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Old 07-02-2023, 04:12 PM   #1
Alassë Estel
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Old-Man Willow!

'Tis nothing but sheer horror I feel when reading that chapter...

Though I still love and admire willow-trees, I can never see them in the same light.
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Old 07-02-2023, 05:07 PM   #2
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Of late, one of my favourites has been Grima. Resourceful schemer in Rohan, pitiful underling in the Shire. I find his character in the Shire particularly interesting.
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Old 07-02-2023, 11:46 PM   #3
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Old-Man Willow!

'Tis nothing but sheer horror I feel when reading that chapter...

Though I still love and admire willow-trees, I can never see them in the same light.
I always saw Old Man Willow more as a grumpy old treeish ent than a 'bad guy'.

My fav baddie is the Witch King of Angmar.
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Old 07-03-2023, 02:30 PM   #4
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In terms of satisfyingly creepy evil, I'm going to have to go with the Barrow-wight (no, no, not the High Admin!).
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Old 07-03-2023, 03:21 PM   #5
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I'll have to go with my favorite Moriquendi menace, Eöl. Who else gets the nom de guerre "Dark Elf" (capitalized and singular)? More malovelent and unlike any other Elf in the legendarium, Eöl was both an abductor and murderer, yet accomplished in both the dark arts (weaving webs of deceit to ensnare Aredhel Ar-Feiniel in the woods of Nan Elmoth), and an accomplished smith (forging the enchanted swords Anglachel and Anguirel, and fashioning armor from the meltal Galvorn) -- a wholly despicable yet fascinating character, more so than his son Maeglin, who was cowardly and a traitor.
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