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Greenleaf
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Mar 23 2008, 11:12pm
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Turin vs Aragorn
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I would have to say Turin wins. His sword Gurthang is so much cooler than Aragorn's Anduril.
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Ataahua
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Mar 24 2008, 2:16am
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A cool head and a longer lifetime of battle experience beat cursed angst any day.
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Greenleaf
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Mar 24 2008, 2:56am
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Lizard helm FTW! Haha, maybe Aragorn would, but the way he was portrayed in the LOTR movies ruined my perception of him.
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Greenleaf
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Mar 24 2008, 3:24am
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Despite all emotional baggage attached to each character (Turin being my favourite, and Aragorn being played by an actor I'm not to fond of...in the movies) I'd say it would be close, maybe even. Certainly not an all out Aragorn win. Turin did slay Glaurung, despite what can be said about the manner in which he did so...(sneaking up). But when comparing weapons, I would have to go for Gurthang, and all the fear it provoked. Although that is off this topic, the weapon is most certainly pivotal as to who would win. Maybe I will start a new forum for best weapon used in Middle Earth....hmm...
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Idril Celebrindal
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Mar 24 2008, 3:09pm
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Turin is the kind of guy you don't want on your side
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Although he's a fearsome warrior and dangerous to his enemies, Morgoth's curse makes him even more dangerous to his allies. Being Turin's friend or love interest can be lethal. Aragorn would be in greater peril if Turin was fighting on his side than if Turin was fighting against him.
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Padster
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Mar 24 2008, 4:55pm
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Aragorn was the greatest man of his time. However, there can be no doubt that the men at the end of the Third Age of the Sun was lesser men than the great heroes of the Edain of the first Age.
Hurin was the greatest mortal warrior ever to live. Turin, his son, was second. Plus Turin had, arguably, the greatest weapon ever forged, Gurthang. What other weapon spoke? OK, speaking doesn't make it a great weapon, but I think it points towards the potency of the weapon, and it seemed that whatever it struck it killed.
Andruil just wasn't in the same league. Aragorn was a tough cookie, for he had journed far and wide across Middle-earth, and fought many battles, but Turin, from when his joined Thingol's boarder guard, was constantly at war for years and years. His ability almost certainly offset his youth when matched against the obvious experience of Aragorn.
Even if you gave then both plain longswords, I think Turin would have won. But what a fight it would have been.
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Greenleaf
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Mar 24 2008, 11:58pm
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The exact thoughts I had in my head, but didn't know how to type them. Yes, the warriors of the first age were "better" than the third, in our opinion. As a reply to the quote saying Turin wouldn't be a good teammate, I think that has some truth in it. I myself believe he was loyal to the men he served with. The only times he had to part ways with them was when a difference of opinions came into play. Turin may not have been the wisest man, but I think he had strong thoughts. AND as for his sword, Gurthang has to be the most powerful weapon made in ME. I think Anduril doesn't come into the same league. It it's definitely in a league of it's own, with some other famous weapons of ME. Thank you for your reply, and voicing my opinion better than I can!
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SmeagoloftheStoors
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Apr 6 2008, 4:12am
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Gurthang was definately more potent of a weapon. I like making my judgements out side of the mystical realm. Turin has the advantage because I think of him as being a little more underhanded as a fighter. In a duel situation the underhanded always find ways of getting the advantage. Granted they are both field combat veterans, but Aragorn is just too honorable to exploit some things. Turin would probably pack a spare dagger, and wouldn't be abject to say a groin shot or two (which wasn't considered dishonorable as per the "Codex Walerstern"). Then I think Turin would use Gurthang for a cheap hand shot and then go for the kill on a dissabled advasary. I hate fighters like that, I'm still recovering from a broken finger (typing slowly). I won in the overall points though the score was 3-2.
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Dreamdeer
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Apr 14 2008, 3:18am
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Although Turin has all kinds of amazing advantages over Aragorn, he did have a way of wasting them. And Aragorn is intelligent enough to choose a humble approach if that will work out best in the long run. He also has all of the old tales memorized, and knows Turin's character weaknesses well, whereas Turin knows nothing about our secretive Aragorn. I can see Aragorn fighting defensively, keeping just out of reach, dodging until eventually Turin stabs himself in the foot, then Aragorn moves in for the kill.
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