Sorry, couldn't let this board end without reviving that topic one more time.  And those who weren't around during a certain era won't even know what I'm talking about.

Owlamoo
ink drawing by JRRT

"Maddo and Owlamoo were two of Michael's imagined bogeys
when he was about 6-8 years old.  I tried to draw them from
his descriptions — which seemed to rob them of terror and
leave them merely nursery mythological creatures....
Owlamoo was just a large sinister owl-like figure that perched
on high furniture or pictures and glared at you."

THREE HEADS WITH ONE SWIPE OF HSI BLADE!!!

EASTERLINGS RULE!!! HARADS DROOL!@

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"channels IRANGER one last time"

...something about wanting to see New Line's accounting records to get an accurate number of how many of them were actually in the films..

But not to worry, the Hobbit sequel is going to include a whole backstory on the two guys who almost spear Frodo and Sam when they are hiding under that elven cloak, including the tragic accident that wrecked their eyesight at a young age...

Thanks for the flashback -- sounds like that was an, er, interesting time around here!

After marching all that way to come to the battle, they decided they'd had enough, so they waited on the sidelines until Aragorn's army was distracted at the Black Gates, and then they made off home with the horses. It makes sense of everything.

Silverlode

"They looked as he pointed, and before them they could see the stream leaping down to the trough of the valley, and then running on and away into the lower lands, until it was lost in a golden haze."

";-D"