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Shady She-Penguin
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: In a far land beyond the Sea
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The fact that they are not mentioned again does not necessarily mean that they were destroyed. Who knows if these big trees survived somewhere in the Far East or South...? (Ooh, maybe they transformed into giant elephants and became known as mūmakil in the later ages...
![]() ![]() As to Hookbill's Ent theory, it is cute, but it has its problems. As far as I know, Ents were of the size of normal trees, not giant trees and it seems unlikely that they would have become smaller in the process of developing a conscious mind and learning to speak and move. Maybe they were originally, or became so when time passed, as hard as stone and very much like, indeed, maybe this explains the mystery of Orthanc. Maybe it was the last giganto-tree, transformed into a magnificient tower by the Gondorians. Maybe that's why the Ents took it so positively to guard Isengard. ![]()
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Alive without breath
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: On A Cold Wind To Valhalla
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![]() Again, this is probably a crack-pot theory. I just saw a bit of a connection there...
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Curmudgeonly Wordwraith
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: Ensconced in curmudgeonly pursuits
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Perhaps there are remnants of these great trees still in the far west of the world, where things are strange and the inhabitants are rather alien to us normal folk...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coast_Redwood
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Back on the Helcaraxe
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The giant sequoias (as seen through a mythical lens, of course) is what I've always thought of. Especially since the largest one is named Hyperion, which sounds suspiciously similar to Telperion.
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