11-12-2003, 03:39 PM | #1 | |
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Greatest Accomplishments Thread...
Ok, last night I read a passage in Unfinished Tales that made me think of what a great accomplishment this one act was. So with that I thought that a thread by a character in any Tolkien work or what have you would be a neat thread to have
Post your favorites or even those that you simply find amazing. Here is the one I read last night: Quote:
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'Et Eärello Endorenna utúlien. Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' Ambar-metta!' - And those were the words that Elendil spoke when he came up out of the Sea on the wings of the wind: 'Out of the Great Sea to Middle-earth I am come. In this place will I abide, and my heirs, unto the ending of the world.' 'Then Tuor arrayed himself in the hauberk, and set the helm upon his head, and he girt himself with the sword; black were sheath and belt with clasps of silver. Thus armed he went forth from Turgon's hall, and stood upon the high terraces of Taras in the red light of the sun. None were there to see him, as he gazed westward, gleaming in silver and gold, and he knew not that in that hour he appeared as one of the Mighty of the West, and fit to be father of the kings of the Kings of Men beyond the Sea, as it was indeed his doom to be; but in the taking of those arms a change came upon Tuor son of Huor, and his heart grew great within him. And as he stepped down from the doors the swans did him reverence, and plucking each a great feather from their wings they proffered them to him, laying their long necks upon the stone before his feet; and he took the seven feathers and set them in the crest of his helm, and straightway the swans arose and flew north in the sunset, and Tuor saw them no more.' -Of Tuor and his Coming to Gondolin "Oh. Forgive me, fairest of all males of Entmoot...Back down, all ye other wannabe fairest males! Dunedain is the fairest!" --Linaewen |
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11-12-2003, 05:52 PM | #2 | |
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Re: Greatest Accomplishments Thread...
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11-12-2003, 06:00 PM | #3 |
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Yeah - I once did a 20 mile (~32 km) hike in Boy Scouts. Did OK - but was certainly footsore... and can't imagine getting back up to do it 49 more times! And to have to drag Gollum along...
And I was like 15, 16 then... and skinny! (MUCH less weight on the feet!) Actually - a true-to-life one: Daniel Boone once made an escape from Indians and traveled 160 miles in 4 days, to warn the other settlers. Uh... that gets OT though, right? And HE didn't have to drag Gollum either! |
11-12-2003, 06:02 PM | #4 | |
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From The Silmarillion
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"Okay, you go first, I'll cover you." "No, you go first!" "No. no. You get the honor." "All right people, we need seventy volunteers. Come on, it's only one guy. Don't make me tell Gothmog!"
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11-12-2003, 09:00 PM | #5 |
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Well, the Crossing of the Helcaraxë by the host of the Noldor, led by Fingolfin, Galadriel and Finrod was pretty amazing, as was Maedhros' feat of hnging by his hand for years and years.
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11-13-2003, 07:40 AM | #6 |
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Hurin's must have been pretty demoralizing. I picture the orcs doing the piling while the fighting is going on. Can you imagine... each time one of your mates is taken down, his head is knocked off and thrown onto a pile right at hand.
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11-19-2003, 09:19 PM | #7 |
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I think that the greatest accomplishment and most marvelous feat was that which was achieved by two ordinary hobbits. From the time they crossed Anduin to very Door of Doom, Frodo and Sam faced perils that they were not trained for. They did not have a martial background or any battle skills. They did not have Elf Lords or powerful kings of Men to back them up - even in defeat. They were alone and they almost single handedly reduced the entire military structure of the most powerful military force in Middle Earth - into a pile of rubble! As an aside to this I would like to volunteer Gollum for consideration here too. He achieved amazing things all on his own as well.
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11-20-2003, 12:01 PM | #8 |
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On that same note, I think that Sam putting up with frodo's whining all the time was a pretty good feat in itself
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11-20-2003, 12:33 PM | #10 |
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Actually, I thought that they were both kinda whiny, though J does overdo it.
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11-20-2003, 06:19 PM | #11 | |
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