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Old 03-28-2004, 10:11 PM   #1
Nilpaurion Felagund
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Many of you said Aragorn would have fallen first, due to him being a mortal, but Gandalf and the other Istari were

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...clad in bodies as of Men, real and not feigned...

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Hence, the temptation of the Ring would have been equal on both - probably more so on Gandalf, since he was bearing a heavy burden, and anything that could have lightened such a burden would have been tempting to him.
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Old 04-29-2004, 12:03 PM   #2
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i also think pippin would of been next because of his curiousity e.g. the palantir, Aragorn would of been next after pippin because men are easily corrupted by the rings power and he has isildurs blood in him and the blood of numenor.
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