Middle-earth Journeys

'Rings true': good pun! Is Aragorn the only character to transfigure without the possession of a Ring?

'But his life is charmed, or fate spares him for some other end.'

Who said it and about whom?

Merry wrote:'Rings true': good pun! Is Aragorn the only character to transfigure without the possession of a Ring?

'But his life is charmed, or fate spares him for some other end.'

Who said it and about whom?

a guess: Is it Gandalf speaking about Gollum?

I can see the reason for your guess, serinde, but no on both counts.

Okay, time for a clue! Both the speaker and the person spoken about were Men.

A wild guess on the fly--Eomer said it of Aragorn?

Aragorn's life is certainly charmed, librislove, but no. Guess again!

oooo--You are good, Merry! I thought I would never find it --It's Mablung speaking to Sam and Frodo about Faramir.

Right! I found it when I was skimming around looking for info on Faramir for our on-going Boromir/Faramir argument in another thread.

Your turn--

OK--Who said "There's no longer even any bad sense in it." ?

I was going to guess that this was Treebeard about Saruman, but last night, by coincidence, I read the chapter that contained this quote. It was Farmer Maggot about Saruman's actions in the Shire. At least Saruman was consistent!

Yes indeed--your turn!

Who said, "His wish is to me a command"? (Extra points for naming whose wish is being talked about!)

Need a clue? The person being talked about is King Aragorn.

I'm too lazy to go digging.

Faramir?

I'll echo Philipa, and guess too--Imrahil?