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Old 01-03-2008, 11:30 AM   #21
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alatar is battling Black Riders on Weathertop.alatar is battling Black Riders on Weathertop.
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Originally Posted by littlemanpoet View Post
That's easy. Gríma. (And that's another thread.)
And opposites do attract...

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I could be wrong but it seems to me that the eaves of the forest are described as being a distance from the remains of the battle, so "there were trees" is not exactly true.
Though not exactly false. In another thread we established beyond all doubt that any dwarf could run from Parth Galen to Fangorn in 3.5 days, and so extrapolating from there, we have to assume that the hobbits - Merry and Pippin - were somewhat closer to trees as they had to crawl/walk to them before sunrise. Ugluk, having outraced said dwarf, surely would find 'some trees' in a few strides.

Don't have my books on me, but hope to back this up (or back out ) soon.
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