The Warg and Warg Rider Appreciation Thread

[SamwiseGamgee]

And if the wargs have been planning a war that long then you can be sure that when it comes it shall eradicate mankind.
So we must try to call as many as is possible to our banner! We must save the devoted number and pray that the wargs shall have mercy upon us!
Quiver, puny humans!

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

Meh. If the Wargs want to destroy humanity then I'm sure they have a good reason for it. Anyway, there's no way we can stop them so we may as well just have a big fiesta.

I'm currently unearthing some more songs related to the exploits of Wargs. I shall post the first one in due time.

[SamwiseGamgee]

I shall look forwrd to your post, Eomer.
I do not think that wargs would be so crude as to commit such an uncomely crime as genocide. A warg is a noble creature and can surely work out that genocide achieves nothing other than a lot of bodies. Was it not James Joyce who wrote:

Genocide achieves nothing, and wargs know that.

An apt man, that Joyce.

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

...written by a Hobbit named Frosco in the Third Age.


Warg Rider, a desire to be loved
Climb higher, to the platform just above
Little liar, you deceive me with your wit
Elocution, sculptured perfectly to fit

Tug of War, with the blessed and the mugged
Please let me quiz you, rest assured
Town crier, has our voices in his coat

Warg Rider, a desire to be loved

Warg Rider, a sifting signal of the times
Tossed and turned up, in deceptional rhymes
Soap and water, wash your mouth out all the same
She's my daughter, but I let her play the game.


-Now, what to make of this song? It was written to show the fear which the Warg Rider brought to a small Hobbit village just to the north-east of the White Downs. You'll notice the mocking way in which the writer uses the term desire to be loved. This is a reference to the Hobbits who were too indecisive about the defence of their village and instead waxed philosophical about the merits of the Warg Rider. Of course, as a result, the Warg Rider tricked his way into the village and nearly destroyed it. Perhaps the Hobbit writer is trying to show that a wisdom and knowledge of ethics, etc. is necessary before just anyone tries to act clever. Maybe if the Hobbits had reacted properly they could have resisted the Warg Rider.

A sad song it is. The last line is generally interpreted as a reference to a young Hobbit lass who was abducted by the Warg Rider and never found again.

[SamwiseGamgee]

Interesting indeed, Eomer. Once again you suprise and delight with your unearthing of warg related titbits. It does astound me how these fools can deride the Warg Rider so flippantly and nigh on insultingly. One has no suprise that he strung them up by their intestines and allowed crows to peck at their genitals.*
I have of late been looking through some literature of a non-Tolkien origin in an attempt to find anything in reference to wargs. My search has been fruitless, but I'm sure with a little more trying I'll find something. Must keep trying.

*-dramatisation, may not have happened.

[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

They can be found in the deep, dark places of the world. They are hard to find, but they are worth the journey.

[Azaelia of Willowbottom]

Yes, while on vacation a week ago, in an area where few humans live, I saw signs of wargs... I was hot on the trail for many days, giving up rest and food and drink for a chance of a chance to meet wargs... And all in vain, I might add. Just as I felt I was getting really close, the call came to pack my bags and leave the place... I will not be discouraged by this temporary setback. Better luck next year.