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Finrod
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Dec 10 2012, 6:33pm
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As awesome as it is, I don't want to see an elvish cavalery on deers at the BotFA... And also I wanted to say that Thranduil riding a deer makes the rumors about a dwarven cavalery on wild boars more believable...We'll see in the next two instalments. Like deer themselves, both elk (wapiti) and moose, and for that matter reindeer (caribou), are all cervids. They vary signifcantly in size and range, and somewhat in appearance. All have antlers, not horns. An elk is really Cervus canadensis. It can weigh up to 1,300 pounds, which is simply huge. A moose, Alces alces, can outweigh them, normally being up to 1,500 pounds with one record of 1,800 pounds and several unsubstantiated reports of even larger, perhaps as high as 2,600 pounds. A moose really is a deer built to pachydermal proportions, and an elk is not far behind. In contrast, the little white-tailed deer of eastern forests, Odocoileus virginianus, is only around 300 pounds and usually less, while his western cousin, the black-tail or mule deer, Odocoileus hemionus, can be as big as 450 pounds. Still, deer are much, much smaller than elk, and would never be confused the one for the other. They simply look different. The elk has pointy antlers, whereas the moose has flattish shovel-looking antlers. Roughly the same size as a moose and combining aspects of both is the “recently” extinct Irish Elk, Megaloceros giganteus. That’s the one I’d’ve picked for the Elf-king’s mount. You can tell the difference by the antlers: which kind were they?
…all eyes looked upon the ring; for he held it now aloft, and the green jewels gleamed there that the Noldor had devised in Valinor. For this ring was like to twin serpents, whose eyes were emeralds, and their heads met beneath a crown of golden flowers, that the one upheld and the other devoured; that was the badge of Finarfin and his house.The Silmarillion, pp 150-151 while Felagund laughs beneath the treesin Valinor and comes no more to this grey world of tears and war.The Lays of Beleriand, p 311
(This post was edited by Finrod on Dec 10 2012, 6:39pm)
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A Leisurely Jaunt With The Top Down: Quickbeam Reviews THE HOBBIT
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News from Bree
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Dec 10 2012, 2:37am
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Just two things, if I may...
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Notanelvishname
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Dec 10 2012, 10:03am
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Thranduil rides ...
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DanielLB
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Dec 10 2012, 11:37am
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It doesn't just scream awesome
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jtarkey
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Dec 10 2012, 11:41am
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I am with you on that one !
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Notanelvishname
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Dec 10 2012, 11:50am
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I also said it will create an outcry :)
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Notanelvishname
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Dec 10 2012, 11:49am
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No, I'm agreeing with you. :-)
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DanielLB
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Dec 10 2012, 11:54am
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i hope you are right,
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Notanelvishname
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Dec 10 2012, 12:00pm
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Dwarves
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jtarkey
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Dec 10 2012, 12:04pm
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Slightly less awesome
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DanielLB
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Dec 10 2012, 12:10pm
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On Boar
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BeornBerserker
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Dec 10 2012, 3:44pm
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I mis-read your post as ...
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DanielLB
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Dec 10 2012, 5:01pm
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Wild Hogs
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BeornBerserker
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Dec 10 2012, 6:20pm
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Yes, but which makes the most tastey sausages
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ForestPark
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Dec 10 2012, 9:05pm
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Dear me
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Finrod
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Dec 10 2012, 6:33pm
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The average weight of a horse
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sauget.diblosio
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Dec 10 2012, 9:57pm
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On Cervid names...
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Briar
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Dec 11 2012, 1:21am
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That explain everything !
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Notanelvishname
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Dec 11 2012, 2:40am
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Thank you for the reviews! nt
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totoro
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Dec 11 2012, 4:09am
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A deer might be too small to sit on as well
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DanielLB
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Dec 11 2012, 11:43am
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Radagast
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MTT Gandalf
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Dec 10 2012, 2:29pm
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The Seen and the Unseen
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Finrod
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Dec 10 2012, 6:17pm
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Unseen cultures
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Hanzkaz
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Dec 11 2012, 4:36am
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I agree with you.
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Notanelvishname
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Dec 11 2012, 9:15am
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I share your pain
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Mahtion
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Dec 11 2012, 4:57pm
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But wait
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Notanelvishname
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Dec 11 2012, 10:49pm
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Oh my, I am getting so terribly excited!!
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Lysanor
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Dec 10 2012, 12:07pm
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I cannot say...
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Notanelvishname
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Dec 10 2012, 12:11pm
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Elk are larger but if bunnies can ...
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ForestPark
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Dec 10 2012, 2:36pm
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It's too bad you talked about...
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Notanelvishname
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Dec 10 2012, 12:18pm
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Great review! Wanted to comment on one thing for now, since studying for finals
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Tim
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Dec 10 2012, 3:39pm
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You are right, but...
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Notanelvishname
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Dec 10 2012, 3:46pm
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More of an issue in the text, perhaps.
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Lacrimae Rerum
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Dec 10 2012, 10:28pm
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Wonderful review, Quickbeam!
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Aragalen the Green
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Dec 10 2012, 6:28pm
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