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Kuruharan · 07-05-2002, 02:12 PM

I had a hard time imagining that a mere cut on the foot could cause the blood to pour out the way that it is described in the book.

Not to be gruesome, but normally if it is just a cut or slash, the blood tends to trickle or flow in a stream rather than pour in a flood. To flow out like that it really requires having something lopped off. That's why I find Imperica's suggestion so plausible. Morgoth still has the rest of his foot to be cut off later, but Fingolfin gives him a serious enough wound to permanently disable his walk and create the amount of blood that Tolkien describes.

[ July 05, 2002: Message edited by: Kuruharan ]

07-05-2002, 02:12 PM	#21
Kuruharan Regal Dwarven Shade Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: A Remote Dwarven Hold Posts: 3,593	I had a hard time imagining that a mere cut on the foot could cause the blood to pour out the way that it is described in the book. Not to be gruesome, but normally if it is just a cut or slash, the blood tends to trickle or flow in a stream rather than pour in a flood. To flow out like that it really requires having something lopped off. That's why I find Imperica's suggestion so plausible. Morgoth still has the rest of his foot to be cut off later, but Fingolfin gives him a serious enough wound to permanently disable his walk and create the amount of blood that Tolkien describes. [ July 05, 2002: Message edited by: Kuruharan ] __________________ ...finding a path that cannot be found, walking a road that cannot be seen, climbing a ladder that was never placed, or reading a paragraph that has no...