Aldarion
Neoreactionary Monarchist
You might want to check out this set of works?
Lord of the Rings – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry (acoup.blog)
Thanks.
You might want to check out this set of works?
Lord of the Rings – A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry (acoup.blog)
Bigger mistake in my opinion - replacing Gondor vassals who come on captured pirate ships with Army of the Dead.It had no sense.
And oliphants was just bigger elephants,when they not only made it kajiu size,but also turned into some other species.
Like I said - my sample is small
Ha! I knew I've seen it - here is the AFAIK Tolkien endorsed plan:
Frontal assault, then
I have a niggling suspicion that Tolkien was a better linguist than military architecture historian
I would imagine that Tolkien was thinking of something similar to Dover Castle when he came up with Helm's Deep?
(And probably Minas Tirith as well)
There are a strictly limited number of points of attack.
Geography makes some directions completely unfeasible.
Minas Tirith perhaps, but Helm's Deep was I think just a small keep. Probably only had a small garrison.
This looks like a similar sketch in style to Helm's Deep, but for Minas Tirith.