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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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And in a way Paris was between a rock, a rock, and a
hard place- what with the three vain goddesses starting the whole thing. It is interesting that the theme of fated destiny in the Trojan War (essentially effecting the actions of both humans and gods) is only (I believe) directly used by Tolkien with the Children of Hurin, which makes it somewhat discordant to the general ethos of Middle-earth. Elsewhere in the tales he seems, to me, to effectively combine free will and Iluvatar seeing that his plan for Middle-earth and its peoples, by allowing evil to have the possibility to "win" for a time but eventually redress a given situation (for example, Morgoth having a nice winning streak in Beleriand). And I think somewhere Gandalf muses that he will not have totally failed if anything fair lives in Middle-earth (or something to that effect).
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The poster formerly known as Tuor of Gondolin. Walking To Rivendell and beyond 12,555 miles passed Nt./Day 5: Pass the beacon on Nardol, the 'Fire Hill.' |
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