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I accept that corrupted persons don't deserve merit - the point I'm making is that all the enemy are 'corrupt' - there is a serious absence of 'uncorrupt' enemies & I'm wondering why, & about the effect that has on the story & the heroes.
The closest thing I can think of to the 'tragic' battle in the Homeric sense is the lead up to the Battle of Five Armies, where we almost get a battle between Bard & the Elven King & Thorin & Dain. This would have produced the kind of epic battle I'm talking about, with heroes on both sides. Yet it never happens.
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