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Fredius:
Merchants from Harad or Rhun?

Hamanathnath:

--- Zitat von: Fredius am 24. Apr 2016, 22:00 ---Merchants from Harad or Rhun?



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Wow I never noticed those people in the background.   :o

I guess it could be either, but in my opinion, I doubt that either would trade with Laketown, especially Harad because of how far they are. 

Could they possibly be from Dorwinion?

Walküre:
Evil Men as a future faction in the Edain Mod 4.0 REVEALED!  :D

Jokes apart, it could be. Lake Town (and Dale even more) is said to be a very dynamic commercial emporium, in the middle of various trading routes throughout Middle Earth (almost like Constantinople before and during the whole Middle Age, for example); it is thus very likely to assume that it could have attracted a lot of foreign merchants. We can also assume that they might come from the Human tribes of the South and the East that were not subjected to Sauron (and Tolkien tells us there are many).

By the way, speaking about Lake Town, what do you think about the little 'Flemish touch' that PJ gave to anything referring to this context?
I always had the sense of beholding the typical and iconic misty, cold and marine towns of the Hanseatic League whenever I saw Lake Town  :P

If you can relate  ;)

Walküre:
After quite some time spent in searching for them, I eventually found two concept-arts of how Galadriel was initially supposed to look during the banishment sequence. As also other images from WETA and a behind-the-scenes video that I saw confirm, 'Drowned/Seaweed Galadriel' was intended to (especially at the beginning) display the effect of the evil influence of Dol Guldur (a totally hostile environment) that taints her and progressively drains her ethereal aura; the apex is exactly reached when Sauron reveals himself to the White Council.

You can see the clear sea/water motive still prominent (her veil resembles seaweed), in the following images; according to PJ and the writers, it's a reference to the properties of Nenya. It's though less apparent than what was the final rendition in the actual film. I used these pictures primarily for a proposal of mine (which you are more than welcome to participate in, if you are willing to), but I would also like to post them here, relating directly to the Hobbit trilogy.

Walküre:
For those who may have missed it, here it is the entire BOTFA panel presentation during the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con. Along with most of the cast, there's obviously our beloved PJ to greet the crowd. Apart from the information about the then-expected last chapter of the Hobbit trilogy, the director talks vaguely about possible plans for the whole six-part saga: what might happen when the series (and his overall work on Middle-earth) finally ends.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=ugEFwc5bMB8

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