10-05-2004, 02:08 PM | #1 |
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The Watch Stone od the Druedain?
I've just read this part of UT and it really confused me. I was fine when it referred to it as a Watch Stone but then it said it had legs? I'm sure there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for this. What is it?
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10-05-2004, 02:55 PM | #2 | |
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10-09-2004, 06:38 PM | #4 | |
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Perhaps there is a possibility that the statues at Dunharrow could (still) become animate. But what I think is more interesting is the other ‘magical’ ability the Drúedain possessed:
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10-09-2004, 08:39 PM | #5 |
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I don't think the statues at Dunharrow had any power left in them. They were relics of the Second Age, or perhaps earlier.
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10-14-2004, 03:54 PM | #6 | |
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It also occurs to me that perhaps the Numenorean Watchers of Cirith Ungol might have been styled upon or inspired by Druedain Watch-stones in some way. (Or, perhaps, Tolkien extended the Watchers concept back to the Druedain as he developed their story further.) |
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