Who is the King in The Hobbit? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

**lindil** · 03-07-2003, 11:15 PM

I noticed it too last itme I was reading t H. to my girls.

It is true that the creation [or discovery if you will] of rnor lay some 10 years or so in the future. One can make up exscuses for it, but I basically think it is an oversight. The best possible 'in-world' explanation though is that the King was still remembered as an institution [and a mark pf a 'civilized' culture in Hobbit minds even though the Dunedain had gone underground hundreds of years before.

03-07-2003, 11:15 PM	#5
lindil Seeker of the Straight Path Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: a hidden fastness in Big Valley nor cal Posts: 1,680	I noticed it too last itme I was reading t H. to my girls. It is true that the creation [or discovery if you will] of rnor lay some 10 years or so in the future. One can make up exscuses for it, but I basically think it is an oversight. The best possible 'in-world' explanation though is that the King was still remembered as an institution [and a mark pf a 'civilized' culture in Hobbit minds even though the Dunedain had gone underground hundreds of years before. __________________ The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.