The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum


Visit The *EVEN NEWER* Barrow-Downs Photo Page

Go Back   The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum > Middle-Earth Discussions > The Books
User Name
Password
Register FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read


 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
Old 07-05-2003, 10:17 AM   #10
Sillabub
Wight
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: GONDOR!!
Posts: 138
Sillabub has just left Hobbiton.
Silmaril

2.(or was it three? I forget sorta. it was the one about isildur) See, the stewards became King because the king was sorta dead at the time. By the descendant of Isildur, it could mean aragorn was a VERY distant relation someone just decided would become the heir for some reason. Heck, he could be his 11th cousin or something. I personally preferred the stewards for some reason. Perhaps it's because boromir's one of my favourite characters.

And anyhow, going on to some other stuff. The men of the south are the wild men who have all those oilophants. I assume they are the same wild men as the men who captured Umbar from the Gondorians sometime during the second or third age (sniff...poor gondorians!). The wild men are in league with sauron and saruman etc. and don't have much (if any) relation to the Numenoreans, either the exiles or the original people. The wild men are said to also inhabit Dunland, which does not come from the word 'dun' which means west in sindar. The word 'dunedain' has no relation in meaning or anything to Dunland, it simply means 'man of the west'

So anyhow, about the men of the west. Remember the afformentioned Numenor (or Atlante)? It was in the west. Coincidentally Gondor is also in the west (NO! you don't say!) and therefore 'man of the west' could be reffering to a man of Numenorean descent or a man of Gondor or just any man in particular (not counting the wild men!).

And there you have it. Sorry if I explained it after somone else, I just love talking about this stuff!
__________________
They were holding umbrellas. Not just any umbrellas- BLACK umbrellas. Not just ANY black umbrellas- these were...(knuckle-biting time) the BLACK UMBRELLAS OF DEATH!!!!! *cue sinister music*
Sillabub is offline   Reply With Quote
 

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off

Forum Jump


All times are GMT -6. The time now is 09:58 AM.



Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.9 Beta 4
Copyright ©2000 - 2026, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.