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**lindil** · 04-01-2001, 11:14 PM

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Re: Favorite Character

I am glad to see Finrod getting the attention he deserves. For those who want to see more of Finrod read Morgoth's Ring. It contains the longest dialouge between and Elf and Mortal [woman] in the legendarium I am aware of.
Finrod, Galadriel and Aragorn get my vote.

Aragorn was able to persevere, keep his mouth shut, and be patient, for longer than most of us will live. He won his Luthien the hard way.
I can agree somewhat about Beren's Luck. Keep in mind that Luthien must have had good taste! however, I don't think his holding out against the orcs in Dorthonion for years or crossing NanDungortheb was luck, he was one gritty vegetarian.<img src=smile.gif ALT="

"> Beren should have had the wherewithal to pick up some kind of weapon on the way out f Angband though, not I suppose that it would have made any difference. Huan and Carcaroth were detined to meet - still thrusting the one thing you came to get in the face of a beast w/ large sharp teeth is not a stroke of genius in my book.
But he still gets to be numbered among the great Men for winning the love of Luthien if nothing else.I just finished going through the Lay of Liethian in HoME III for the first time {I have a hard time w/ poetry] and it has some truly beautiful elaborations not found in the Silm.

Lindil is oft found on posting on the Silmarillion Project at the Barrowdowns and working on a new Elven/Christian discussion board<a href="http://beta.ezboard.com/bosanwekenta" >Osanwe-Kenta</a> 'The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night, and awaken early before dawn- exchanging lore and wisdom such as they possessed , so that they should not fall back into the mean and low estate of those , who never knew or more sadly still, had indeed rebelled against the Light.' </p>

04-01-2001, 11:14 PM	#30
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Seeker of the Straight Path Posts: 570</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: Favorite Character I am glad to see Finrod getting the attention he deserves. For those who want to see more of Finrod read Morgoth's Ring. It contains the longest dialouge between and Elf and Mortal [woman] in the legendarium I am aware of. Finrod, Galadriel and Aragorn get my vote. Aragorn was able to persevere, keep his mouth shut, and be patient, for longer than most of us will live. He won his Luthien the hard way. I can agree somewhat about Beren's Luck. Keep in mind that Luthien must have had good taste! however, I don't think his holding out against the orcs in Dorthonion for years or crossing NanDungortheb was luck, he was one gritty vegetarian.<img src=smile.gif ALT=""> Beren should have had the wherewithal to pick up some kind of weapon on the way out f Angband though, not I suppose that it would have made any difference. Huan and Carcaroth were detined to meet - still thrusting the one thing you came to get in the face of a beast w/ large sharp teeth is not a stroke of genius in my book. But he still gets to be numbered among the great Men for winning the love of Luthien if nothing else.I just finished going through the Lay of Liethian in HoME III for the first time {I have a hard time w/ poetry] and it has some truly beautiful elaborations not found in the Silm. Lindil is oft found on posting on the Silmarillion Project at the Barrowdowns and working on a new Elven/Christian discussion board<a href="http://beta.ezboard.com/bosanwekenta" >Osanwe-Kenta</a> 'The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night, and awaken early before dawn- exchanging lore and wisdom such as they possessed , so that they should not fall back into the mean and low estate of those , who never knew or more sadly still, had indeed rebelled against the Light.' </p> __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.