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Old 03-15-2013, 02:52 PM   #1
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EPIC KILLS

1. Bard
2. Morgoth
3. Dain
4. Turin - slayed the Father of Dragons
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Old 03-15-2013, 04:06 PM   #2
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EPIC KILLS

1. Bard
2. Morgoth
3. Dain
4. Turin - slayed the Father of Dragons
5. Merry and Eowyn - slew the Witch-King of Angmar
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Old 03-16-2013, 04:16 AM   #3
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EPIC KILLS

1. Bard
2. Morgoth
3. Dįin
4. Tśrin
5. Merry and Éowyn
6. Gandalf - slew Durin's Bane after a ten-day pursuit and battle
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Old 03-16-2013, 05:43 AM   #4
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EPIC KILLS

1. Bard
2. Morgoth
3. Dįin
4. Tśrin
5. Merry and Éowyn
6. Gandalf
7. Gollum (effectively killed Sauron)
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Old 03-16-2013, 06:54 AM   #5
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(effectively killed Sauron)
Love this. Here's the other one I felt I had to contribute from among several ideas:

EPIC KILLS

1. Bard
2. Morgoth
3. Dįin
4. Tśrin
5. Merry and Éowyn
6. Gandalf
7. Gollum
8. Helm Hammerhand (punched Freca so hard that he died; I don't know if the Professor thought this amusing, but I've always considered it to be one of the most hilarious instances of over-the-top heroic violence in the whole legendarium)
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Old 03-16-2013, 07:48 AM   #6
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EPIC KILLS

1. Bard
2. Morgoth
3. Dįin
4. Tśrin
5. Merry and Éowyn
6. Gandalf
7. Gollum
8. Helm Hammerhand
9. Gurthang

Surely killing Tśrin Turambar is epic enough in itself, even if a talking sword did it? *

(However, please delete if you don't agree).


(punched Freca so hard that he died; I don't know if the Professor thought this amusing, but I've always considered it to be one of the most hilarious instances of over-the-top heroic violence in the whole legendarium)

It's typical Old Norse humour - I think JRRT would have found it amusing. So is the killing of Golfimbul, I suppose.


* "There he drew forth his sword, that now alone remained to him of all his possessions, and he said, 'Hail Gurthang! No lord or loyalty dost thou know, save the hand that weildeth thee. From no blood wilt thou shrink. Wilt thou therefore take Tśrin Turambar, wilt thou slay me swiftly?'

"And from the blade rang a cold voice in answer: 'Yea, I will drink thy blood gladly, that so I may forget the blood of Beleg my master, and of Brandir slain unjustly. I will slay thee swiftly.'

"Then Tśrin set the hilts upon the ground, and cast himself upon the point of Gurthang, and the black blade took his life.

...

"Then they lifted up Tśrin, and found that Gurthang had broken asunder."
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Old 03-16-2013, 08:19 AM   #7
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It's typical Old Norse humour - I think JRRT would have found it amusing. So is the killing of Golfimbul, I suppose.
Yes indeed, I thought of all the dismemberment in Njal's Saga and the like when I mentioned it. Ooh, and now that you've implied it (sorry if I'm hogging the thread a bit):
EPIC KILLS

1. Bard
2. Morgoth
3. Dįin
4. Tśrin
5. Merry and Éowyn
6. Gandalf
7. Gollum
8. Helm Hammerhand
9. Gurthang
10. Bandobras Took (I think we all know the story and the game-invention)

I would also like to register my support for Gurthang as having performed an 'epic kill'.
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