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CuriousG
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Dec 11 2012, 9:32pm
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What do you think of Elrond vs the Nazgul?
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We see Elrond only as the wise old elf who rules from inside a Homely House, so he doesn't quite seem like a warrior who could stand in a field by himself. But he was at the battle at Mount Doom where Sauron was defeated, and I don't think he was a mere bystander in that war, though he says he was Gil-Galad's herald (which also doesn't sound too tough).
Something tells me that Elrond could, on his own, even without a flooding river, have held a bridge against the Nine as Glorfindel did, or drive them mad with fear if he revealed his inner spirit like Glofrindel. True, he wasn't born in Valinor and didn't have that extra light in his spirit, but being descended from Melian/Luthien, Turgon, and Earendil, and having the mightiest of the Three has to count for a lot. This is all gut sense. I'm not sure if Tolkien ever wrote about him explicitly as a warrior.
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The Most Powerful of the Third Age
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Carnivoran
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Dec 11 2012, 7:13pm
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I really
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Nerven
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Dec 11 2012, 9:21pm
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What do you think of Elrond vs the Nazgul?
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CuriousG
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Dec 11 2012, 9:32pm
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Nerven
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Dec 11 2012, 9:44pm
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A herald in battle would be a worthy leader and formidable fighter themselves
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ElendilTheShort
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Dec 14 2012, 10:50am
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Welcome! And great question
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CuriousG
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Dec 11 2012, 9:25pm
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Nice list
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Carnivoran
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Dec 11 2012, 11:07pm
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Like your list
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elevorn
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Dec 12 2012, 3:58pm
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Agree on Gandalf
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CuriousG
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Dec 12 2012, 4:05pm
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They are all Maiar
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Aule
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Dec 20 2012, 5:55pm
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Where does it say that the Eagles are Maiar?
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CuriousG
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Dec 20 2012, 6:28pm
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Thorondor
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Aule
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Dec 20 2012, 6:38pm
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Gwaihir
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CuriousG
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Dec 20 2012, 6:52pm
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Correction
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Aule
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Dec 20 2012, 7:27pm
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Are you thinking of the fell beast?
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JessCej
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Dec 28 2012, 12:00am
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Some eagles: Maiar or not
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Elthir
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Dec 30 2012, 1:58pm
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And Ungoliant
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CuriousG
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Dec 30 2012, 4:41pm
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Oops
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CuriousG
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Dec 30 2012, 5:44pm
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Ungoliant's origin
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ElendilTheShort
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Dec 30 2012, 8:29pm
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i don't go in for this sort of thing much
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geordie
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Dec 20 2012, 6:47pm
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I agree they don't rank neatly
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CuriousG
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Dec 20 2012, 7:04pm
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Power is definitely situational and varying
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Escapist
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Dec 20 2012, 7:08pm
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