a tiny question

[Roca Wear]

what are the paths of the dead? i know that aragorn, legolas and gimli go thru them but .. what for? lol im kinda lost

i dont care about spoilers .. u can spoil me,

[Tar-Ancalimë]

have you read the books?

k, ill answer your q anyway :grin:... aragorn gimli and legolas are in rohan, and they need to get to gondor as quickly as possible, short way to get down to the south are the paths of the dead... paths, basically, with dead spirits of oathbreakers (people who didnt keep their vow to serve one of aragorn's ancestors)... aragorn summons the dead and they follow him down to the south through the paths... but more would be giving away the whole plot lol... is that enough?

[Roca Wear]

well my brother owns the book(the collectors edition) and i saw the chapter, and he was tellin me but i got lost. lol so aragorn has an army of dead ppl? wtf

[Tar-Ancalimë]

for a short while, yes... once theyve served him they go back to their graves in peace... nice piece of writing actually... ;)

ps...read the books!!! they're worth it

[Roca Wear]

lol that's a good idea actually. but umm the books are confusing.

[Illuvatar]

No worries Roca........

Take your time....sometimes Tolkien can be a lot to digest! lol

Keep asking those questions though, there's a lot of folks here who have read them and will be more than happy to help you along. ;)

[NoldoR]

no, i wish tolkien would have described things even mooooore :), you can NEVER get enough of that ;)

[Roca Wear]

it cant get any more descriptive than this :(

[Dawn Noelle]

you guys are so awesome! :thumbs:
you're willing to answer questions and share your knowledge

i've read the books and i still learn something new almost every day

[Roca Wear]

there is something else that puzzles me. in the sieze of gondor, it says rohan had arrived at last. but in the next chapter, rohan didn't get there yet. lol wtf

[NoldoR]

i think that they heard their horns. so they knew they were in the land of gondor, but not yet in the city

[Roca Wear]

oh yea .... ur right lol

[Sauron]

Tolkien oftens goes back in time to get the view of the other charaters, like when Pippin gets to gondor, Merry is riding with Theoden.

[Gatsby]

yeah... tolkien can be tricky stuff!
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gatsby