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Old 05-29-2009, 09:40 AM   #21
William Cloud Hicklin
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William Cloud Hicklin is battling Black Riders on Weathertop.William Cloud Hicklin is battling Black Riders on Weathertop.William Cloud Hicklin is battling Black Riders on Weathertop.
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What makes you think that the evil humans were harder to kill than orcs?
Sunlight. Sauron brewed the Great Darkness for the sake of his sun-hating Orcs, but the great wind from the Sea (Manwe? Ulmo?) swept it away at dawn and the Pelennor was fought in broad daylight.
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