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N.E. Brigand
Half-elven
Jan 17 2008, 5:47am
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Aren't the Nazgūl less active in the later books?
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Apart from the Witch-king on the Pelennor, they just buzz around, delivering messages and projecting fear, but not engaging with our heroes as directly as they do here. The pursuit just behind in TT and RotK will be orcs, not wraiths.
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Join us Jan. 14-20 for "A Knife in the Dark".
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**A Knife in the Dark** 1. The House at Crickhollow stood silent
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squire
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Jan 14 2008, 11:30pm
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I'll try
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Millican
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Jan 15 2008, 12:12am
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The Omniscient Narrator steps silently out from the shadows.
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Elizabeth
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Jan 15 2008, 12:19am
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you guys know too much (said nicely)
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Millican
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Jan 15 2008, 12:29am
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Nah, it's all in knowing where to look.
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Elizabeth
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Jan 15 2008, 12:36am
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The movements of the Nazgul are quite complicated.
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Curious
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Jan 16 2008, 6:22pm
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Some of the notes cited there...
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N.E. Brigand
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Jan 17 2008, 5:41am
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Some answers
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SilentLion
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Jan 15 2008, 12:46am
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rendition
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Finding Frodo
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Jan 15 2008, 5:50am
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well
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elostirion74
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Jan 15 2008, 7:13am
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Thoughts.
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Curious
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Jan 15 2008, 10:42am
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If a blow falls on a door...
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FarFromHome
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Jan 15 2008, 11:29am
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And we would have gotten the Ring, too,
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Curious
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Jan 16 2008, 11:24pm
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Aren't the Nazgūl less active in the later books?
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N.E. Brigand
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Jan 17 2008, 5:47am
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Precisely.
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Curious
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Jan 17 2008, 1:44pm
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Tolkien used your explanation, though Aragorn did not.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jan 17 2008, 3:42pm
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Really? Cool! If you can give me a cite,
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Curious
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Jan 17 2008, 3:57pm
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"The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion", pp. 180-181.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jan 17 2008, 4:08pm
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I am referring to the 2-volume set.
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Curious
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Jan 17 2008, 4:38pm
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Yes!
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visualweasel
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Jan 17 2008, 4:57pm
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Maybe for my birthday.
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Curious
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Jan 17 2008, 5:01pm
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No!
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N.E. Brigand
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Jan 27 2008, 9:46pm
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A couple of replies
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visualweasel
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Jan 15 2008, 5:19pm
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Busted doors, crowing roosters, and wild horns.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jan 16 2008, 10:39pm
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Very perceptive! Thanks for that link. //
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Jan 16 2008, 10:56pm
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As it happens,
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Elizabeth
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Jan 17 2008, 6:21am
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Is this the proof people talk about so much
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sador
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Jan 17 2008, 9:40am
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Ferny doesn't know the hobbits have taken up with Strider.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jan 17 2008, 3:54pm
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Thanks
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sador
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Jan 17 2008, 9:20pm
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Well,
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N.E. Brigand
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Jan 17 2008, 10:02pm
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crowing roosters who drive away ghosts
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a.s.
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Jan 17 2008, 11:15am
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For cockcrow limits our holiday - the dead of the night's high-noon!
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squire
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Jan 17 2008, 12:30pm
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Tolkien says the Riders' map was incomplete.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jan 17 2008, 5:17am
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The Riders "can sense that the Ring is or *was* there" - was?
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squire
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Jan 17 2008, 12:23pm
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Magic blew the door down.
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Curious
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Jan 17 2008, 1:25pm
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And here I thought you had deliberately...
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N.E. Brigand
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Jan 17 2008, 3:46pm
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Catching up, somewhat late
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sador
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Jan 17 2008, 9:22am
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"Truly the light is sweet..."
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N.E. Brigand
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Jan 21 2008, 5:50pm
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Shut and locked.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jan 22 2008, 2:16am
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