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Why did Merry (apparently) not get to experience the first adventures with the other three hobbits?
I feel like an idiot for asking about this, since I'm currently and carefully (or so I thought) reading The Fellowship of the Ring. I'm at the chapter where they are just at the ferry with Merry ...
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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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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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How many were in the pavilion at that long expected party?
In the chapter "Long-expected party" Tolkien writes:
“The invitations were limited to twelve dozen (a number also called by
the hobbits one Gross, though the word was not considered proper to
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Why did Elrond choose Legolas as representative of the Elves and Gimli as representative of the dwarves?
Beside Frodo who volunteered to be the Ring bearer and his Hobbits friends who volunteered as well, the rest of the Fellowship members were named or chosen by Elrond:
‘And I will choose you ...
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Why didn't Durin's Bane kill the Orcs?
In The Fellowship of the Ring, the Orcs of the Misty Mountains are clearly afraid of the Balrog, and who could blame them? But whereas the Balrog killed all the Dwarves he could find after they woke ...
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Why wasn't Aragorn more stealthy at Weathertop?
In the first book, Aragorn and the Hobbits set up camp and start a fire on the side of Weathertop. Why is stealth no longer necessary? Between setting off from the Shire and reaching Weathertop, the ...
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Why give gifts AFTER the cup of parting?
In The Fellowship of the Ring, Galadriel says:
‘We have drunk the cup of parting,’ she said, ‘and the shadows fall between us. But before you go, I have brought in my ship ...
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What does Gimli say to Haldir in Lothlórien?
In The Fellowship of the Ring, when the Fellowship get trapped by the Lothlórien Elves and Gimli is... not okay with their language they are speaking he says something in Dwarvish which Aragorn tells ...
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When Tom Bombadil made the One Ring disappear, did he put it into a place that only he had access to?
I have often wondered when Tom Bombadil made the One Ring disappear after Frodo gave it to him, did Tom send it into a magical realm/another dimension that only he had access to?
Let's say that in a ...
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How does Gandalf know that the Ring had previously been called precious?
In The Fellowship of the Ring, Gandalf says:
It [the ring] has been called that [precious] before, but not by you.
But we know that, at that time, Gandalf didn’t know whether that ring was the One ...
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Why is there so little concern for destroying the Ring?
In The Fellowship of the Ring, there does not seem to be a lot of concern for destroying the Ring, even though it is recognized as being of paramount importance to everyone. Especially, the Fellowship ...
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Did Galadriel, Elrond and Gandalf try to heal the damage done by Sauron after the One Ring was destroyed?
Among the Gifts of Galadriel, given to the Fellowship while they were in Lothlórien, was:
a small grey wooden box with a silver rune "G for Galadriel". In the box was earth from Galadriel's ...
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How did Gollum follow the Fellowship through Lothlórien without being caught?
Lothlórien was guarded well. How did Gollum follow the Fellowship through Lórien without being caught by the Elves as the Fellowship was?
The Dwarf breathes so loud, we could have shot him in the ...
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Why did Nazgûl spare the other hobbits at Weathertop?
In the fight at Weathertop, the Nazgûl injured Frodo and left. They waited for him to pass to the shadow and become a wraith, but they did not kill the other hobbits on Weathertop: Sam, Merry, and ...
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