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- From: seurer@rchland.vnet.ibm.com (Bill Seurer)
- Subject: Re: Orcs in the Last Alliance
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- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 16:30:09 GMT
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- >dzik@access.digex.com (Joseph Dzikiewicz) writes:
- >
- >[some stuff in ref to Similarion]
- >> All living things were divided in that day, and some of every
- >> kind, even of beasts and birds, were found in either host, save
- >> the Elves only.
- >
- >>Does this mean that there were orcs and trolls fighting for Gil-Galad
- >>and Elendil in the last alliance? Ents fighting on both sides? Or
- >>am I reading too much into this passage?
-
- I think you are reading too much into it. However, given Orcs general
- unruliness it wouldn't surprise me to find out that some of them fought
- against Sauron if not actually for the alliance. Especially near the
- end when things turned against them.
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- - Bill Seurer Language and Compiler Development IBM Rochester, MN
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