The Warg and Warg Rider Appreciation Thread

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

I think it went rather well, certainly better than the first time around. I answered questions on the following subjects;

* Charles I and the theory that Wargs were to blame for his downfall.

* The French Revolution and the failed attempt of the Wargs to stop 'The Terror'.

*The rise to power of Lenin (who was, of course, tutored by a Warg).


There was an unsavoury moment after the exam however, as another student spotted me with my copy of The Lord of the Rings and promptly gave me a verbal battering for reading 'such junk' (I swear, that's what he said). Needless to say I went for him as swiftly as a crebain from Dunland, my hands around his neck before he could squeal his apologies. We were separated by the mob of students around us, and in the ensuing melee, I escaped and boarded the first plane to Japan.

I guess you also have a tale to tell regarding your exam, which also featured Wargs Samwise.

[Sleepy Ranger]

I can not believe I have never seen this thread before. I must now after going over your readings, say that I am not much compared to the rest of you in Warg Knowledge but I have done my fair share of reasearch on wargs and have gone on many expeditions (recorded and unrecorded) to seek out legendary wargs. On my last trip some two weeks back, I had a chance of visiting some of the forests of India and there hoped to spot and study The White-Bengali Warg. After hearing many tales about these legendary wargs I was all the more eager to encounter one of these. It took 5 days before we reached the spot where these wargs are generally seen and upon reaching there, I was left in awe by their magnifecence. They were far greater than any folk tale in those parts. It was a matter of chance that I had stumbled upon them on the eve of their celebrations of their monsoon festival. I was soon seen by them and they called upon me to join in. And I was surprised by their great hospitality and think more highly of them than before. After a few nights of feasting and storytelling I was invited as a guest to watch their season dances. Their splendaour left me in awe but then I recalled I had a plane to catch in 2 days and I thought I would miss it. I told one of their elders of my problem and he sent me along with a younger warg as a guide and I had arrived back in my hotel in less than a hour.

They invited me back for the winter festivel in December. I have many a more tales to share with yo. But they are for another time as I have some work to do now.

-Sleepy Ranger

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Hail and welcome Sleepy Ranger to the Warg and Warg Rider Appreciation Thread! My, my, that must have been quite some experience for you. There's no doubt that Asia is one of the more Warg-friendly parts of the world. To have seen Wargs in dance, oh I can only dream!

I was thinking about making a post in opposition to those who say that Tolkien did not think much of Wargs. It will involve analysis of those (admittedly few) chapters in his books which discuss Wargs. My aim is to show that Tolkien painted a picture of a mighty being.

[SamwiseGamgee]

I imagine that shall be worth every moment of the all too protracted wait, Eomer.
My exams on 'Substantive Warg Law' and 'Commercial Wargs' went alright, though the latter was a toughy. 'Explain how the Warg Act 1985 allows for different subdivisions of wargs.' Not fun.
Welcome, Sleepy Ranger, and please excuse my tardiness in greeting you, many great things have weighed heavy on my mind these past days...

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

I have decided to abandon the task of showing how Tolkien portrayed Wargs as great in his books. With the merest of glances at Out of the Frying-Pan into the Fire in The Hobbit one can plainly see that Tolkien thought highly of Wargs. Thus, the self-appointed task would have been a pointless endeavour.

It strikes me now that what Tolkien dismissed from his works was the cultural aspects of Warg life. This can probably be explained by the fact that The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings were written about times of War and not peace or plenty. Also, he had spent too much time building up the beauty of the Elves to overshadow them with Wargs.

And let's be honest, Legolas is going to be a much more appropriate poster-boy for the desired movie-audience than any Warg.

By the way, excellent avatar Samwise.

[SamwiseGamgee]

Thank you, Eomer, I believe it is a commandment by which all men should live their lives! And I'll tell you something else, the World would be a far better place if men would obey the warg rather than shun him and treat him as an enemy.
I must say that I hold your logic on Tolkien's approach to wargs to be rather excellent, Eomer. Wargs would have eclipsed the elves like Luthien would eclipse a dwarf-maiden, so better to not spend much time on them. Though I have to say, I don't perhaps agree that Tolkien had in mind 'poster boys' when he characterised Legolas!

[Sleepy Ranger]

"A hot day, we have wandered far unto the deepest and darkest depths of these jungles and yet not sighted what we came in search of. We lost our path on the 17th day and have been wandering aimlessly in the jungles. Our supplies were running low and it seemed we would reach our end soon. But as we struck camp for the evening, the most unexpected thing happened, a miracle. We saw figures in the trees, very much like the Great Warg of the Sea, but these shone so radiant that it can not be set on paper. A joyus flame burning in their eyes. They approached us at a steady pace and led us back to their home, where they...."

This is a diary entry of one of my ancestors. Alas, most of it did not survive the trials of time, this little bit that was still readable I have passed on to you. I am yet trying to decipher the rest of the paper and when I get a breakthrough (With any hopes soon) I shall inform you of what happened later on. A rough image I get from the words that our yet understandable say something about, beauty, spleandour and magnificence and then most of it can not be understood. I am trying my best and soon hope to decipher the rest of these diary entries.