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...there's someone loose hereabouts as is more dangerous than any other damned rebel that ever walked since the bad old times, since the Great Siege.
The Great Siege was a conflict, recalled by Gorbag during the War of the Ring while talking to Shagrat.[1] He was most likely referring to the Siege of Barad-dûr by the Last Alliance,[2] which lasted from S.A. 3434[3] until 3441.[4]
References
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, "The Choices of Master Samwise", p. 739
- ↑ Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull (eds), The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, p. 500
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Second Age", entry for the year 3434
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Second Age", entry for the year 3441