Dunedain. Fast inte som glänsande arvtagare till diverse kungariken. Nej, jag gillar dom som rangers, utbygdsjägare:
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'Few now remember them,' Tom murmured, 'yet still some go wandering, sons of forgotten kings walking in loneliness, guarding from evil things folk that are heedless.'
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... Peace and freedom, do you say? The North would have known them little but for us. Fear would have destroyed them. But when dark things come from the houseless hills, or creep from sunless woods, they fly from us. What roads would any dare to tread, what safety would there be in quiet lands, or in the homes of simple men at night, if the Dúnedain were asleep, or were all gone into the grave?
`And yet less thanks have we than you. Travellers scowl at us, and countrymen give us scornful names. "Strider" I am to one fat man who lives within a day's march of foes that would freeze his heart or lay his little town in ruin, if he were not guarded ceaselessly. ...
Och när Halbarad möter Theodens följe:
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'They are a strange company, these newcomers,' said Gimli. 'Stout men and lordly they are, and the Riders of Rohan look almost as boys beside them; for they are grim men of face, worn like weathered rocks for the most part, even as Aragorn himself; and they are silent.'
Lite trådslitet och raggigt, sådär.
Annat än posh-la-di-dah alver det!
Men jag tycker väldigt mycket om ödemarker, och jag skulle antagligen kunna vandra runt hur mycket som helst i de marker som en gång tillhörde Arnor... Så folk som lever och patrullerar där måste ju vara bra folk!