Gilluin
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Fantastic! I can feel it starting to really come alive - nice pics to add to the flavour!
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A very happy birthday to you Adam!
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Tough to argue that logic, don't know why anyone would think Gimili a female in any event. Certainly doesn't hold with Tolkiens general themes of his characters.
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I have to agree Adam, Gildor is one of my favourite characters in the entire trilogy and he is your first real encounter with Elves and it left me wanting to know more. I always got a kick out of the line though that he uses on Frodo, not directly but it is something like this - I dare not tell you more for fear that the terror would keep you from your path! Like that isn't in itself terrifying enough!
Great Chapter!
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Well, don't you think you need to quantify that statement Curufinwe? It's true that Christopher states that certain Orcs were likley Maiar (they didn't die), but he also says that the term Orcs actually evolved too. It started out as being anything horrific and so even trolls would have been called orcs in the beginning. Also he is never so precise as to say it is definately men that are the origins of Orcs. He says that this is the most likely result because men can be corrupted in about 3 generations to the point that they are like men. But he also states in one of the foot notes that in a letter his father stated that Orcs may have been a seperate race altogether and were in fact a product of Eru, formed by the discord of Melkor (I am paraphrasing for simplicity). So the answer is not quite as clear as they were in the beginning men. I tend to think there may have been a mix of normal orcs and twisted men who became orcs, this may have led to all the different breeds of orcs that existed (even before the Uruks of the third age).
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I read a lengthy thread on this in another group I belong to. It comes down to this. Tolkien put a HUGE amount of belief in sworn word, to the point where it could hold souls to the words as sworn by whom ever. Oaths, Curses etc both held the same sort of weight in his view of Arda. But it couldn't be a simple "I hope your head falls through your @#$%!" type thing, it was a very solemn almost ritualistic event that normally called on the Valar to witness and this then made it natural law if you will. The two big ones that come immediately to mind, are - the Oath of Feanor and the Curse of Isildur on the People of the Mountains, but I am sure there are more if I take the time to think about it. The Rock may also have been a part of it as it was considered pretty much a holy item and probably tied anyone swearing on it closer to the Valar than would be normal.
Hope this helps/makes sense. Like I said I read it in a lengthy thread and I am paraphrasing hugely here to simplify the answer.
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Drashkurz, that is my belief as well, but I also would prefer that the armies act like armies and not 300 individual soldiery. We will have to see how it all pans out in the end, but so far I can tell you that I am pretty pleased with the concepts that are being presented by the individuals on the development team!
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Welcome Mormegil, look forward to your input on the site!
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The masses were probably normal orcs
I agree with this, but one thing to keep in mind is that regular orcs come in various sizes and just because one is man height doesn't mean it is an Uruk. There is mention in HoME and LoTR of Orcs of large size well before Uruks came about. I don't expect it was any different for the mountain orcs of Moria. Although I don't discount the possibility that there were indeed Uruks there and Azog himself may have been one!
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Actually the Orcs had occupied Moria - this is one of the reasons why they had the Dwarf Goblin Wars! Azog killed Thror when he entered.
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In Canada the cadet organization is very well organized and has no effect on schooling. The Sea Cadet branch is the only one that allows 10 to 12 year olds and they are call the Navy League Cadet Corps. They get summer camps for two weeks if they want them but that is it, oh and of course 1 meeting a week in the evening They learn the basics of sailing and knots and naval history, from there you can choose to move to the actual Sea Cadet Corps where once you are 15 and older you can actually sail on a Canadian warship if you are lucky. They get sumer camps that can last up to 6 to 8 weeks and are even paid for some of these camps. I had a bag load of fun when I was in
Well in general terms I will be one of a few people who will be coming up with the numbers for the various attributes each unit type will have and how things like armour, formations, weapons etc will affect (in a positive or negative way) their ability to defeat their enemy. We need to try and find the right mix so that people get the results that Tolkien would have had in the books (or as close as possible
). There are some very intriguing ideas being pushed about presently (sorry can't really go into detail!) but suffice it to say that there are some very very sharp people (and I am not including myself in that comment 
) putting their heads together on the combat system and I think it will be an excellent product which will definately reflect the results that one would expect of Tolkiens combat.Hope that answers your questions
Cheers
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Brithombar
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Dagor-nuin-Giliath
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Please add me to the reading list!
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Finished!
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To finish, during the war of the ring, one or two of the nazghul occupied Dol Guldur until the Sauron called them back for the assault on Minas Tirith. During this period the armies of Dol Guldur attacked Lothlorien in what amounts to two great assaults on the Elven kingdom. After the second defeat Galadriel, Celeborn and the forces of Lorien destroyed Dol Guldur and laid bare it's foundations.
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Hithlum
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Eithel Sirion
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Halbarad
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I agree with LOTR
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Adam you are partly right on the shield thing. The shield developed in a number of areas commonly going from the larger round or oblong shield to smaller heater or tear drop shield and of course the tower and kite shields. The Normans were most famous for carrying the kite shield where the Byzantines carried the tear drop or almond shield. The Byzantines used more archery than did the Normans, but used similar types of shields although somewhat smaller. The kite shield slowly shrunk down to the heater shield as armour improved. (this is a very quick and brutal synopsis - so not an indepth study
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Celebrimbor
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Amroth
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Galadriel (his greatest Elven opponent)
Another demographics question
in The Silmarillion/Unfinished Tales
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Beren, I have pondered the same question myself upon occasion. It certainly never seems to mention the disposition of the sexes when they talk about things, like the Fall of Gondolin etc. Does make one wonder!
I would think though that your question would probably hold true - that there would be more women. It does stand to reason, but would the difference be great? Would it make it more than 50/50 as a general population guideline. Perhaps survival of the species would kick in and more man children are born in times of strife.