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A Voice That Gainsayeth
Join Date: Nov 2006
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I have never seen this as having anything to do with future. This is obviously and plainly the present.
Easterlings, Southrons, Corsairs etc. were obviously mustering for war at that time (for example Faramir says later that they've been doing that for some time lately), likewise, the Orcs in the Misty Mountains were already numerous again - starting from Moria where we surely have pretty good evidence of their continuous spread, but also elsewhere, as we can conclude. Half a century is enough time for them to breed again, and this is what I believe lies behind the mentioned attacks on the Beorning lands, possibly also combined with the powers from Dol Guldur being also on the move. I mean, in The Hobbit we hear that the Misty Mountain goblins had often been raiding villages of the Woodmen, later, once the Beornings had risen, it would have been the same. There are proofs of the "renaissance" of the Orcs in the Misty Mountains as early as in the second chapter of FotR (emphasis mine): Quote:
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And even much earlier, upon his first meeting with the Fellowship, Haldir implies that the Orcs (and Wolves) have been sniffing and messing around the borders of Lórien already for some time: Quote:
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As always, I find posting the discussed paragraph is useful:
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Wolves pouring from Isengard and horsemen galloping in Rohan also fits, the First Battle of the Fords of the Isen had taken place the day before so there would still be much going on there.
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