August 2, 2005

Of Dogs and Witches
Farlas

JJ- Yorksire terriors eh? They are so cute! I have a schnoodle myself named Honey. It was the only name that suited her at the time. But now that I have learned just how wild and crazy she can be, I realize her name should have been Wild Thing. LOL! That is enough about her.

Annatar- Um, if you never talk to your neighbors, then no, you don't really know them. The chances of anyone actually talking to her in the last five hundred years prior to the War of the Ring is slim to none.

I will give you that Galadriel could be a little strong willed, and she did disobey the Valar. That is why she was exiled, and that is why she was tested and that is why she was forgiven and allowed back to Valinor. She made a mistake, was punished, then forgiven. It happens even to the best of us. The Valar TRIED doing that with you and your master, but well, you are too corrupted to repent.

And you didn't practice magic? Warlock! Besides, it was Sam that called it magic and Galadriel did not know just what he meant. With us elves, it is all art, skill, and science. You and your master are the only magic users recorded in Middle-earth (that I am aware of).

So what if Gladden Fields is close to Lothlorien. So is the Forest of Fangorn, the Misty Mountains, Isenguard, the country of Rohan and a flock of ducks I have fed since I was an elfling.

It would have been the elves of Hollin that were to defend the dwarves, if it was anyone's place at all. Obviously the elves did not think themselves strong enough to go balrog hunting at the moment, and when they realized the horrible creature was content living in the dark caves of Moria, they let him be. I am sure he was under surveilance. There may have been other things that prevented them from acting. Perhaps the Valar knew what Gandalf should do, and decided that it was best to leave the foul flaming creature there, thus forbidding the elves from acting. The possibilities are endless.

There you go Annatar, the answers. Namarië!
-Faerlas Ava