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emre43
Rohan
Aug 12 2016, 5:12pm
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Why did Arvedui reject the Chief of the Lossoth's advice?
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Reading the latest edition of the Tolkien Society's 'Amon Hen', a member posed the question 'Why did Arvedui ignore the advice of the Lossoth chief?', in relation to the chief's warning to Arvedui that he should not board the ship sent by Cirdan: 'Do not mount on this sea-monster! If they have them, let the seamen bring us food and other things that we need, and you may stay here till the Witch-King goes home. For in summer his power wanes; but now his breath is deadly, and his cold arm is long' (The Lord of the Rings, Tolkien, J. R. R., Appendix A). So, as above, why did Arvedui not heed the Lossoth chief's warning?
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CuriousG
Half-elven
Aug 12 2016, 6:23pm
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I always wonder that myself when I read that part, which I find tragic and memorable: the experienced sailors of Cirdan struggling valiantly against the ice storm that is or is not summoned by the Witch-King, and Arvedui finally perishing after having survived in the mountains and among the Snowmen. Plus he takes the palantiri to a watery grave. Maybe he had spent too much time in rough living in exile and just couldn't wait to go home? Maybe he found the Snowmen too primitive and superstitious to be taken seriously? Maybe the mariners of Cirdan were cocky and thought they could sail through any storm as they had for centuries? What I don't understand about this story lies farther back: when he fled Fornost, why did he spend so much time in the dwarf-mines and not head south sooner to Cirdan's realm while his horses were still alive?
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Otaku-sempai
Immortal
Aug 12 2016, 9:13pm
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I have assumed that King Arvedui found himself cut off from the south and he and his followers found themselves with no choice other than to shelter in the Blue Mountains as they attempted to find a way through to the Havens. They also might have found any mountain passes held against them that would have allowed them to cross over into Forlindon and in that way reach Círdan.
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Hamfast Gamgee
Tol Eressea
Aug 12 2016, 10:44pm
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He had just heard of the Witch-Kings defeat and so presumably thought that he was triumphant and would have no further enemies. Reminded me of someone else!
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PhantomS
Rohan
Aug 13 2016, 2:28am
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you only live once. The question is why he didn't use his Palantir to see through the storm?
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Morthoron
Gondor
Aug 13 2016, 3:40am
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Because kings who feel they have a sense of destiny and an aura of greatness cannot accept the mean constraints of exile in a desolate place. Napoleon was the same way.
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InTheChair
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Aug 16 2016, 5:42pm
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No greater mariners than Cirdans
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Arvedui could have reasoned that if anyone ever could ge him out of there it was the elven mariners. At least their arrival would seem like a turn in his fortunes after a long streak of things going wrong.
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