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Lord of Angmar · 01-05-2004, 07:48 PM

My (rather unoriginal) vote has to be cast for Gimli son of Gloin. Not only did he become dear friends with a former adversary ([EDIT]: Well, I should not say 'adversary' - how about 'unfriend of a race he deemed untrustworthy'), a trait I always find touching in literature and cinema, he was also the valiant representative of dwarves in the hopeless diversion battle before the Black Gate, and did not fear to travel with Aragorn and Legolas through danger (the hunt for Merry and Pippin and the Battle of the Hornburg), horror (the Paths of the Dead) or despair (the battle before the Gates). Also, his Glittering Caves speech was particularly moving, and his recitation of Durin's Song.

<font size=1 color=339966>[ 8:56 PM January 05, 2004: Message edited by: Lord of Angmar ]

01-05-2004, 07:48 PM	#9
Lord of Angmar Tyrannus Incorporalis Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: the North Posts: 833	My (rather unoriginal) vote has to be cast for Gimli son of Gloin. Not only did he become dear friends with a former adversary ([EDIT]: Well, I should not say 'adversary' - how about 'unfriend of a race he deemed untrustworthy'), a trait I always find touching in literature and cinema, he was also the valiant representative of dwarves in the hopeless diversion battle before the Black Gate, and did not fear to travel with Aragorn and Legolas through danger (the hunt for Merry and Pippin and the Battle of the Hornburg), horror (the Paths of the Dead) or despair (the battle before the Gates). Also, his Glittering Caves speech was particularly moving, and his recitation of Durin's Song. <font size=1 color=339966>[ 8:56 PM January 05, 2004: Message edited by: Lord of Angmar ] __________________ ...where the instrument of intelligence is added to brute power and evil will, mankind is powerless in its own defence.