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For questions about the trilogy of movies or books, 'The Fellowship of the Ring', 'The Two Towers' and 'The Return of the King'. Always use in conjunction with the [tolkiens-legendarium] tag and, for movie questions, the relevant movie tag, e.g. [fellowship-of-the-ring].
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In Peter Jackson's LOTR trilogy, does Arwen have the gift of foresight like Elrond?
I've been on a Lord of the Rings kick for the past two days and as I was watching, I believe, Peter Jackson's Return of the King film, I took special notice, unlike before, of the scene where Arwen an …
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How long did it take for the Black Speech of Mordor to fade from the One Ring?
I'm wondering how long it took for the Black Speech of Mordor inscribed around the One Ring to fade after Isildur took the ring from Sauron?
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Why do some Uruk-hai speak while others just growl and roar?
In Peter Jackson's movies there seem to be different kinds of Orcs and I get that. It's the Uruk-hai I'm a little unclear on. In Fellowship of the Ring and The Two Towers, the Uruk-hai who are taking …
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Why Does Gollum/Sméagol Only Eat Live Fish?
Why does Sméagol eat live fish? Is it due to some sort of self-flagellation or guilt over killing Déagol, or is it merely that Sméagol lived an isolated life for 500 years, with fish as his only food …
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What Happened to Mordor's Human Army?
In the movie The Two Towers, Gollum leads Frodo and Sam to the Black Gate of Mordor, where they watch an army of humans marching past the Black Gate, and then inside into Mordor. I can't recall seeing …
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Why Didn't Treebeard Know What a Hobbit Was?
Perhaps this is only in the movie The Two Towers, but when Treebeard picks up Merry and Pippin and begins transporting them around, at first Treebeard is suspcious of the Hobbits and calls them 'littl …
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Did Shelob Die?
In The Two Towers it reads:
Shelob was gone; and whether she lay long in her lair nursing her malice and misery, and in the slow years of darkness healed herself from within, rebuilding her cluste …
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Was Andúril a Stronger or Weaker Sword Than Narsil?
Andúril was forged from the two pieces of Narsil -- would it be a stronger or weaker sword than Narsil, being forged into one from two broken halves?
In terms of pure mechanics, I can't imagine the E …
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Is there more to Arwen than her obsessive love for Aragorn?
It's me again — still reading my way through The Lord of the Rings, but quite familiar with Peter Jackson's trilogy, which I really like.
It occurs to me, though, that Arwen is almost the Lord of the …
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Why Didn't Théoden Let Merry Fight In the Battle At Minas Tirith?
In the Peter Jackson version of The Return of the King, Merry offers Théoden his sword and service, which Théoden accepts. Théoden gives Merry the title of "Meriadoc -- Esquire of Rohan."
When the R …
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How did Éowyn slay the Witch-king of Angmar if he wasn't alive?
In The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, Aragorn, as Strider, tells the four Hobbits about the Nazgûl, and describes them as "neither living nor dead." Gollum later tells Sam and Frodo wh …
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Why Did Gimli Want Galadriel's Hair?
In Peter Jackson's Fellowship of the Ring, as the fellowship is leaving Lothlorien, Galadriel gives gifts to every member -- the Elven cloaks; the Elven bow; the knives; the Elven rope; etc -- except …
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Why Does Samwise Gamgee Call Frodo Baggins 'Mr. Frodo'?
I haven't finished my re-read of the Lord of the Rings trilogy (I just finished The Two Towers), but, at least in the movies, Samwise Gamgee consistently refers to Frodo Baggins as "Mr. Frodo."
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Was Isildur a Coward?
A controversial question, I know, and I'm not asking gratuitously. I have no irons in this fire and haven't formed a conclusive opinion one way or another. I'm asking because I don't quite thoroughly …
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Why Did Grima Wormtongue Cry at Orthanc?
In Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, after Théoden exiles him, Grima Wormtongue takes refuge with Saruman. Saruman is shown creating a large explosive device, and then Saruman and …
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