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Post by Danath on Jul 1, 2008 11:24:31 GMT -5
Though if the above is the correct answer, it is still mostly conjecture as to whether or not the 2 Glorfindel's are the same.
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Post by Tegid on Jul 1, 2008 12:35:28 GMT -5
That conjecture, though, carries the weight of the following passage in The Return of the Shadow (History, vol vi):
[Christopher:] Some notes that were scribbled down [...] on a page of doodles evidently represent my father's thoughts for the next stages of the story at this time: [JRR:] Consultation. Over M[isty] M[ountains]. Down Great River to Mordor. Dark Tower. Beyond (?) which is the Fiery Hill. Story of Gilgalad told by Elrond? Who is Trotter? Glorfindel tells of his ancestry in Gondolin. [Christopher:] [...] Also very notable is 'Glorfindel tells of his ancestry in Gondolin.' Years later, long after the publication of The Lord of the Rings, my father gave a great deal of thought to the matter of Glorfindel, and at that time he wrote: '[The use of Glorfindel] in The Lord of the Rings is one of the cases of the somewhat random use of the names found in the older legends, now referred to as The Silmarillion, which escaped reconsideration in the final published form of The Lord of the Rings.' He came to the conclusion that Glorfindel of Gondolin, who fell to his death in combat with a Balrog after the sack of the city [...], and Glorfindel of Rivendell were one and the same: he was released from Mandos and returned to Middle-earth in the Second Age.
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Post by Child of Immanuel on Jul 1, 2008 19:35:38 GMT -5
Correct indeed!
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Post by Danath on Jul 2, 2008 8:48:47 GMT -5
Ah, too true. However, having never been published by Tolkien himself, does it make it true?
I'm not contesting the correctness of the answer, I just thought it might be an interesting discussion.
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Post by Dred on Jul 7, 2008 9:54:44 GMT -5
I guess that all means I got it correct. Here's a new twist for you. In which book, i.e. Fellowship, Two Towers, King, Hobbit or Sill is the chapter titled, "The Voice of Saruman" found?
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Post by Danath on Jul 7, 2008 12:50:02 GMT -5
The Two Towers
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Post by Dred on Jul 7, 2008 15:22:10 GMT -5
Correct
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Post by Danath on Jul 8, 2008 6:49:04 GMT -5
Where is Numenor?
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Post by Dred on Jul 8, 2008 10:48:09 GMT -5
Underneath the waves if you're talking after the world was changed.
Otherwise it is between Middle Earth and the Uttermost West. Within sight of the Undying Lands.
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Post by Danath on Jul 9, 2008 7:12:35 GMT -5
I was going for the wetter of the two answers, but I applaud your thoroughness.
Your turn.
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Post by Dred on Jul 9, 2008 14:25:57 GMT -5
Cheers. It does pay at times to be thorough.
What is the surname of the of William the troll, also known as Bill?
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Post by Child of Immanuel on Jul 9, 2008 16:21:15 GMT -5
Huggins.
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Post by Dred on Jul 14, 2008 7:05:53 GMT -5
Correct
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Post by Child of Immanuel on Jul 14, 2008 13:59:05 GMT -5
Why was Eorl the Young granted the land of Rohan?
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Post by Dred on Jul 15, 2008 7:11:21 GMT -5
It was given as a gift of thanks from Gondor for coming from the North to route the enemies of Gondor in a great time of need.
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