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   From: steuard@slimy.com   
      
   In message , Stan   
   Brown  wrote:   
   > On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:48:16 +0000 (UTC), Steuard Jensen wrote:   
   >> Consider: You are Sauron, in the early stages of a war against Gondor   
   >> and a hunt for your Ring that has recently resurfaced. You have just   
   >> met an unexpected challenge from an upstart heir of Isildur who   
   >> somehow managed to turn the tide of battle at Minas Tirith   
      
   >   
   > Not quite "just met" -- Aragorn challenged Sauron via Palantír after   
   > the battle of Isengard.   
   >   
      
   We're within a period of what, two weeks here? Three? I'm willing to   
   call that "just met".   
      
   > Interesting speculation, Steuard -- and nice to hear from you again!   
      
   I'm glad to have something interesting to post (and a bit of spare   
   time to do it: it's now the tail end of my spring break).   
      
   > Remember when Ar-Pharazôn's troops conquered Sauron?  Sauron had the   
   > Ring, with over a thousand years of practice in using it, but Ar-P's   
   > army was so splendid that Sauron's own servants deserted him. I   
   > imagine Sauron was counting on overawing Aragorn's troops, both   
   > through a greater numerical advantage (relatively) and through   
   > Aragorn's own inexperience with the Ring.   
      
   Good point!   
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