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Post by khazarkhum on Sept 29, 2008 4:55:45 GMT
Skri could certainly teach the lad to avoid the rotgut and experience the finer tastes of good wine. However, that mysterious figure that Frumgár saw just might not be Skri. *grins* True. Admittedly any of the Nine could have good taste in wine. Poor little Fritha just wants a new daddy um, friend. His little legs are being worn down to nubs.
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Post by Elfhild on Sept 30, 2008 6:45:25 GMT
We just rewrote Chapter 6 of Book Two. It has been uploaded to our site, HASA, and LOTRFF.
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Post by Angmar on Sept 30, 2008 20:16:23 GMT
Poor little Fritha just wants a new daddy um, friend. His little legs are being worn down to nubs. A fell beast could certainly take the lad far and save the strain on his legs. *Looks back in fondness at all of the fell beast travel in Second Darkness*
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Post by khazarkhum on Oct 1, 2008 0:54:37 GMT
They're much more efficient than legs. I'm sure you get many miles to the feeding.
I've always wondered how they were managed. Perhaps Fritha will get to see the breeding area and fondle hatchlings. Socialization is critical for babies like these. People hand-raise parrots and other birds, along with the more usual animals. It's the best way if you want to keep them.
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Post by Agan on Oct 1, 2008 10:54:40 GMT
Say, Angmar and Elfhild, why haven't you posted "the Fury of the Forgoil" on HASA? I liked this chapter so much...
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Post by Elfhild on Oct 1, 2008 19:46:20 GMT
Agan, when we first started writing The Circles, we had considered writing unique preludes to each book which didn't really have anything to do with the overall plot, but gave a preview of the overall "feeling" of the book. However, as time went by, we realized that we would have to come up with endless short stories, because there are just so many books. We decided to keep prologues to books which really need them to help explain parts of the plot.
I've considered making a few changes to "Fury of the Forgoil" and posting it as an independent short story to the archives. There are not a lot of stories about the Hillmen, and even less that portray the darker side of the ancestors of the Rohirrim, so I think it would be rather unique.
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Post by Angmar on Oct 1, 2008 21:18:59 GMT
I've always wondered how they were managed. Perhaps Fritha will get to see the breeding area and fondle hatchlings. Socialization is critical for babies like these. People hand-raise parrots and other birds, along with the more usual animals. It's the best way if you want to keep them. Khazar, while it would be a glorious adventure for a young boy, it is unlikely that Fate has ordained such a destiny for Fritha. Perhaps some other people in the story might gain a close knowledge of the great fell beasts. *grins* I, too, have always wondered how these creatures would be managed. Tolkien gives us a little information about their care in the below quote: "A creature of an older world maybe it was, whose kind, lingering in forgotten mountains cold beneath the Moon, outstayed their day, and in hideous eyrie bred this last untimely brood, apt to evil. And the Dark Lord took it, and nursed it with fell meats, until it grew beyond the measure of all other things that fly; and he gave it to his servant to be his steed." - The Battle of the Pelenor Fields, p. 115 Actually, in this case, Sauron appears to be preserving an endangered species that was doomed to extinction without help. Not that He ever got any credit for this, but... Now to the appearance of the beastie. Tolkien tells us in Letter 211, "Pterodactyl. Yes and no. I did not intend the steed of the Witch-King to be what is now called a 'pterodactyl,' and often is drawn (with rather less shadowy evidence than lies behind many monsters of the new and fascinating semi-scientific mythology of the 'Prehistoric'). But obviously it is pterodactylic and owes much to the new mythology, and its description even provides a sort of way in which it could be a last survivor of older geological eras." (p. 282) I always liked Allor's depiction of a fell beast, which is a mixture of reptile and bird. (Note the beak.) www.geocities.com/circlesofpower/drunk_nz.jpg
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Post by Agan on Oct 1, 2008 21:36:23 GMT
Angmar, I also love Allor's pic. The beak is 100 percent canon, by the way. Also an interesting fact about the Fell Beasts is that it took Sauron only about 1-2 months to breed them - or likely not "breed" but just make them grow to such a monstrous size: So - were the FB some small bird-like reptiles fed on growth hormones? Elfhild, it is a very good idea to publish "the Fury" separately. It is a great story and quite unique, indeed.
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Post by khazarkhum on Oct 2, 2008 5:09:37 GMT
Angmar, I also love Allor's pic. The beak is 100 percent canon, by the way. Also an interesting fact about the Fell Beasts is that it took Sauron only about 1-2 months to breed them - or likely not "breed" but just make them grow to such a monstrous size: So - were the FB some small bird-like reptiles fed on growth hormones? If you're Sauron, you should be able to grow them as big as you need them. I think that they were actually these: www.flickr.com/photos/markwitton/2465048793/2 months is awfully fast to grow them, break them to saddle, and ride them out with any kind of confidence. Once again Sauron must have used some special power to do so. And poor little Fritha won't get to see them. I think Allor's wonderful picture would be a great thing to have as a print.
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Post by Agan on Oct 2, 2008 14:41:38 GMT
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