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Why destroy Laketown's bridge?

Sauron the White Why destroy Laketown's bridge? 04-03-2008, 08:19 AM

alatar Maybe they were prepared for... 04-03-2008, 08:45 AM

Sauron the White Regarding him needing space... 04-03-2008, 09:28 AM

skip spence Now, it was many years since... 04-03-2008, 09:38 AM

Sauron the White That assumption is convenient... 04-03-2008, 09:48 AM

skip spence ^My point is simple really: ... 04-03-2008, 10:05 AM

Sauron the White There is a far more obvious... 04-03-2008, 10:17 AM

alatar These docks received floating... 04-03-2008, 10:23 AM

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davem Clearly Smaug was afraid of... 04-03-2008, 10:46 AM

Sauron the White How does destroying the... 04-03-2008, 11:00 AM

alatar Sorry, thought that I did. ... 04-03-2008, 11:20 AM

Rikae Perhaps no one has answered... 04-03-2008, 11:37 AM

Sauron the White There is not one iota of... 04-03-2008, 01:20 PM

Rikae They would not need to know... 04-03-2008, 02:00 PM

Rikae One more thing 04-03-2008, 02:17 PM

Sauron the White With all due respect, are you... 04-03-2008, 02:23 PM

Rikae Since answering any of your... 04-03-2008, 02:28 PM

Macalaure Conventional wisdom said that... 04-03-2008, 03:19 PM

Sauron the White When I post these questions... 04-03-2008, 03:41 PM

Rikae Leaving aside the inaccuracy... 04-03-2008, 04:03 PM

Macalaure I think you're... 04-03-2008, 04:17 PM

davem I think a lot of this has to... 04-03-2008, 03:46 PM

Nogrod Even if we'd ease a bit and... 04-03-2008, 04:24 PM

Sauron the White Is it heresy to suggest that... 04-03-2008, 04:51 PM

Nogrod I must say I can't quite get... 04-03-2008, 05:09 PM

Nogrod We all tend to have our main... 04-03-2008, 05:55 PM

Sauron the White From my perspective your... 04-03-2008, 06:19 PM

Nogrod I tend to agree with this... 04-03-2008, 06:32 PM

alatar Just a quick thought before... 04-03-2008, 07:11 PM

Bêthberry Now that's just plain... 04-03-2008, 08:34 PM

Rune Son of Bjarne Would the quickest escape... 04-03-2008, 09:14 PM

The Sixth Wizard Hello all. The reason the... 04-04-2008, 04:44 AM

The Sixth Wizard Here's a classic picture of... 04-04-2008, 04:51 AM

davem Tolkien's drawing of... 04-04-2008, 05:39 AM

Sauron the White A picture says a thousand... 04-04-2008, 05:47 AM

Rikae It doesn't look easily thrown... 04-04-2008, 05:53 AM

The Sixth Wizard I'd think that Smaug wouldn't... 04-04-2008, 06:00 AM

Rikae He probably could also... 04-04-2008, 06:02 AM

Macalaure Apart from the problems... 04-04-2008, 06:14 AM

Rikae Indeed (that's my point in... 04-04-2008, 06:21 AM

Rune Son of Bjarne I don't know much about... 04-04-2008, 06:07 AM

Legate of Amon Lanc Quite possible. At least the... 04-04-2008, 05:48 AM

Rikae I also wonder why the bridge... 04-04-2008, 05:57 AM

Alfirin On Smaug's motives and anatomy 04-04-2008, 06:11 AM

The Sixth Wizard I've just found an... 04-04-2008, 06:21 AM

Alfirin When I said twisted I meant... 04-04-2008, 07:21 AM

The Sixth Wizard Ah my mistake. Actually I... 04-04-2008, 07:47 AM

Rikae I think, Alfirin, that you're... 04-04-2008, 07:49 AM

Sauron the White Bard saying "cut the bridges"... 04-04-2008, 08:03 AM

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alatar Not sure of the exact... 04-04-2008, 08:22 AM

