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Why didn't Sauron kill Isildur?
I was watching the Fellowship of the Ring, during lunch time. In the Prologue scene, the armies of Men and Elves march against the armies of Mordor. When Sauron came to kill the armies of Men and ...
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How can Gandalf travel so fast?
At the start of The Fellowship of the Ring he seems to go from Shire to Minas Tirith to Saruman while the rest haven't traversed that much. How is this possible?
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Was the mission of the Fellowship of the Ring a 'secret' mission?
And I will choose you companions to go with you, as far as they will or fortune allows. The number must be few, since your hope is in speed and secrecy.
[emphasis mine]
Does the use of the word ...
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Why didn't the Fellowship use horses for transportation?
A kind of similarity to this question, Why didn't Gandalf or Frodo Fly to Mount Doom?
The difference is that this question I'm asking is why didn't the fellowship use horses for transportation ...
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Who had hung the ring about Frodo's neck on a new chain?
'Have you got it here?' Bilbo asked in a whisper. 'I can't help feeling curious, you know, after all I've heard. I should very much like just to peep at it again.'
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When he had dressed, Frodo ...
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Why did the Nazgûl not attack a second time at Weathertop?
Even Aragorn and the Hobbits are surprised at Weathertop that the Nazgûl did not try a second attack to take the ring. The following possible reasons are offered or implied:
The Nazgûl were ...
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Why didn't Aragorn arrive earlier to save Boromir?
In this scene, Aragorn was with Legolas and Gimli killing several Uruk-Hai. When Legolas hears the horn of Gondor, Aragorn hears it as well. Aragorn comes goes to aid him, but he was surrounded by ...
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Why didn't Legolas translate the password at Moria?
The Doors of Durin, Lord of Moria. Speak friend and enter.
Those words were written in Elvish. When the Fellowship was in the Walls of Moria, Gandalf translates the password. However, Gandalf could ...
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Who exactly was the squint-eyed southerner in the Lord of the Rings?
Who exactly is he? He is mentioned once in the Fellowship of the Ring as one of the instrumental characters who cause the Nazgûl to attack the Prancing Pony Inn at Bree.
Is he a servant of Sauron or ...
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Why is the name Strider considered offensive?
To be clear, I am not asking why Aragorn and the Dunedain are treated as suspicious, but why the nickname 'Strider' (and Longshanks) is implied to have an insulting undertone, by Bill Ferny and ...
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How did Strider already know Frodo's real identity at the Inn of the Prancing Pony?
Strider appeared to, already, know about Frodo and that he carried the Ring. At this point in the story, Frodo was travelling under the pseudonym of Mr. Underhill. How did Strider know who Frodo was?
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Does Merry have one or two swords/daggers in "The Lord of the Rings?"
I have only ever seen Merry with one sword/dagger — the one that Galadriel gives him in Lothlórien. So how can the sword he stabs the Nazgûl king with be one he picked up from the Barrow-downs after ...
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What was Sauron reaching for?
In the films of Lord of the Rings, in the flashback to the battle where Isildur takes the ring from Sauron's hand, why was Sauron reaching towards Isildur, thus allowing him to cut off Sauron's finger?...
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Which way did Gandalf mean for the fellowship to take into Mordor? [duplicate]
Before the fellowship of the ring broke and Frodo and Sam decide to go on alone, Gandalf lead the group. I've been wondering which way he meant for the group to choose into Mordor.
There seem to be ...
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Why didn't the Fellowship help Gandalf when he faced the Balrog?
During the events of the Bridge of Khazad-dûm, the Fellowship witness Gandalf facing the Balrog. When Gandalf falls, he's still hanging on the cliff. And when Frodo cries out to Gandalf, Boromir ...