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Post by Gormonghast on Sept 29, 2004 11:10:54 GMT 1
Is there a definitive answer to the question of Who/what is the Lord of the Rings of the book title?
Is it Sauron, the forger of the ring?
Is it Aragorn, who is so described in ROTK?
Is it the One ring itself, as it has power over all the others?
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Post by Bullroarer on Sept 29, 2004 17:51:11 GMT 1
'Hurray!' cried Pippin, springing up. 'Here is our noble cousin! Make way for Frodo, Lord of the Ring!'
'Hush!' said Gandalf from the shadows at the back of the porch. 'Evil things do not come into this valley; but all the same we should not name them. The Lord of the Ring is not Frodo, but the master of the Dark Tower of Mordor, whose power is again stretching out over the world! We are sitting in a fortress. Outside it is getting dark.'
From 'Many Meetings' in The Fellowship of the Ring.
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Post by Gormonghast on Oct 20, 2004 13:20:05 GMT 1
What confused me was a passage in War of the Ring which was deleted from the final text of Return of the King.
The idea was that Aragorn had himself proclaimed "Lord of the Ring" in order to make Sauron believe that he was carrying the Ring himself and intended to use it, thus drawing the attention of Sauron away from the true Ringbearers.
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Post by Malacandra on Oct 22, 2004 20:46:20 GMT 1
Yes Gormonghast, in the book as finally published some reference is made to it in the chapter "The Last Debate", that Sauron seeing Aragorn's apparent recklessness will believe he is seeing the new Ringlord trying his strength; but he never actually proclaims himself anything of the kind. When the army goes forth under Aragorn, Gandalf et al only the titles "The Lords of the West" and "The King Elessar" are offered in challenge.
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