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Would Gandalf have been promoted to the White if he had not fought the Balrog?
Gandalf was promoted to a White wizard after his body was destroyed in the battle with the Balrog.
This was done mainly to replace Saruman as he had joined Sauron (or at least swayed significantly ...
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Why wasn't Glorfindel included in the Fellowship?
Glorfindel killed a Balrog on his own, he could've been a huge asset to the Fellowship... yet he wasn't taken along with them.
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Who are the rest of members at Elrond's Council?
In Peter Jackson's film The Fellowship of the Ring, when the Council of Elrond takes place it shows a total of 22 members:
We all know the names of the ones who were part of the Fellowship, but I ...
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Why does Frodo cry "O Elbereth! Gilthoniel!" at Weathertop?
At Weathertop, Frodo and the band are beset by the Ring-wraiths, at which point Frodo feels compelled to put on the ring, and he does.
When the Witch King attacks Frodo and just before Strider comes ...
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Why was a fox able to think about the hobbits on the road to Rivendell?
When Frodo, Pippin, and Sam were traveling to Rivendell, they slept under a tree the first night. Tolkien writes about a fox that wonders to himself why three hobbits were sleeping under a tree. Why ...
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How old were Aragorn and Arwen when they were married?
After the one ring was destroyed and Aragorn was crowned King of Gondor and Arnor, he and Arwen were married. Though he looks older than his bride, I'm learning that Arwen is actually older than ...
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Why was Boromir allowed to join the Fellowship of the Ring?
Why was Boromir allowed to join the Fellowship of the Ring after the Council of Elrond, where he succumbed to the Ring moments after first seeing it, and explicitly said that he wanted to use it ...
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Why do people care so much for Frodo?
In The Fellowship of the Ring, after Boromir is blinded by the greed of Men and tries attacking Frodo for the Ring, Aragorn finds Frodo and tells him to keep the Ring, saying he'd follow Frodo into ...
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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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How long does the average Orc live? [duplicate]
The average or expected lifespan of Hobbits, Men and Dwarfs is easily found but I can find no definitive answer for the 'expected' lifespan of an Orc. All I can find so far is, 'unknown'.
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How could Legolas walk on snow?
In The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring when the Fellowship is climbing the mountains and are pretty much overcome by the snow; Legolas is quite able to walk on the snow, when the rest ...
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Was Gandalf ignorant of the effects of Frodo having the ring for 17 years?
In an answer of mine for the question 'Who are all the characters to have touched The One Ring?', someone astutely asked 'how come?'
Was Gandalf aware of the Rings' effects on a holder before ...
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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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Did Saruman really make an army of Uruk-Hai in just 10 weeks?
According to the Lord of the Rings project, Saruman imprisoned Gandalf at the top of the tower, Orthanc on July 10th, 3018 Third Age.
The chief of the great eagles, ...
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What did Frodo mean by "He told me the true story"?
I'm re-reading the Lord of the Rings saga since 10 to 12 years ago, but something striked me as odd in The Fellowship of the Ring's first chapter: A Long-Expected Party (emphasis is mine):
‘She ...
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