Wednesday, July 14, 2010

The Lord of the Rings- Part 5

Besides the battles mentioned in the trilogy there we're many other clashes between good and evil during the war of the ring. Orcs attacked both Lorian and the territories bordering Mirkwood at the same time as the battle of the Pelenor fields in Gondor. In the Appendences to the Lord of the Rings The Return of the King we discover that the orcs of Dol Guldor swept in to Dale and the Lonely Mountain where they we're met by an army of elves and dwarves. The second battle of Dale was so significant that Gandalf Explains to Frodo and company that they must never forget the velar of the dwarves and wood elves when compared with the struggle of the Pelenor. The fact that Gandalf is willing to downplay or at the least juxtipose the victory of aDale with that of Gondor in which he played some part shoes his honesty as a reporter of great tidings as well as the importance of the battle of Dale itself. In that conflict before the gates of Arabor it is said that Dain Ironfoot fell despite his old age. This character shoes up in the appendices as well as my blog on the hobbit. For more details see my past blog on what I think about the Hobbit and Tolkien’s writings after the publication of his first draft of that particular story. Attacks in Lorian don't seem to be too successful as far as I'm concerned but there is little evidence to suggest otherwise. With the eleven rings both Galadriel and Elrond of Rivindell might have been more luckier then most. Perhaps forces came out of Dol Guldor. These battles have been elaborated and expanded by the ringers who made the Battle for Middle Earth games. I worn you that much of what they put up on their games is highly distorted and a collection of half-truths melded in to a very cool video game. Yet I do not condemn such works of fan fiction since they help spread more information about tolkiensveryks. I think that the Hobbit video game is very current about that is just me speaking after all. I have run out of catch fraises to end these blogs but I promise you next time I won't disappoint you.

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