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Odinic Wanderer
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Whenever I would read "The scouring of the Shire" It would leave me frustrated thee way the characters talk about Lotho, as if he was some sort of well established antagonist.
I would always be left thinking, "I must have missed or forgotten the introductory passages", but for some reason I would never rifle back through the book to find these (imaginary) passages. The following is the introduction we get in Book 1: Quote:
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I guess we are supposed to remember that he is evil by association..? Do you remember what your initial reaction was? "Lotho who?" or "Of course Lotho Sackville-Baggins you scoundrel, I wonder what a sandy-haired villain like you is up to!" Considering how important Lotho is for the faith of the Shire, it kind of annoys me that we hear nothing about him until the very end.
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