Thread: How did Saruman know who Gimli was ?
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Old 09-26-2009, 02:57 AM   #5
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Personally, I would think it was only the fact that Saruman encountered them by the Fangorn forest, and then, the news Wormtongue brought. Gandalf says something about Aragorn, later, to Pippin, and I think we can apply a similar pattern to Gimli:

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Originally Posted by TT, Palantír
It may be that [Sauron] will learn that I was there and stood upon the stairs of Orthanc-with hobbits at my tail. Or that an heir of Elendil lives and stood beside me. If Wormtongue was not deceived by the armour of Rohan, he would remember Aragorn and the title that he claimed.
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