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Susan Delgado · 04-19-2002, 02:05 PM

The Watcher at the Gate always insisted on asking three questions before allowing anyone to go across his bridge. Oh, wait...wrong fantasy.
The Watcher at the Gate was really Frodo's other uncle, Herman (the black sheep of the Baggins family). One day, Uncle Herman decided he'd had it with The Shire and went off to see what he could see in the wide world. He ended up as a double agent between Sauron and the Men of Dale, but he ended up being a really poor spy, and everybosy found out what he was doing fairly quickly. Sauron's minions and the King of Dale's council got together and discussed the whole Herman-double-agent thing and decided he was just too incompetant to bother killing, so they agreed to send him off to a remote post in the middle of nowhere (sort of like a soldier being assigned to Alaska) where he wouldn't be able to do any harm.
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How did Bilbo get in to *ahem* observe Smaug, and what did he take out to prove that he had done so?

[ April 19, 2002: Message edited by: Susan Delgado ]

04-19-2002, 02:05 PM	#147
Susan Delgado The Perished Flame Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: behind my eyes Posts: 1,096	The Watcher at the Gate always insisted on asking three questions before allowing anyone to go across his bridge. Oh, wait...wrong fantasy. The Watcher at the Gate was really Frodo's other uncle, Herman (the black sheep of the Baggins family). One day, Uncle Herman decided he'd had it with The Shire and went off to see what he could see in the wide world. He ended up as a double agent between Sauron and the Men of Dale, but he ended up being a really poor spy, and everybosy found out what he was doing fairly quickly. Sauron's minions and the King of Dale's council got together and discussed the whole Herman-double-agent thing and decided he was just too incompetant to bother killing, so they agreed to send him off to a remote post in the middle of nowhere (sort of like a soldier being assigned to Alaska) where he wouldn't be able to do any harm. ------------------------------ How did Bilbo get in to ahem observe Smaug, and what did he take out to prove that he had done so? [ April 19, 2002: Message edited by: Susan Delgado ] __________________ "Man as a whole, Man pitted against the universe, have we seen him at all 'til we see that he is like a hero in a fairy tale?"