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   From: joedoe3@gmail.com   
      
   Morgoth's Curse schrieb am 02.02.2012 10:39:   
   > On Thu, 19 May 2005 22:56:41 GMT, "Christopher Kreuzer"   
   >  wrote:   
   >> Which pretty much covers lots of the reasons given elsewhere in the   
   >> thread. All story-external reasons to do with writing a story, but I'm   
   >> sure there are some moderately satisfying story-internal reasons as   
   >> well.   
   >   
   > 	I wish to resurrect this thread to mention one other point which   
   > has since occurred to me:  Thrainduil is, to the best of my knowledge,   
   > the only Elven king in the history of Middle-earth whose fortress ever   
   > had dungeons.  (Even Thingol had to have a special prison constructed   
   > when he imprisoned his daughter.)  I suspect that given their affinity   
   > with the natural world, the thought of imprisonment was repugnant to   
   > the Elves of Lorien.   
      
   if i recall correctly, then Gollum was first pursued by Gandalf and   
   Aragorn in the vicinity of Mirkwood and I always thought that Gandalf   
   (who never had any lasting abode) agreed at that time with Thranduil   
   that if caught Gollum would be guarded by the Elves. At that time it was   
   not foreseen that he would make his way to Mordor and back and hence   
   Lorien never was considered.   
   Ultimately, the original plan (sending him to Mirkwood) was carried out   
   by Aragorn - both because it would not be clear whether anybody else   
   would agree to take him and because Agarorn had lost his cell phone and   
   could not text Gandalf the change of plan...   
      
   regards   
    Geza   
      
      
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