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Guinevere · 08-11-2005, 02:30 PM

I think I've got it (more or less)...

"The dread that haunted the great Tower, and fear of the glooms of Fangorn that lay behind it, might protect it for a while, but if it were unmanned and neglected, as it was in the latter days of the stewards, that protection would not long avail."

It's about Orthanc, somewhere in UT, but I haven't found it yet. Is this just narrative, or is it really said by a person?

Edit: I've found it now, It's in U.T, " The Battles of the Fords of Isen", in appendix (ii), and as I suspected, it's just narrative.
Obscure indeed!

08-11-2005, 02:30 PM	#5479
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	I think I've got it (more or less)... "The dread that haunted the great Tower, and fear of the glooms of Fangorn that lay behind it, might protect it for a while, but if it were unmanned and neglected, as it was in the latter days of the stewards, that protection would not long avail." It's about Orthanc, somewhere in UT, but I haven't found it yet. Is this just narrative, or is it really said by a person? Edit: I've found it now, It's in U.T, " The Battles of the Fords of Isen", in appendix (ii), and as I suspected, it's just narrative. Obscure indeed! __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat! Last edited by Guinevere; 08-11-2005 at 02:46 PM. Reason: found where the quote came from