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tom the eldest · 05-04-2014, 04:16 AM

And from tolkien gateway,in the fall of fornost,arthedain have at least 10.000 troops,with several thousand elves,and 500 hobbits.that 10.000 is quite a lot,and surely able to man every wall of fornost.

William Cloud Hicklin · 05-04-2014, 09:58 AM

I sort of see Arthedain's reaction to Earnur's GEF as not unlike that of the beleaguered sixth-century more-or-less "Romans" (of the Papal City and not much else) when Belisarius' vast Eastern Roman force landed in Italy.

05-04-2014, 04:16 AM	#1
tom the eldest Wight Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: far away,in the southern arda Posts: 153	And from tolkien gateway,in the fall of fornost,arthedain have at least 10.000 troops,with several thousand elves,and 500 hobbits.that 10.000 is quite a lot,and surely able to man every wall of fornost. __________________ Fly,you fools!-gandalf,the bridge of khazad dûm

05-04-2014, 09:58 AM	#2
William Cloud Hicklin Loremaster of Annúminas Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 2,330	I sort of see Arthedain's reaction to Earnur's GEF as not unlike that of the beleaguered sixth-century more-or-less "Romans" (of the Papal City and not much else) when Belisarius' vast Eastern Roman force landed in Italy. __________________ The entire plot of The Lord of the Rings could be said to turn on what Sauron didn’t know, and when he didn’t know it.