Sauron the White That was rather funny. Very... 04-04-2008, 08:26 AM

Macalaure Text and picture obviously do... 04-04-2008, 08:52 AM

Sauron the White My armour is like tenfold... 04-04-2008, 09:06 AM

Rikae I don't know where you get... 04-04-2008, 09:19 AM

Sauron the White It is wonderful that the... 04-04-2008, 09:30 AM

alatar It's that 'priors' thing, or... 04-04-2008, 02:57 PM

The Sixth Wizard Those who think it would be... 04-04-2008, 05:44 PM

skip spence That's a good point, although... 04-06-2008, 06:54 AM

Bêthberry As to the question of bridge... 04-04-2008, 10:09 AM

davem Destroying the bridge is the... 04-04-2008, 11:06 AM

Eönwë Some answers 04-05-2008, 05:07 AM

The Sixth Wizard Let's forget about this... 04-05-2008, 06:13 AM

Sauron the White from eonwe Wiseguy... 04-05-2008, 06:42 AM

Eönwë Sauron the White, I am sure... 04-06-2008, 02:13 AM

Bêthberry Oh, not a snub at all, no... 04-05-2008, 08:19 AM

Rikae Good points, Sixth, just one... 04-04-2008, 05:37 AM

Galendor Everyone knows that most if... 04-05-2008, 09:35 AM

Rune Son of Bjarne Is the first part about the... 04-06-2008, 05:54 AM

Galendor Not a joke, given their... 04-06-2008, 10:44 PM

The Sixth Wizard Smaug would not land on the... 04-07-2008, 01:37 AM

Estelyn Telcontar For your delectation, here's... 04-07-2008, 02:55 AM

Alfirin re: Estelyns picture 04-07-2008, 05:07 AM

Sauron the White from the Sixth Wizard A... 04-07-2008, 05:22 AM

Bêthberry Where was this done, please?... 04-07-2008, 01:28 PM

Macalaure Sauron, as Rikae has just... 04-07-2008, 02:07 PM

Sauron the White from Rikae Given the... 04-07-2008, 02:15 PM

Sauron the White from Macalaure Yes,... 04-07-2008, 02:24 PM

Rikae Just one question (and I... 04-07-2008, 02:32 PM

Quempel Why would Smaug need to land... 04-07-2008, 02:40 PM

Sauron the White here is the description by... 04-07-2008, 02:58 PM

Rikae That, as you probably well... 04-07-2008, 03:31 PM

davem Anglo-Saxon warriors rode... 04-07-2008, 03:31 PM

Rikae Excellent point. Not to... 04-07-2008, 03:37 PM

Macalaure Like I said before, you're... 04-07-2008, 03:46 PM

Sauron the White davem & others the faults on... 04-07-2008, 04:14 PM

davem In what way, then, was he... 04-07-2008, 04:19 PM

Macalaure You are aware that that quote... 04-07-2008, 04:24 PM

Sauron the White from davem As I have... 04-07-2008, 04:47 PM

McCaber I'd rather have a dragon... 04-07-2008, 05:02 PM

Rikae And, as several people have... 04-07-2008, 05:20 PM

Sauron the White It is foolish to go back and... 04-07-2008, 05:23 PM

Estelyn Telcontar I quite agree - you have... 04-08-2008, 03:14 AM

The Sixth Wizard I think they would wear more... 04-08-2008, 04:51 AM

alatar I'd like to thank whomever... 04-08-2008, 10:22 AM

Rune Son of Bjarne If one can reason witha ... 04-08-2008, 10:57 AM

alatar It should be obvious that one... 04-08-2008, 11:27 AM

skip spence Maybe it was just a mistake... 04-08-2008, 12:25 PM

Morthoron To sum things up, I'd like to... 04-08-2008, 03:05 PM

Rune Son of Bjarne So Alatar, lets say the... 04-08-2008, 09:29 PM

Nerwen In fact it could become a... 04-09-2008, 06:42 AM

skip spence Not so sure about that. I... 04-09-2008, 07:13 AM

Rune Son of Bjarne but if the watcher graps a... 04-09-2008, 07:23 AM

skip spence But that's faulty logic my... 04-09-2008, 07:34 AM

Rune Son of Bjarne not faulty logic at all, just... 04-09-2008, 07:55 AM

alatar To segue back to the topic of... 04-09-2008, 08:09 AM

Bêthberry I wouldn't be surprised if... 04-09-2008, 10:18 AM

Estelyn Telcontar Warning - skwerlz can find... 04-09-2008, 11:41 AM

alatar "Throwing down" bridges seems... 04-21-2008, 10:37 AM

Nazgûl-king Perhaps it was a common... 06-13-2008, 04:53 AM

Hot, crispy nice hobbit Panic attack 06-14-2008, 06:36 AM

