Was that sarcasm.. I certainly hope so <P>No you see in the <I>book</I> Gil-galad and Elendil both fought Sauron while Isildur (the one in the movies that cut the ring off Sauron's hand) was err, probably just doing some other fighting of his own. Gil-galad and Elendil must have wounded Sauron somewhat but he managed to kill Gil-galad first by burning him to death, I think grabbing his head and literally just burnt him with the heat of his body, while Elendil was cast into a cliff-face (I think) by one of Sauron's blows and Narsil was broken under his fall. But Sauron himself also suffered tremendous wounds from the fight of the two kings and he fell with exhaustion or just pain. Then Isildur merely took his father's sword and cut the ring off Sauron's finger. The rest is as we say, Middle Earth History<P>And where does it say Elendil was almost 8 foot!!!<P>btw can someone direct me to where it tells of how specifically Gil-galad and Elendil died. I remember reading it.. but not where..<p>[ 7:29 AM January 06, 2004: Message edited by: Maéglin ]
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