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$Questions and Answers$ Is there something Tolkien-related that has always mystified you? Do you wonder why the Eagles never show up until the very last possible second? Does it bother you that the Black Riders, while painted as so terrifying, seem to wield so little actual power for harm? Why does Sauron never come forth to do battle for himself? Couldn't he flatten all of Minas Tirith with one outstretched hand? Anything's game! The Tolkien "Know-It-Alls" at Green Books will do their level best to clear up any Tolkien mystery you can throw out. Questions will be accepted via email at questions@theonering.net, and selected questions along with answers will be posted here.

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(05/05/04) What was the significance of "No living man"? Could Sauron have resurrected the Witch-king? Did Gandalf use wizardly foresight? Why didn't Sauron see the Fellowship in his Palantír? What are the seven stars of Gondor? What were Elladan and Elrohir up to? [All the questions...]

(03/25/04) Who sent Boromir to Rivendell? Why are dwarves not 'free people'? Why is the blood of Westernesse diluted? If Gandalf had Narya, why'd Saruman defeat him? Interpreting JRRT's monogram. Was Dec 25 significant? How do I pronounce Beren? Is there more 'Gil-galad'? Why didn't dwarves reinhabit Moria? Did Beren have one hand after returning to life? How could Bilbo resist the Ring? What's the difference between wizard and sorcerer? Why didn't Gandalf return as a young man? [All the questions...]	(02/24/04) Was Gothmog the son of Morgoth? How did the Elves really 'fade'? How many Grey Mountains were there? How did Cirith Ungol get named? Is wizardry good or evil? Where did the other rings get their power? How do I pronounce various names? Why did the Dead serve Aragorn and not Sauron? Why would Elves get drunk? How did Elendil acquire Narsil? Could the Ringbearer control the Nazgul? Was the world always round? [All the questions...]

(10/30/03) How powerful were those Balrogs? Are there female Balrogs? How does Legolas replenish his arrows? How can Aragorn use the Palantir? Who is the narrator of The Hobbit? Capturing the light of Earendil Was Elrond unfair to Aragorn? Where was Gilraen buried? Is Legolas a strange Elf? Do the Races represent the English? What of Bilbo's Tookish ancestors? [All the questions...]	Month of 09/03 Why didn't the Ring keep Sam safe? Can you kill a wizard? Why didn't Gandalf know the quest would succeed? What's so special about the Arkenstone? Did Gandalf lose all memory? Is elf marriage a forever thing? What about Valar relationships? [all questions]

Month of 08/03 Could the Ring tempt an Elf? Did Sauron know they were in Moria? Haldir's knowledge of Hobbits? How could Gandalf even touch the Ring? Ilúvatar's will or the Ring's will? [all questions]	Month of 07/03 Are Sauron and Gandalf equal as Maiar? Did Frodo arrive on Tol Eressea? Do all Elves have stars on their brows? How did Boromir journey to Rivendell? How do they know about Lotho? [all questions]

Month of 06/03 Could Sauron appear at the Black Gate? Do Elves have children? Galadriel knows Gandalf is alive? Is Nazgul power related to Sauron? Nazgul activity over the centuries [all questions]	Month of 05/03 Does Bombadil ever leave the Forest? Is Gandalf really Manwë incarnate? Is Sauron killed or just 'reduced'? Is Valinor removed from the world? What was the fate of Elrond's children? [all questions]

Month of 04/03 Analyzing LOTR a bad thing? Are Orcs born evil? Can they overthrow Sauron again? Can trolls talk like Men? Do Hobbits celebrate Christmas? [all questions]	Month of 02/03 Double meaning in the Ring Verse? Does Gollum sing the Barrow-wight song? Why is Rohan called the Riddermark? Tell us of the Ring of Barahir Why is Saruman considered 'the White'? [all questions]

Month of 11/02 Gandalf's foreknowledge of the One Ring? Any scientific progress in M.E.? Did the earliest Elves meet again? Does Elrond hate the race of Men? How did Dior choose his fate? [all questions]	Month of 09/02 Who influenced world events? Tell us of the Wainriders? What if I claimed the Ring? Would Gandalf prevent the Scouring of the Shire? What other continents are there? [all questions]

Month of 08/02 Is there a real Elvish Dictionary? Did the Ring have its own Will? Explain the blasting fire from Orthanc Give us Sauron's back-history How do the Elves reproduce? [all questions]	Month of 05/02 Is Legolas really Sindarin? Why not attack Sauron directly? What happened to Niniel? Could Gandalf survive the fall? Corrupted Three Rings? [all questions]

Month of 04/02 Elves can live where in Valinor? Did Tuor become immortal? What is the real power of the Ring? If you died while wearing the Ring? Frodo falling asleep again? [all questions]	Month of 02/02 What books should I read by Tolkien and in what order? Does Legolas have Glorfindel's power? Could the palantír spy on Valinor? Did Olorin fight against Sauron? Difference between Uruks and Uruk-hai? [all questions]

