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Old 12-03-2017, 08:55 PM   #5
Kuruharan
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Originally Posted by Inziladun View Post
I agree. If the idea of an enemy trying to enter Mordor with the aim of reaching Mt. Doom in order to destroy the One Ring had not occurred to Sauron himself, lowly fighting-orcs couldn't have been any more perceptive regarding Frodo.
Would individuals like Shagrat and Gorbag have even been aware of the Ring?

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Originally Posted by Nerwen View Post
But it's also possible they left him alone deliberately, to let his imagination do the work. After all poor Frodo didn't know they weren't allowed to torture him.
That is true. He may have been told stories about lovely Lugburz and what to expect...at least they said that is what they would do.

Frodo may have been surprised that they did not physically harm him.
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