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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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Is Tolkien's "maggot-folk of Mordor" describing or identifying?
Probably orcs
"Maggots" suggest creatures that are small, which would rule out Trolls and the large Uruks of Mordor.
The closest I can come to a quote that answers your question is when Frodo and Sa …
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And yet we see that Sauron can torture and destroy the very hills
The only example I can think of is the description of the hills about the Black Gate (Morannon) when Frodo and Sam first see it.
Across the mouth of the pass, from cliff to cliff, the Dark
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How much did Sam Gamgee spy on Frodo and Gandalf?
Sam must have reported the conversation in The Shadow of the Past
As you point out, much of the information you are asking comes only from Gandalf's conversation with Frodo in The Shadow of the Past, …
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Why would Frodo want young Merry to help him with Bilbo's estate?
Frodo didn't have Merry oversee the whole distribution of the gifts that Bilbo had left for family and friends. He was there for most of it.
Frodo was waiting on the step, smiling, but looking rat …
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What do Hobbits use for alarm clocks?
Paulie_D's answer points out that hobbits had clocks. Whoever made the clocks could surely have made an alarm clock, so there is no reason to suppose they didn't exist.
The hobbits had several things …
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Aragorn's Direct Relation to Elros and his unknown choice to become an elf
The choice was given to the sons of Eärendil
At the end of the First Age, there were two half-elves in Middle-earth: Elrond and Elros, the sons of Eärendil. As they belonged to both races, the Valar …
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How many oliphaunts died in all of the Lord of the Rings battles?
We don't know
Valorum's answer covers the movies; I will try to answer for the books. Oliphaunts appear twice, once in a skirmish and once in a major battle.
The first is when an oliphaunt escapes fro …
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What is Sauron saying while Frodo and Gollum fight over the ring in the Crack of Doom?
Hard to say, but just possibly "Beautiful, powerful, evil"
In the clip, the phrase is an unintelligible soft whisper drowned out by music and the sound of Frodo and Gollum fighting. I agree with Amar …
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Where does the tea come from?
There are quite a few references to tea in The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, although most of them are to "tea-time" or "tea" as a meal. For example:
There were three official meals: lunch, te …
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Why did Sauron not have control of the three rings before the Great War?
The Three Elven Rings were not made by Sauron and were not under his control.
As Gandalf tells Frodo in Bag End:
The Enemy still lacks one thing to give him strength and knowledge to beat down al …
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Were battles in Lord of the Rings inspired by any historical events?
As noted in the comments on the question. Tolkien had experience of the horrors of 20th century warfare, which may well have influenced his description of Saruman's strategies.
But for the most part, …
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Who steered the Grey Ships into the West?
While most Elves were heading west at the end of the Third Age, there is nothing to stop a few going in the opposite direction. It is likely that there had been sailors going back and forth between th …
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Why is Aragorn shaking while holding the Palantir and talking to Sauron?
In addition to Jason's answer, I thought that even though the question appears to be about the movie, an answer quoting the book The Return of the King might be helpful.
After Aragorn has looked in th …
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Can Sméagol's family tree be tracked all the way to the hobbit families at the time of Bilbo?
Almost certainly not
Any relationship between Sméagol and Bilbo (or any hobbits of the Shire) would be extremely distant and almost certainly unknown.
Sméagol’s people (who lived by the Gladden Fields …
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How did Saruman first contact Radagast?
I can find no reference in The Lord of the Rings or The Letters of JRR Tolkien to how Saruman contacted Radagast.
When Gandalf reports his conversation with Radagast to the Council of Elrond, he simpl …
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