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The Orcs and other creatures of Sauron were left directionless with his demise, and were easily defeated by the Army of the West. Some killed themselves, while others fled. The proud
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some two weeks earlier, but the enemy was beaten back without much loss. Aragorn realized that this was an intentionally weak feint, meant to lure them into thinking that Sauron's army was exhausted. Later, some whose fear overcame them were sent to retake and hold the island of Cair Andros. Thus the
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states that while commentators have noted the "self-sacrificial courage" of the hobbits Frodo and Sam crossing Mordor to destroy the One Ring, far fewer had spoken of the "equal if less solitary unselfish daring" of the 7,000 men who offered battle at the
Morannon. Kocher notes that if Frodo and Sam
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is interspersed with scenes of Frodo and Sam at Mount Doom, and focuses mainly on the characters of
Gandalf, Aragorn, and the rest of the Fellowship. Aragorn fights a troll, a departure from the book; Large numbers of extras were used for the battle, and some hundreds of soldiers from New Zealand's
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combining animation, miniatures and live action. The final drama of the Battle of the Black Gate was to feature
Gandalf's turning each of the ringwraiths to stone in front of the watching armies. Tolkien was strongly opposed to their approach and nothing came of it.
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The forces of Sauron advanced and surrounded the Army of the West. Sauron's army outnumbered that of the West by at least ten to one. The Army of the West divided itself into two rings upon hills of rubble opposite the gate: Aragorn, Gandalf, and the sons of
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had completed their mission an hour later, the whole army would have been lost, given the "desperate" odds; the hobbits saved the army, but just as much, the army "saved the hobbits and so the West".
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army to give an impression of the battle's enormous scale. Jackson had at one stage intended
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shirt. The Mouth threatened that Frodo would be tortured if the West did not agree to Sauron's terms of surrender. Gandalf took the items from the Mouth of Sauron, and dismissed him.
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he established the renewed and united Kingdoms of Gondor and Arnor.
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Stratyner, Leslie; Keller, James R. (21 January 2015).
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was "deliberate", as the date was 25 March, for the
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243:, killed a Troll. The surviving
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1151:The Tale of Aragorn and Arwen
812:Evans, Willy (3 March 2018).
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517:Battle of the Pelennor Fields
69:into Mordor to destroy it in
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293:Christianity in Middle-earth
141:, a Guard of the Citadel of
129:of Rohan; Prince Imrahil of
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3597:The Shaping of Middle-earth
2947:The Battle for Middle-earth
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301:writes that Tolkien, a
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2535:The Lord of the Rings
2523:The Lord of the Rings
2476:The Lord of the Rings
2389:A Map of Middle-earth
2290:The Children of HĂșrin
2248:The Road Goes Ever On
1392:Death and immortality
1342:The Road Goes Ever On
1319:A Elbereth Gilthoniel
1137:The Council of Elrond
1082:The Lord of the Rings
1062:The Lord of the Rings
1010:The Lord of the Rings
511:Battle of Helm's Deep
450:
425:Further information:
395:Further information:
376:Further information:
291:Further information:
118:to challenge Sauron.
30:The Lord of the Rings
5091:Middle-earth battles
4827:At Dawn in Rivendell
4820:A Night in Rivendell
4807:The Tolkien Ensemble
4641:Brothers Hildebrandt
4163:Two Trees of Valinor
3526:The Fall of Gondolin
2840:Journey to Rivendell
2547:Hordes of the Things
2311:The Fall of Gondolin
1999:Watcher in the Water
1967:Witch-king of Angmar
1164:List of translations
688:Croft, Janet Brennan
543:were in Mordor, and
366:last day of Creation
358:Christ's Crucifixion
297:The Tolkien scholar
4331:Round World dilemma
3883:EĂ€rendil and Elwing
3536:The Fall of NĂșmenor
2861:War in Middle Earth
2807:The Hunt for Gollum
2361:The Last Ringbearer
1647:Narrative structure
1642:Impression of depth
1259:Company of the Ring
719:, pp. 175â176.
646:, pp. 226â227.
575:, "The Last Debate"
421:Psychological quest
382:The Tolkien critic
201:cloak, and Frodo's
4950:A Question of Time
4752:The Rings of Power
4671:Alexander Korotich
4468:Sound and language
4348:Dreams and visions
3104:War of Three Peaks
2781:The Rings of Power
2715:Hobbiton Movie Set
2679:Concerning Hobbits
2563:Der Herr der Ringe
2496:Misty Mountain Hop
2353:Bored of the Rings
2177:Phial of Galadriel
1507:Sound and language
1402:Dreams and visions
1372:Addiction to power
979:(Third ed.).
886:. pp. 65â66.
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4943:Picturing Tolkien
4929:Interrupted Music
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3062:Siege of Mirkwood
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2399:Barbara Remington
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2255:Bilbo's Last Song
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1625:Editorial framing
1620:Character pairing
1467:Naming of weapons
999:Tolkien, J. R. R.
990:978-0-261-10275-0
926:978-0-618-51083-2
893:978-0-7864-8473-7
879:Picturing Tolkien
870:Rateliff, John D.
855:978-0-8018-9187-8
798:978-1-4766-1135-8
742:978-0-470-40514-7
672:978-0-14-003877-4
474:Lord of the Rings
407:Winston Churchill
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4363:Environmentalism
4343:Decline and fall
4266:Tolkien's poetry
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2098:LothlĂłrien
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4676:Alan Lee
4631:Cor Blok
4526:Medieval
4487:Literary
4448:Paganism
4237:Sindarin
4207:Heraldry
4189:Elements
4181:Analysis
4151:One Ring
4136:PalantĂr
4081:Mirkwood
4066:Isengard
4051:Esgaroth
3845:DĂșnedain
3840:DrĂședain
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3720:universe
3626:1988â92
3571:1983â84
3381:1954-55
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2977:Conquest
2847:Game One
2799:Fan-made
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2123:Isengard
2103:Mirkwood
2055:Eriador
1944:Monsters
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4249:Valarin
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2079:Bag End
1925:Théoden
1902:Faramir
1892:Boromir
1879:Aragorn
1827:Hobbits
1803:Legolas
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1746:peoples
1732:Saruman
1722:Gandalf
1717:Wizards
1707:Balrogs
1690:Peoples
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1301:Khuzdul
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1169:Swedish
962:Sources
690:(ed.).
558:Primary
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332:in the
251:of the
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116:heralds
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