#but like! the sardirath- and arguably also the men of the mountain- are just. trapped

[aurore-parle-de-ses-idees]

3am really is the incorrect time to decide to care about the vandassari again but!

so we know where just over half of them are, leaving the ones for rhovanion, cardolan, and rhudaur, and i would Love to know where those guys ended up- especially cardolan and rhudaur

and the númenoreans just rocked (ha) up with these things and said 'yeah swear to ally with us in wars on this very special rock :) we'll give you shiny swords :)' and expected that one, these things would never ever backfire and two, this is a Perfectly Reasonable thing to do and a-ok like. ethically. part of me wants to ask why these things were made in the first place, but really it tracks both with númenorean history and the general lotr trend of never Not making the questionable magic rock/jewelry/etc. idk man I'm with the lossoth on these things

#lotro #too late to be thinking abt this :/ #i could see the cardolan stone being hidden in the barrow-downs somewhere #and maybe the rhudaur one in another lost temple type situation #but like! the sardirath- and arguably also the men of the mountain- are just. trapped #WHO thought these were a good thing i would like to have a long philosophical talk with you #i also have some vague suspicions about the 3p angmarim and câr bronach but. could be many other things before a vandassar