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| Divers Drabbles II by Raksha The Demon | 11 Review(s) |
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| Nesta | Reviewed Chapter: 1 on 10/29/2006 |
| This is a brilliant response to the passage you quoted, which has always puzzled me: why was Aragorn in Bree so affected by the thought of meeting the Ringwraiths? It's a bit of a shock to see an Aragorn so (shamefully?) affected, but it makes an interesting contrast with the coldly confident and apparently fearless man we meet in LoTR. If anything, it makes the latter more impressive. What were the Ringwraiths up to at the time, by the way? Author Reply: Thanx much for reading and reviewing, Nesta, especially since I know that Longshanks here is not your favorite Dunadan. I don't think Aragorn did too badly against the wraiths - though badly frightened, he acted purposefully, and did not dissolve into gibbering terror, which is what I would expect of a still young man of his training and character. I think anyone would have been affected by those three horrors crashing one's lonely campsite on a Northern hill, and Aragorn at least held onto his sanity. What were the Ringwraiths up to? Tolkien didn't give us specifics, I assume they were hunting Dunedain, or scouting for Elves. Or maybe they were allergic to all the dust that must have infested Dol Guldur, and went out for some fresh night air... | |