Battles

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

Battle on the Spire is close. . .sort of.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Okay, I don't have the books here right now, so I looked it up on the net. But I don't consider that cheating because I knew what the name is, just not from the original books, and it's not my fault that in fact it's one level more difficult for me to write the right answer (in fact, it's a handicap, because even when I know the name in one language, I still need to look it up in English). Battle of the Peak.

[Rune Son of Bjarne]

hahaha

It is incredible what excuses people use to convince them selves that they have not bent the rules. . .

Have you never read LotR in English?

I mean we are many who have another first language than English and at times only remember the answer in our first language. . . anyways take it away, if nobody else had answered tonight I would have handed the thread over to you anyways.

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Originally Posted by Rune Son of Bjarne

It is incredible what excuses people use to convince them selves that they have not bent the rules. . .

Have you never read LotR in English?

I mean we are many who have another first language than English and at times only remember the answer in our first language. . . anyways take it away, if nobody else had answered tonight I would have handed the thread over to you anyways.

Well I did read it in English, but not that many times. I remember most of the names and things (but actually I believe only from the time I came on the Downs and started to use them more frequently, mind you!), but not all, of course. And in any case, I don't consider that an attempt to excuse myself of something - I think as a non-native English speaker too, you can relate: I know the answer, and the fact that I don't know what the precise translation is (Top, Spire, Peak - all of that are the options when I try to translate it back) a detail. The important thing we are trusting each other in here is not cheating in the way that one would google something on the net without really knowing what it is. But if you think even finding the translation of a thing you know is cheating, we may as well consider that a "rule", although I think it puts the non-native speakers into a serious disadvantage.

Aaanyway... let's bring in the new question:

There was a leader who is most famous for taking part in a certain battle, and his name has become associated with that battle in a certain way. This battle had a major impact on the history of Middle-Earth. Thirty-five years later, the leader died in another battle. What two battles are we talking about here?

[Nerwen]

The Field of Celebrant and the battle with Easterlings in the Wold where Eorl died (Eorl being the party in question).

[Legate of Amon Lanc]

Exactly, your turn.

[Nilpaurion Felagund]

Nerwen!