Should this page be merged with Fellowship of the Ring (characters)? Arwen Skywalker 02:32, 20 March 2007 (UTC)
- merged Sith Penguin Lord 01:35, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
As for the pictures in the small box at the bottom of pages detailing members of the fellowship, should the images be sized the same? LOTRisawesome 16:32, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
Inspiration For Multi-Class Adventuring Party In Other Fantasy Works?[]
After reading this curious article from CBR.com site 10 Fantasy Tropes The Lord of the Rings Started and noticing a peculiar element in some prominent fantasy works such as Dungeons & Dragons (particularly its popular livestream Critical Role/The Legend of Vox Machina), Final Fantasy series, Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, Goblin Slayer and Delicious in Dungeon, I believed that Fellowship of the Ring group may very well inspired multi-class adventuring party concept in such works. To elaborate, Multi-Class Adventuring Party refers to a group of adventurers who each raised by different philosophies and possesses radically different skills and life experiences which nonetheless allow them to overcome various obstacles over the course of their quest provided that they work together as a team, something which true to Fellowship of the Ring group over the course of their journey. Although, unlike many similar adventuring parties in aforementioned works, at least from the way I see it, Fellowship of the Ring is seemingly destined to fulfill its purpose as splintered groups and only reunited once they fulfilled their respective role (apart from Boromir who perished during the quest):
- Frodo had to continue carry One Ring to Mount Doom at which Sauron's Ring of Power could be truky destroyed with Sam as his loyal company despite his understandable fear of having to do so alone.
- Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli were reassigned to save Rohan and later, Gondor at the behest of Gandalf who both revived and promoted into White Wizard by Eru Ilúvatar following his sacrifice in slaying Durin's Bane, and that the trio's attempt to rescue Merry and Pippin from a squad of Uruk-Hai dispatched by Saruman was ultimately unnecessary.
- On a related note, Merry and Pippin's capture proved crucial in Saruman's downfall. To elaborate, when their captors were ambushed by Éomer and his troops in front of Fangorn Forest, the duo wasted no time to take refuge there leading to the fateful encounter with Treebeard the Ent who took them under his and and his brethren's care as per Gandalf the White's instruction. It was during their stay at Fangorn Forest Merry and Pippin were alarmed by deforestation of trees surrounding Isengard culminating to them waged war against Saruman. It was after robbing Saruman of his assets for aiding Sauron the duo finally able to rejoin Aragorn's group in saving Gondor.
Is it relevant to point out how much adventuring parties in fantasy works I mentioned earlier being influenced by Fellowship of the Ring? It's unwise to rule out such idea considering how much The Lord of the Rings inspired many elements of various fantasy works we familiar with nowadays. Black Soulstone (talk) 05:39, 18 September 2024 (UTC)