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Forum: The Books
12-27-2010, 06:24 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 14,229
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Alcuin
[/QUOTE]This quote has never bothered me before,...
[/QUOTE]This quote has never bothered me before, but it suddenly does now. I can see why the Valar would seek to strengthen the resolve of the Elves of the West, but why would it matter that... |
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Forum: The Books
12-27-2010, 06:02 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 17,791
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Alcuin
The Orcs in Moria had been sent there from Dol...
The Orcs in Moria had been sent there from Dol Guldur. Aragorn was an expert on Orcs, hunted them, and may have entered the Mines as part of a scouting expedition to learn about their movements,... |
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Forum: The Books
12-26-2010, 10:02 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 17,791
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Alcuin
Aragorn had entered Moria from the east, through...
Aragorn had entered Moria from the east, through the Great Gates in Dimrill Dale. When he did this, we are not told. I have read some speculation that he might have lost a companion, such as... |
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Forum: The Books
12-23-2010, 03:39 AM
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Replies: 19
Views: 14,229
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Alcuin
The purpose of the Istari was (UT, “The Istari”) ...
The purpose of the Istari was (UT, “The Istari”) It wasn’t that Radagast was evil or malicious. Gandalf called him “the honest Radagast” in the Council of Elrond, and reiterated his trust in his... |
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Forum: The Books
12-19-2010, 12:05 AM
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Replies: 84
Views: 27,279
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Alcuin
After the Battle of Azanulbizar, Thráin, who had...
After the Battle of Azanulbizar, Thráin, who had lost an eye during the battle, proclaimed to the combined armies of the Seven Houses of the Dwarves, “Good! We have the victory. Khazad-dûm is ours!” ... |
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Forum: The Books
12-14-2010, 10:36 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 24,196
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Alcuin
We might be thinking about Gandalf’s broken staff...
We might be thinking about Gandalf’s broken staff in the wrong way. Gandalf had been using the staff as a focus, or at least as an extension of himself: lighting the fire on Caradhras, for... |
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Forum: The Books
12-12-2010, 10:18 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 24,196
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Alcuin
I think that after his return from physical...
I think that after his return from physical death, Gandalf had a few new things to deal with. One of these was certainly Saruman: like Sauron, Saruman had become a rogue Maia, and the ultimate ruler... |
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Forum: The Books
12-12-2010, 02:54 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 24,196
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Alcuin
Possibly, but not conclusively.
In any...
Possibly, but not conclusively. In any case, it does not explain Gandalf’s description of what happened to him during the battle. He was burned. He was drowned. He was frozen. He was... |
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Forum: The Books
12-11-2010, 10:47 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 24,196
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Alcuin
I agree. That’s why I posited that his deathTo...
I agree. That’s why I posited that his deathTo clarify – and concur –, I was not suggesting that it was some kind of “punishment”, but rather the natural outcome of using all his powers in the... |
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Forum: The Books
12-10-2010, 10:31 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 24,196
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Alcuin
When Aragorn and Frodo watched the battle between...
When Aragorn and Frodo watched the battle between Gandalf and the Nazgûl on Weathertop from the Midgewater Marshes, Aragorn said that, “It is like lightning that leaps up from the hill-tops,” and... |
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Forum: The Books
12-09-2010, 08:54 PM
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Replies: 13
Views: 11,975
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Alcuin
Part of the “willing suspension of disbelief”...
Part of the “willing suspension of disbelief” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspension_of_disbelief) is that the story as we have it comes from the Red Book of Westmarch that belonged to the... |
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Forum: The Books
12-03-2010, 01:16 AM
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Replies: 39
Views: 24,196
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Alcuin
If a wizard’s staff from Aman was a reminder that...
If a wizard’s staff from Aman was a reminder that he also came from Aman, then Gandalf’s breaking Saruman’s staff suddenly makes sense: his connection to home was broken. He’d been offered a chance... |
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Forum: The Books
11-26-2010, 10:15 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 6,651
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Alcuin
Although Tolkien never mentions gunpowder,...
