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nothnglikethesun11
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Jan 4 2015, 9:59pm
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Hello,
Would the Black Riders still have used their winged creatures if their horse had no drowned in The Fellowship of the Ring?
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noWizardme
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Jan 4 2015, 10:34pm
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Different steeds for different purposes, I guess
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Welcome to the Reading Room, nothnglikethesun11.
My own guess is that we see the Black Riders in Fellowship of the Ring as a covert mission to try & seize the Ring while it is in enemy territory, Sauron does not have much of a presence in Eriador at that time, & so its ticklish - he's trying to snatch the Ring without attracting counter-measures from Gandalf &Co. or Saruman. So conventional horses are part of a (not entirely convincing) disguise. Flying Fell Beasts, by contrast, would attract too much attention, I think.
BYy the time we get to ROTK, it's too late for that: once it's open war, there's no reason not to have the flying stinky things.
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"nowimė I am in the West, Furincurunir to the Dwarves (or at least, to their best friend) and by other names in other lands. Mostly they just say 'Oh no it's him - look busy!' "
Or "Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!"
This year LOTR turns 60. The following image is my LOTR 60th anniversary party footer! You can get yours here: http://newboards.theonering.net/...i?post=762154#762154
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noWizardme
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Jan 4 2015, 11:10pm
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You're welcome :) - of course, there's also a reason why the Riders "can't have nice things"...
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(This is a small version of Eowyn and the Witch king by uzi91, which can be found here: http://uzi91.deviantart.com/...Witch-king-387646602 )
I hope that Fell Beast was insured...
PS - many Black Rider issues, & much else, is coming up in the Lord Of The Rings read through. Do join us!
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"nowimė I am in the West, Furincurunir to the Dwarves (or at least, to their best friend) and by other names in other lands. Mostly they just say 'Oh no it's him - look busy!' "
Or "Hold off! unhand me, grey-beard loon!"
This year LOTR turns 60. The following image is my LOTR 60th anniversary party footer! You can get yours here: http://newboards.theonering.net/...i?post=762154#762154
(This post was edited by noWizardme on Jan 4 2015, 11:12pm)
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swordwhale
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Jan 13 2015, 8:44pm
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where they got those fell beast thingies........
funny how fantasy becomes reality...
"Judge me by my size, would you?" Max the Hobbit Husky.
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swordwhale
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Jan 13 2015, 8:46pm
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Quetzalcoatlus...
"Judge me by my size, would you?" Max the Hobbit Husky.
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Beleg Strongbow Cuthalion
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Apr 8 2015, 8:02pm
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Did the Black Riders even HAVE their Fell Beasts before their [Rohirrim] horses drowned???????? I have often wondered about this.
~"Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. ― Gandalf the Grey~
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