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Beren IV
Gondor
Jan 20 2008, 5:38am
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This is the moment when an astute reader will realize what the Black Riders are: we know that the Ring makes its wearer invisible, and we know that the other Great Rings do the same. We may even remember the word twilight used to describe the world they walk under. The long grey robes and white hair, the swords, with their leader bearing a crown, will all point back to Gandalf's description in The Shadow of the Past, and suddenly everything falls into place. And, suddenly, the Riders become a whole lot scarier: we knew they were servants of the Enemy, but we had no idea which servants, or how powerful they are!
Aragorn's plan? Hope that Frodo can hold out, and stay near the fire. Fire is a source of light and heat, and the Nine are creatures of cold and darkness. They are less powerful with fire near, and can be repelled by fire. If Frodo had managed to keep the Ring off of his finger, then Aragorn might have been able to fend them off. Indeed, Frodo might have, if he had realized the value of what he was holding and not been so taken by their terror: the sword is a sword made to fight the Nine, and they recognize it, and it fills them with terror! That is why, of all of them, only the WK is not daunted, and indeed, his aura is powerful enough that Frodo cannot fight him effectively, even wielding a sword that can slay him!
Once a paleontologist, now a botanist, will be a paleobotanist
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**A Knife in the Dark** 14. “he felt a pain like a dart of poisoned ice pierce his left shoulder”
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squire
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Jan 20 2008, 4:27am
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The Nazgul revealed!
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Beren IV
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Jan 20 2008, 5:38am
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A light from the shadows shall spring?
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N.E. Brigand
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Jan 20 2008, 6:17am
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Once upon a midnight dreary
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dernwyn
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Jan 20 2008, 11:21pm
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Why, you'll be beating Darkstone next.
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Aunt Dora Baggins
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Jan 22 2008, 8:02pm
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No, he is still the Master
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dernwyn
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Jan 23 2008, 1:32am
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The moon is three days past first quarter.
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N.E. Brigand
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Jan 28 2008, 1:58am
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Ah! Thanks!
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dernwyn
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Jan 28 2008, 1:30pm
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"for any money"
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Finding Frodo
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Jan 28 2008, 4:05pm
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Thoughts.
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Curious
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Jan 26 2008, 2:50pm
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“One for the Shire!”
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N.E. Brigand
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Mar 10 2008, 1:07am
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