[ SECRET POST #2889 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2889 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Comments

Pretty much

[(Anonymous)]

When I was reading Sword of Shannara as a gullible little preteen and realizing "hey, this is a lot like Lord of the Rings!", I identified Menion Leah as more of a Merry/Pippin analogue -- he was already a friend. I can see the Aragorn rationale, too, but I think Balinor was also part Aragorn, since iirc he went on to rule himself, not be somebody's steward.

For those who haven't read it, it's not just the characters. It's the story structure.
--Hero and sidekick are in small town, are informed of dire epic thing.
--Tense travel to point of temporary safety where meet up with additional friend(s).
--More eventful travel to wonderful city inhabited by fantasy race, where there is a council about how to deal with dire epic thing.
--Small group is formed to deal with epic thing! including all the Fellowship character analogues OP described.
--Travel some more in danger, eventually split up in an unplanned fashion.
--I'm not positive, but I think they even thought wise magician guy was dead for a while.
--Hero has to travel almost alone into heart of evil power to deal with dire epic thing.
--Rest of scattered group deals with ongoing war.
--I think when all hope seems lost, hero deals with dire epic thing and evil crumbles? Whoohoo.
--Then human kingdom enters new era of peace and prosperity, etc.