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Aganzir · 05-30-2007, 01:18 PM

Ungoliant - Morgoth - Sauron - Shelob?

Celebdil · 05-30-2007, 01:33 PM

Are you sure that Sauron and Shelob actually met? I know Sauron knew Shelob guarded the pass but I don't remember reading that they ever met each other.

Aganzir · 05-30-2007, 01:37 PM

I'm not sure either. I guess it's nowhere mentioned.

What about the following:
Ungoliant - Morgoth - Sauron - Shagrat - Shelob?

I don't know for sure if Sauron and Shagrat actually met, but maybe we can assume so? Of course it depends on how many secretaries Sauron had.

Celebdil · 05-30-2007, 01:59 PM

I do remember that Shagrat seemed to know many things about how Shelob hunted her prey, so I think its reasonable to assume he at least watched her from afar, so I'll accept it. I was actually thinking the same as you except replace Shagrat with Gollum. Gollum at some point mentions that Sauron was missing a finger so he must have been in Sauron's presence.

Good job

The thread is yours.

Aganzir · 05-30-2007, 02:10 PM

Oh, of course.

Gollum didn't even occur to me.

Well, this is probably too easy, but I'm so bad at inventing these.

Fundin - Anborn.

Legate of Amon Lanc · 05-30-2007, 02:26 PM

In how many people? Six? Or even less? I can say five.

Fundin => Balin => Bilbo => Frodo => Anborn

Celebdil · 05-30-2007, 03:27 PM

I bet you could even eliminate Bilbo there because I believe Balin had visit the Shire on a few occasions and met Frodo. Frodo says something about this at the Council of Elrond I believe (or somewhere along his journey to Rivendell)

05-30-2007, 01:18 PM	#1
Aganzir Woman of Secret Shadow Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells Posts: 4,511	Ungoliant - Morgoth - Sauron - Shelob? __________________ He bit me, and I was not gentle.

05-30-2007, 01:37 PM	#3
Aganzir Woman of Secret Shadow Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells Posts: 4,511	I'm not sure either. I guess it's nowhere mentioned. What about the following: Ungoliant - Morgoth - Sauron - Shagrat - Shelob? I don't know for sure if Sauron and Shagrat actually met, but maybe we can assume so? Of course it depends on how many secretaries Sauron had. __________________ He bit me, and I was not gentle.

05-30-2007, 02:10 PM	#5
Aganzir Woman of Secret Shadow Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: in hollow halls beneath the fells Posts: 4,511	Oh, of course. Gollum didn't even occur to me. Well, this is probably too easy, but I'm so bad at inventing these. Fundin - Anborn. __________________ He bit me, and I was not gentle.

05-30-2007, 02:26 PM	#6
Legate of Amon Lanc A Voice That Gainsayeth Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: In that far land beyond the Sea Posts: 7,431	In how many people? Six? Or even less? I can say five. Fundin => Balin => Bilbo => Frodo => Anborn __________________ "Should the story say 'he ate bread,' the dramatic producer can only show 'a piece of bread' according to his taste or fancy, but the hearer of the story will think of bread in general and picture it in some form of his own." -On Fairy-Stories

05-30-2007, 01:33 PM	#2
Celebdil Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 17	Are you sure that Sauron and Shelob actually met? I know Sauron knew Shelob guarded the pass but I don't remember reading that they ever met each other.

05-30-2007, 01:59 PM	#4
Celebdil Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 17	I do remember that Shagrat seemed to know many things about how Shelob hunted her prey, so I think its reasonable to assume he at least watched her from afar, so I'll accept it. I was actually thinking the same as you except replace Shagrat with Gollum. Gollum at some point mentions that Sauron was missing a finger so he must have been in Sauron's presence. Good job The thread is yours.

05-30-2007, 03:27 PM	#7
Celebdil Pile O'Bones Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 17	I bet you could even eliminate Bilbo there because I believe Balin had visit the Shire on a few occasions and met Frodo. Frodo says something about this at the Council of Elrond I believe (or somewhere along his journey to Rivendell)