met him or had any reason to care for him (they were, after all, buddies of the defeated Aragorn).

Although no evidence from the Lord of the Rings can be shown to directly prove Hama's very important contribution to the battle, I believe that the honour of his resting place ought to show something to this effect:

In a grave alone under the shadow of the Hornburg lay Hama, captain of the King's Guard.

Why did Hama alone have a private grave? Surely other captains of Rohan fell in the battle. I submit to you my thesis that it was extremely great valour in the battle, which must have played an important part in the survival of king and country.

And so, I present my vote:

++Hama