Month of 11/01 Frodo the new Dark Lord? Are there two 'my preciouses?' Could Galadriel sense Gollum? Did Theoden recognize Aragorn? Finnish and Quenya [all questions]	Month of 10/01 Was Minas Ithil similar to Tirith? Did Sauron have a personality? Why the anniversary pain? Elessar's gift to the slaves of Sauron The Eye of Sauron just a metaphor? [all questions]

Month of 09/01 Inscriptions on other Rings? Dwarf baby beards Gandalf the only One against Sauron? How could Dwarves go to Valinor? Beorn go back to where? [all questions]	Month of 08/01 Might a Nazgul take the Ring? When did Sauron build Barad-dur? Did Gandalf have feelings? Why stop on Caradhras? 3 Rings for whom exactly? [all questions]

Month of 07/01 Why isn't Thorin more like Gimli? Aragorn's early Friendships Connections to our world's myths? Are there two Galdors? Are Ungoliant and Shelob the same? [all questions]	Month of 06/01 The Shire has its own 'power?' Not enough time to fly to the Ford When did Ungoliant arrive in ME? What power is in a wizard's staff? The significance of Number 3? Who originally bore Orcrist? [all questions]

Month of 05/01 Sauron's Power in the Ring Was Grond the same as Morgoth's mace? Sons of Elendil and their Tower names Sauron was Maia? Cirdan escape the Fifth Battle? [all questions]	Month of 04/01 How does magic work in ME? Descendants of Elros can't choose? Did Bilbo ever meet young Aragorn? Dwarven name for Gandalf Express train fireworks? [all questions]

Month of 03/01 Is the Necromancer really Sauron? Can you estimate the population of M.E.? Did JRRT create a mythology for the stars? Did JRRT invent mithril? Is Legolas really a blonde? [all questions]	Month of 02/01 Why accept the service of two Hobbits? How easy is it to kill a Ringwraith? Is Middle-earth our Earth? Tell us of The New Shadow The Were-worms of the Last Desert [all questions]

Month of 11/00 Why the additional Morgul path? The inconsistency in Tolkien How were the Three Hidden? The Nazgul searching for the Shire The Fingolfin Family Tree [all questions]	Month of 10/00 Who Made the Dwarves? Gwaihir Carried him 4 Times Why not give Tom the One Ring to destroy? Is Tom Bombadil the first Elf? How Old is Cirdan? [all questions]

Month of 09/00 Concealing Narya on film Gollum's escape from Moria Arwen the Warrior Princess? The Balrog and the Mithril Origin of the name Gollum [all questions]	Month of 08/00 Could the Moriquendi return to Valinor? Tom and the mystery brooch Did Thranduil know of the Ring? Sauron is but a servant First of the Eldar slain [all questions]

Month of 07/00 True Leader of the White Council Seven Fathers of the Dwarves What does Evenstar mean? The Lands to the East Of Whom the Omens Spoke [all questions]	Month of 06/00 Who was the Mouth of Sauron? Elros Chooses Mortality How can you cut off an invisible finger? What is mithril? Faramir's Dreams [all questions]

Month of 05/00 Bombadil vs Angmar Clear Description of Elves Who is Goldberry? CS Lewis and Numenor Do Balrogs have WINGS? [all questions]	Month of 04/00 Saruman become a Valar? The Power of Nature Is Gandalf Invincible? Legolas Questions Elrond and his sons [all questions]

Month of 03/00 Armies of Gondor Arwen's Choice Cruel Caradhras Elladan and Elrohir Flying to Mount Doom [all questions]	Month of 02/00 Birthday Calculation Byzantine Correlation Dol Guldur Destroyed Elvish Rings' Power Final Passing of Fellowship [all questions]

Week of 12/20/99 Tom Bombadil’s Power The Second Prophecy of Mandos The Height of Elves The Doors of Durin Elwin Ransom as JRRT? [all questions]	Week of 12/07/99 Additional Help from the Ents Arwen's Back-Story England and ME? Gandalf concealing Narya? Gandalf's Fallibility? [all questions]

Week of 10/24/99 Who is Morgoth? Beleriand part of ME? Smells like Elves Sauron's Error Barrow Wights [all questions]	Week of 9/12/99 Role of Glorfindel Bilbo's Relation? Saruman Survive? Pointy Ears? Stone Giants? [all questions]

Week of 9/5/99 Nazgul 14 in the Party? Sauron Istari Bill the Pony [all questions]

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Questions 03/05

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Where do dwarves go when they die?
Saruman and the Ring
How old is Galadriel?
Aragorn and Legolas previous friends?
Was Gollum really a proper Hobbit?
What is Black Breath?
What caused the Ring to awake?
When were the last elves born?
What does Galad mean?
Is there a diff bwt Oliphaunts and Mumakil?
Is Goldberry really Nimrodel?

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