Although Tolkien never mentions gunpowder, descriptions in Lord of the Rings suggest its existence in Middle-earth. To place this discussion in context, we should be aware that as early as 1267... |
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Forum: The Books
11-22-2010, 09:01 PM
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Replies: 3
Views: 4,436
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Alcuin
Gimli was 139 years old when he said that. Some...
Gimli was 139 years old when he said that. Some Dwarves apparently travelled a good deal: Thorin met Gandalf on the road near Bree, and Dwarves regularly passed through Bree: there were some there... |
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Forum: The Books
11-15-2010, 10:22 PM
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Replies: 19
Views: 12,855
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Alcuin
In FotR, “The Ring Goes South”, Gimli tells the...
In FotR, “The Ring Goes South”, Gimli tells the Company of the Ring that he has never before been to Moria. At “The Council of Elrond”, Glóin described that It does not sound as if there was... |
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Forum: The Books
11-11-2010, 12:36 PM
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Replies: 39
Views: 41,571
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Alcuin
Aragorn II Elessar is the first cousin second-two...
Aragorn II Elessar is the first cousin second-two times removed of Arwen Undómiel. The “second-two times removed” means 62 generations have passed since Vardamir Nólimon son of Elros, Arwen’s first... |
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Forum: The Books
01-08-2007, 11:47 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,550
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Alcuin
You are correct, CSteefel. That was my reference...
You are correct, CSteefel. That was my reference to, “The most obvious explanation for the discrepancy is that the exact lineage had not been resolved.” I should have been more explicit. Thank you... |
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Forum: The Books
01-08-2007, 01:02 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 7,550
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Alcuin
I believe the order of the Noldorin High-Kings in...
I believe the order of the Noldorin High-Kings in Middle-earth was Fëanor Fingolfin Fingon Turgon Gil-galadI think that you are correct that Eärendil was, through his mother Idril, properly the heir... |
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Forum: The Books
01-07-2007, 10:16 PM
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Replies: 152
Views: 123,083
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Alcuin
I have often wondered if this is what became not...
I have often wondered if this is what became not of the Entwives, but of some of their offspring, warped by Sauron. RotK, “Appendix F”, “Of Other Races” In Morgoth’s Ring, “Myths Transformed”,... |
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Forum: The Books
01-07-2007, 04:00 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 24,766
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Alcuin
However long the Morgul lines of supply, Minas...
However long the Morgul lines of supply, Minas Ithil had no lines of supply at all: that was its problem. The Morgul army could be resupplied and reinforced almost at leisure; but not so Minas... |
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Forum: The Books
01-07-2007, 02:26 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 8,827
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Alcuin
In Reader’s Companion, Hammond & Scull quote...
In Reader’s Companion, Hammond & Scull quote Tolkien’s notes on the attack on Crickhollow. These are archived at Marquette and are the source of the Unfinished Tales chapter “Hunt for the Ring”. ... |
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Forum: The Books
01-06-2007, 03:03 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 7,578
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Alcuin
So far, no has discussed Salic Law and agnatic...
So far, no has discussed Salic Law and agnatic succession in this thread, but surely Salic Law was something of interest to Tolkien? Its sixth century roots put it square in the middle of Tolkien’s... |
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Forum: The Books
01-05-2007, 09:17 PM
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Replies: 69
Views: 24,766
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Alcuin
The two are not mutually exclusive. [/quote]I did...
The two are not mutually exclusive. [/quote]I did not say they were mutually exclusive. This was in response to an earlier post expressing the opinion “that Minas Ithil was a walled city not a... |
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Forum: The Books
01-05-2007, 04:09 AM
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Replies: 69
Views: 24,766
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Alcuin
I’d like to follow along the same lines laid out...
I’d like to follow along the same lines laid out by CaptainofDespair. To set the background, I’d like to clearly demonstrate that the Númenórean fortresses built to guard Mordor had been deserted,... |
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Forum: The Books
01-03-2007, 04:51 PM
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Replies: 152
Views: 123,083
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Alcuin
Sardy, there are certainly instances of “inside...
Sardy, there are certainly instances of “inside humor” in Tolkien’s work. The character Tom Bombadil, whose creation predates Lord of the Rings by several years, having first appeared in poetry by... |
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