Fav character in LOTR?

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Who's your favorite character?

I'm not sure, Smaug the dragon might be my fav.. actually.

scottmitchell74 · Number of posts: 4950 Age: 35 Registration date: 2007-03-07

Favorite? Hard to say (leaning towards Aragorn....book Aragorn is simply fascinating. I'd love a deeper account of his Ranger days)

Best....Gollum....a very deep and conflicted little guy.

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**Orion Crystal Ice** · Subject: Re: Fav character in LOTR? Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:21 am

In just the LOTR books or teh whole Middle-Earth unnnnnniverseeee?

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Orion Crystal Ice wrote:

In just the LOTR books or teh whole Middle-Earth unnnnnniverseeee?

the whole universe

and yea, scott mitchel, Smeagol is a good choice.

scottmitchell74 · Number of posts: 4950 Age: 35 Registration date: 2007-03-07

Tom Bombadil fascinates me, although that passage always seems like an unnecessary "aside". It's a tease....I guy who with a twinkle in his eye might just be able to deal with Sauron....but just doesn't care. His back-story would interest me.

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Tom Bombadil is also the subject of one of Tolkien's LONG poems.. found outside of the trilogy books. And , of course, treebeard refers to him... in the trilogy books.

It's not that he doesn't care about sauron or the world around him, he hints that it is the "fate" of others to walk that path and confront those evils.

scottmitchell74 · Number of posts: 4950 Age: 35 Registration date: 2007-03-07

The Ungoliant and her offspring always interest me as well. Shelob is the last...I want to know more about the battles of her kind that led to their demise.

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I wish I wouldn't have lost teh Silmarillion.. Tolkien's cration account for mIddle earth is so powerful and symbolic.

**Black Rider** · Subject: Re: Fav character in LOTR? Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:37 am

The whole Elfen realm.

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**Orion Crystal Ice** · Subject: Re: Fav character in LOTR? Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:48 am

Ulmo, king of the sea and maker of music!

brutal.

The Witch King of Angmar, who doesn't love the Witch King?

The Blue Wizards, because more wizards are always good and there's almost no information about them.

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Well. yea, there is information about the wizards in teh silmarillion.. The leaders of their kind are actually just "angelic" beings who take on teh form of old men.. to help "influence" the directions of certain events in middle earth.

**Orion Crystal Ice** · Subject: Re: Fav character in LOTR? Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:54 am

They are called teh 'Istari'. cheers

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ye[, Gandalf is really jut Tolkien's version of Odin, the grey wanderer. Who also was a "god" who would take on a fragile old man's form to test and influence people.

**Orion Crystal Ice** · Subject: Re: Fav character in LOTR? Sat Aug 23, 2008 11:01 am

I believe the divine sort of order goes like this:

Eru (creator)
----
Ainur
Vala

Maiar
Isatari (these last two are differing lower 'ranks' of Ainur)

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Also, of note.. Gandalf's fight with the balrog...his physical death and resurrection as gandalf the white.. is obviously very Symbolic.

My band, Opus Majestic did a song all about that.. called Mithrandir. (his elven name).

Mrs. exo · Number of posts: 634 Age: 34 Registration date: 2008-06-10

Honestly, I must admit to loving the Hobbits, they had such a simple joy, but when the time came there were unswervingly loyal and brave to a fault.

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GODSWIZARD · Subject: Re: Fav character in LOTR? Sat Aug 23, 2008 1:23 pm

Gandalf. The Wizard. Of course. Twisted Evil

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scottmitchell74 · Number of posts: 4950 Age: 35 Registration date: 2007-03-07

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Honestly, I must admit to loving the Hobbits, they had such a simple joy, but when the time came there were unswervingly loyal and brave to a fault.

I easily like their society the best. I'd love to live in the Shire. In fact, I pretty much want to live somewhere right now that would be the closest approximation. However, I am married and also want that to continue.

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Angel with Attitude · Subject: Re: Fav character in LOTR? Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:34 pm

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The Witch King of Angmar, who doesn't love the Witch King?

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I like different characters for different reasons at different times.

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GODSWIZARD · Subject: Re: Fav character in LOTR? Sat Aug 23, 2008 2:52 pm

I thought it was sooper cool Cool

when she killed him. cheers

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