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Also Imrahil is a relatively minor character but if you subscribe to the interpretation that LotR-the-book is an in-world historical text he would be the sort of person you’d want to be sure you wouldn’t overlook.

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Daniel M. Ford 's avatar Daniel M. Ford @soundingline.bsky.social
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I was absolutely _fascinated_ with Imrahil as a kid. Why is he a "prince?" He has elven blood in his ancestry, or supposedly does? Etc etc. If I had known fanfiction was a thing I probably would've written some

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Cris (without an H)'s avatar Cris (without an H) @ambignostic.bsky.social
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Even though Tolkien undoubtedly had lots of the details extensively worked out, I love that he keeps the textual role to such a minimum. We don't really need an entire chapter or spin-off series going into the history and politics of Dol Amroth spelled out; what we have is enough.

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