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Forum: The Books 01-04-2008, 01:16 PM
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Posted By alatar
Regarding trees and Uglúk's last stand, here is...

Regarding trees and Uglúk's last stand, here is the text that makes me think as I do (emphasis mine):


Before the orcs make their last camp upon the hillock, they already have encountered trees,...
Forum: The Books 01-03-2008, 11:39 AM
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Posted By alatar
The forest did not start all in a line; trees...

The forest did not start all in a line; trees began to appear before reaching the 'edge.' But that has to be backed up, like I stated.


Did they slay the orcs at night from their horses - not...
Forum: The Books 01-03-2008, 11:30 AM
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Posted By alatar
And opposites do attract... Though not...

And opposites do attract...


Though not exactly false. In another thread we established beyond all doubt that any dwarf could run from Parth Galen to Fangorn in 3.5 days, and so extrapolating...
Forum: The Books 01-03-2008, 10:20 AM
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Posted By alatar
He wanted to give us something to talk about? ;) ...

He wanted to give us something to talk about? ;)

My comment regarding the terrain is that, by this time of the chase, Uglúk and his boys were near Fangorn, it was hilly (uphill) and there were...
Forum: The Books 01-02-2008, 01:57 PM
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Posted By alatar
Uglúk worthy? I never read that into that part...

Uglúk worthy? I never read that into that part of the story. Eomer, to me, fights him on the ground due to some other reason - terrain, horse wounded or could be wounded, etc. Eomer singles out...
Forum: The Books 12-30-2007, 07:25 PM
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Posted By alatar
Excellent idea for a thread. :) Why do you...

Excellent idea for a thread. :)

Why do you consider this "kindness," to take one example, as a moral flaw? Your viewpoint is obviously anthropic. The orcs that we meet are the 'survivors' of a...
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