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Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man
“Great-great-great-great-grandsire, what did you do in the First Age?”
“Looked after the harbour, built some ships, avoided battles.”
“And what did you do in the Second Age?”
“Er - looked after the harbour, built some ships, avoided battles.”
“And what did you do in the Third Age?”
“Um - looked after the harbour, built some ships, avoided battles …”
*silence*
“Oh, and I gave Olorin a Ring of Power.”
“Cool. Why?”
“So I didn’t have to get involved.”
“Oh! Anything else?”
“Yes. I grew a beard.”
“And what did you do in the Fourth Age?”
“Finished looking after the harbour, built a ship, sailed West.”
“Man, great-great-great-great-grandsire, you’re a loser.”
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Well, when you put it like that; but then, this is slightly more accurate...
“Great-great-great-great-grandsire, what did you do in the First Age?”
"Refused a command by the Valar to go and get cuddled, maintained a realm despite everything, saved the young High King of the Noldor, and protected a Silmaril."
"Ooo. What about the Second Age?"
"Spotted that the apparently helpful Maia wandering around was the Dark Lord in disguise, rescued loads of doomed Elves, saved an Elven Ring, defeated Sauron with my pals and adviced Isildur not to take the One Ring, then said I told you so."
"Ooo. By the Third, you're pretty old; you must've retired? Did Elrond give you a pension?"
"As it happens, shrimp, no, he did not. I gave my Elven Ring to exactly the right person out of a choice of five; all the other four turned out to be flakes, hippies and capitalists. Then I saved a Palantir, tried to rescue a King of Arnor, helped beat the Witch King, was one of the Wise, overthrew Dol Guldur, sent a monkey to the Council of Elrond, provided solace for Elves everywhere, that kind of thing..."
"Hang on, Great-great-great-great-grandsire, you're exaggerating, I don't believe you..."