Nazgûl-king It says in The Hobbit, that:... 06-18-2008, 12:50 PM

alatar Maybe the men of Laketown... 06-18-2008, 01:25 PM

Nerwen Obviously, tourists would... 04-09-2008, 07:42 AM

Eönwë The Lord of the Bridge ... 04-09-2008, 06:29 AM

Bêthberry a violin, E flat, 10 seconds 04-07-2008, 06:45 PM

Rumil Un-bridging 04-07-2008, 07:31 PM

LadyBrooke Holding an peace branch 06-14-2008, 07:06 PM

Morthoron Personally, I am hoping for... 04-07-2008, 08:20 PM

Macalaure We seem to have a different... 04-07-2008, 02:27 PM

Bêthberry Hmmm. Hummm. Harrroooom. Let... 04-07-2008, 03:33 PM

Macalaure Sauron, one of your main... 04-07-2008, 05:32 AM

Galendor I agree, and don't actually... 04-07-2008, 06:50 AM

Sauron the White from Rikae The picture... 04-07-2008, 11:08 AM

Sauron the White from Macalaure ... 04-07-2008, 11:30 AM

Rikae How many times has Macalaure... 04-07-2008, 12:07 PM

Sauron the White Rikae you seem so bent on... 04-07-2008, 12:14 PM

Sauron the White from davem please....... 04-07-2008, 12:21 PM

Sauron the White davem I did not mean to... 04-07-2008, 12:24 PM

Sauron the White Rikae now you are picking... 04-07-2008, 12:28 PM

Rikae A tip that may help you read... 04-07-2008, 12:40 PM

Sauron the White I have no problem at all with... 04-07-2008, 12:43 PM

Rikae Well, this is what you said:... 04-07-2008, 01:04 PM

Rikae I really think you... 04-07-2008, 01:10 PM

McCaber On Smaug fearing to cross the... 04-07-2008, 03:17 PM

Sauron the White Smaug himself could make a... 04-07-2008, 03:20 PM

Rikae Who said that? What was said... 04-07-2008, 03:33 PM

Rikae Oh dear - apparently reading... 04-07-2008, 12:25 PM

Rikae Sauron, if that is what you... 04-07-2008, 12:23 PM

Rikae Interesting, that's exactly... 04-07-2008, 12:11 PM

davem StW I really think you are... 04-07-2008, 12:12 PM

Rikae Everyone but you seems to... 04-07-2008, 12:00 PM

Eönwë Maybe so. Or at least, their... 04-07-2008, 11:18 AM

skip spence 'Twas funny at that. Now I... 04-06-2008, 06:58 AM

Sauron the White from skip spence Well... 04-06-2008, 09:27 AM

Rikae So, your point is what,... 04-06-2008, 10:07 AM

Sauron the White There were bridges in... 04-06-2008, 10:16 AM

Rikae So now they only cut some of... 04-06-2008, 10:42 AM

davem The large bridge was cut -... 04-06-2008, 11:13 AM

Morthoron Evidently, the folk of... 04-06-2008, 11:34 AM

Sauron the White davem I am not arguing that... 04-06-2008, 11:44 AM

davem Tolkien's painting of The... 04-06-2008, 12:38 PM

Rune Son of Bjarne I don't understand the... 04-06-2008, 01:07 PM

Sauron the White Rikae said no Are we... 04-06-2008, 01:36 PM

Ibrîniðilpathânezel After following this thread... 04-06-2008, 03:21 PM

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Rikae Then, Sauron, you are still... 04-07-2008, 05:45 AM

The Sixth Wizard In that picture, Smaug got... 04-07-2008, 05:51 AM

skip spence I don't see how that bridge... 04-06-2008, 10:30 AM

Sauron the White from Skip Spence . Very... 04-06-2008, 10:37 AM

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Rikae Yes, I know that is your... 04-06-2008, 01:03 PM

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04-04-2008, 05:44 PM	#11
The Sixth Wizard Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Stuck under a rock in Valinor with Ar-Pharazon. Posts: 480	Those who think it would be smarter to attack Smaug while he was landridden, I don't think you get the fear factor here. Fighting him with bows as he swoops lazily over your burning town is scary enough; fighting a monster who can breathe fire on wood (again, wood) with close range weapons is just too much for even the bravest warriors. No-one would stay to fight, except maybe Bard.

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