This looked like and interesting exersise.
What are your thoughts?
http://www.tickld.com/x/sp/this-would-h ... man-empire
Thought this might be interesting.
Thought this might be interesting.
I am Ringulf the Dwarven Woodsman, I craft leather, wood, metal, and clay,
I throw axes, seaxes, and pointy sticks, And I fire my bow through the day.
Come be my ally, lift up your mead! We'll search out our foes and the Eagles we'll feed!
I throw axes, seaxes, and pointy sticks, And I fire my bow through the day.
Come be my ally, lift up your mead! We'll search out our foes and the Eagles we'll feed!
Re: Thought this might be interesting.
I think I saw this posted to the MERangers fb page a while back.
Meh. The author is clearly a big Rome buff, but it's written too informally and without any real references to be taken very seriously. The only concrete detail he supplies for Mordor's army (that the force at the Pelennor was 250k) appears nowhere in Tolkien and is completely fabricated.
Unless someone's going to back up their hypothetical 'what ifs' with researched details, it just amounts to armchair historian hot air, and unfortunately, Tolkien doesn't provide enough details of Sauron's forces to allow this matchup to be feasibly explored.
Meh. The author is clearly a big Rome buff, but it's written too informally and without any real references to be taken very seriously. The only concrete detail he supplies for Mordor's army (that the force at the Pelennor was 250k) appears nowhere in Tolkien and is completely fabricated.
Unless someone's going to back up their hypothetical 'what ifs' with researched details, it just amounts to armchair historian hot air, and unfortunately, Tolkien doesn't provide enough details of Sauron's forces to allow this matchup to be feasibly explored.
Personae: Aistan son of Ansteig, common Beorning of Wilderland; Tungo Brandybuck, Eastfarthing Bounder, 3018 TA; a native Man of the Greyflood, c.850 SA
Re: Thought this might be interesting.
I have a better one for you. What if, rather than Turin, Kevin from 'Home Alone' were charged with the defense of Nargothrond?
-Jack Horner
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Impression: Cædmon Reedmace | bronze founder living in Archet, Breeland. c. 3017
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Impression: Cædmon Reedmace | bronze founder living in Archet, Breeland. c. 3017