Battles - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Gil-Galad · 12-04-2007, 10:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Legate of Amon Lanc

At least once

You can be happy. Hmm... that's very vague, could be many things in that case.

But what about the Battle of the Camp, where the Easterling Wainriders were defeated? It took place in the North Ithilien, while the (later victorious) Gondorians came from the South.

it was too easy anyways... and it was Battle of the Camp.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 12-05-2007, 09:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Gil-Galad

it was too easy anyways... and it was Battle of the Camp.

It wasn't. I had to look it up

Okay, so what to post? What about this:

There are many battles commemorated among the defenders of the West (and Beleriand). Once in a while some Gondorian Steward or Elven Lord could rise up at the table and say "Today, we commemorate the 1000th anniversary of the Battle of ..." But what about the other side? Did the followers of the (Great) Enemy commemorate these things? We don't know. But what we know is that they remembered them. And we know of at least one such an event that was remembered under different name than in the Western World. Now what I want from you is to give me that name.

The Might · 12-05-2007, 09:29 AM

Well, all I can think about is the conversation between Gorbag and Shagrat.
Let me get the quote.
Ok, here it is:

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[FONT=&quot]There's no grief in that; but think-there's someone loose hereabouts as is more dangerous than any other damned rebel that ever walked since the bad old times, since the Great Siege. Something has slipped.'[/FONT]

So the Orcs refer to the Siege of Barad-dûr as the Great Siege.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 12-05-2007, 09:35 AM

Nice, nice! Good, Anakin, goood! Kill him! I mean, well done!

That was what I meant - please take the thread.

The Might · 12-05-2007, 09:55 AM

Before what battle did Sauron send some of his followers to incite others to attack?

Legate of Amon Lanc · 12-05-2007, 10:05 AM

I thought about Nirnaeth, but I'm not sure if it was really Sauron.

The Might · 12-05-2007, 10:15 AM

No, not what I am looking for.

12-05-2007, 09:35 AM	#4
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	Nice, nice! Good, Anakin, goood! Kill him! I mean, well done! That was what I meant - please take the thread. __________________ "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

12-05-2007, 09:55 AM	#5
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	Before what battle did Sauron send some of his followers to incite others to attack? __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown

12-05-2007, 10:05 AM	#6
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	I thought about Nirnaeth, but I'm not sure if it was really Sauron. __________________ "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

12-05-2007, 10:15 AM	#7
The Might Guard of the Citadel Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Oxon Posts: 2,205	No, not what I am looking for. __________________ “The invisible and the non-existent look very much alike.” Delos B. McKown