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RELATED: Lord Of The Rings: Best Characters Who Are Only In The Games Sam was added to the Fellowship more as a servant and bag carrier than an adventurer, and from his attitude, Sam never expected to be anything more. Perhaps the most common folk are the most heroic, who fight for their families and friends and not land, title, or gold. The movie adaptations didn’t have the time or space to tell the stories of Samwise that book readers already know....

To make sense of the songs they sing after his parting, it is important to understand the manner and the circumstances of his death. During their travels, the fellowship are forced to enter the Mines of Moria, a once warm and gleeful Dwarven cavern below the mountains, where Gimli’s cousin Balin lived with his people in merriment and delight. RELATED: Who Is Arwen’s Mother And Why Is She Absent From The Films?...

Notably, King Theoden of Rohan also lost his wife Elfhild, who died during the childbirth of their son Theodred, but there is one set of siblings in the story who have unfortunately lost both of their parents, rather than just their mother. That is Eowyn and Eomer, the niece and nephew of the king. During the extended scene in the Two Towers, in which the people are fleeing Edoras towards the keep of Helms Deep, Theoden explains to Aragorn that Eowyn’s father was slain by orcs in battle, one of many great battles in the history of Middle Earth, and that her mother died of grief not long after....

RELATED: LotR Rings of Power: Possible Storylines for Season 2 Rings of Power features several characters and locations that also appear in the popular Lord of the Rings movies. There were other more subtle references to be found in bits of dialogue, familiar scenes, or precious treasures that live on in the Third Age of Middle-earth as legends. 6 The Palantir The Palantiri were just magical talking stones in the books, but the show has adopted the more malevolent and prescient view of the Seeing Stones, which is also how they were portrayed in the movies....

There is plenty to play for when South Africa and England clash at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium Saturday even though the third and final Test is a dead rubber. Having built an unassailable 2-0 series advantage by winning in Durban and Johannesburg, the Springboks are aiming to maintain their seven-year dominance over the English by making it 10 wins on the trot. The record South African winning streak against a fellow top-10 nation in the International Rugby Board (IRB) rankings is 13 over Wales and Argentina followed by 10 against Italy....

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Brock’s death Sunday evening. Brock dealt with multiple health issues in his later years. MORE: Tom Seaver remains Mets’ brightest star A confusing midseason trade between rivals in 1964 turned into an all-time heist because of what Brock did for his new team. He was part of a six-player deal between the Cubs and Cardinals at the June 15 deadline that year: Brock and pitchers Jack Spring and Paul Toth went from Chicago to St....

It does not appear that a new entry in the franchise is coming soon, as the studio is currently busy with Ghost of Tsushima’s sequel. However, Second Son and First Light should not be where the series stops forever, as the PS5 could do wonders for Infamous, especially if developers focus on the DualSense controller and its capabilities. Through immersive features like haptic feedback and adaptive triggers, a new dimension could be added to the powers of the Conduits....

RELATED: A Plague Tale: Innocence - All Herb Locations For Hugo’s Herbarium Sometimes, stealth isn’t enough. There are different types of human enemies the player will face throughout the game, but not to worry, there will also be different skills and projectiles they’ll learn as they move forward. Every additional skill/projectile makes the next area easier and the late-game manageable. Players only need to be creative and resourceful to get through it; if not, there’s a price to pay....

RELATED: A Plague Tale: Requiem - Where To Find All Souvenirs The Bracer can help Amicia by protecting her from additional damage when she’s caught by enemy guards. This means she has multiple escape attempts in a short period of time should she be inundated with enemies. Since there are some parts of A Plague Tale: Requiem that can be pretty action-packed, the Bracer can really come in handy. Here’s how players can find the useful piece of equipment....

Like a lot of Rock Band fans, I have purchased literally hundreds of DLC songs for the game. I’ve exported the contents of the first two Rock Band games, in addition to LEGO Rock Band, to my Xbox 360’s hard drive. It’s no overstatement to say that I’ve invested more time and money in Rock Band than in any other game, and I don’t regret it one bit – but I’m starting to worry about what will happen to my Rock Band library when the next-generation consoles arrive....

Northward in Kowloon, modern container ports—their giant cranes lined up like robotic elephants on parade—load waiting freighters. Barges scurry like worker ants, flags from every port of convenience flap in the breeze and jetfoils buzz back and forth from Macau. For decades, as East Asia’s export economies rose to pre-eminence, the scene has grown more frenetic year by year. But sometime soon—or perhaps that day has already passed—the vast natural harbor that first attracted British opium traders to this spot on the South China Sea in the 1840s will reach its own peak, and start to fall....

Until recently, diagnosing the condition required a liver biopsy–not a procedure you’d undertake lightly. But Miscoi didn’t have to go that route. Scientists isolated the gene for hemochromatosis a few years ago, and developed a test that can spot it in a drop of blood. Miscoi tested positive, and the diagnosis may well have saved her life. Through a regimen of weekly blood lettings, she was able to reduce her iron level before her organs sustained lasting damage....

As closer Liam Hendriks walked toward the home dugout following his save, Christenson waited for him with his arm locked upward. Hendriks forcibly moved the coach’s arm down as he passed before Christenson again struck the position on his way off the field. Christenson told San Francisco Chronicle beat reporter Susan Slusser that general manager David Forst called him after the game to ask about the gesture. Christenson said he understood his motion “looks terrible....

This outing would be at Fenway Park, where he was terrible in two career starts. Manaea stayed calm and beat the Red Sox again Monday night as Khris Davis hit one of three solo homers by the Oakland Athletics in a 6-5 victory. In his previous two outings at Fenway, the 26-year-old lefty gave up 15 earned runs in 6 1/3 innings. “That was kind of in the back of my head coming into tonight,” Manaea said....

An emotional Murray, 31, told a media conference he would like to retire after Wimbledon in July, but that his troublesome hip injury may mean he is unable to continue beyond the first grand slam of 2019. The announcement comes after Murray’s long battle with the problem, which first flared up in June 2017 before he was forced to have surgery in January last year. And Kyrgios, who has won only one of his six meetings with the former world number one, took to Instagram to publish a heartfelt message of support for the man he looks up to as an older brother....

The entries are proof that a half century of dining regularly with important people—he was derided by his critics as a toadying schmoozer—can produce significant field research. Schlesinger somehow managed to turn out 18 trenchant works of history while enjoying his martini, his steak and everyone else’s finest gossip. He was a warm and generous man, but when he jotted down his observations, look out! The book contains not just his witty aperçus, but those of hundreds of A-list friends, some of whom are still alive and will blanch at seeing private lunches in print....

It doesn’t take long to figure out that “Shrek” is not going to be your ordinary animated fairy tale. Was Pinocchio ever spied in an outhouse? Did Snow White ever pull cones of wax out of her ears and use them as dinner candles? Did Beauty–or even the Beast–let loose fish-killing farts? The hero and title character of “Shrek” does all these things in the first 10 minutes of DreamWorks’s hilarious and captivating computer-animated family movie....

She was surrounded by family when she died of natural causes in her Tennessee home, TMZ reports. Lynn earned critical acclaim for smash hits like “You Ain’t Woman Enough (To Take My Man)” and “Don’t Come Home A-Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ on Your Mind),” which peaked at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs chart. Her 1970 single “Coal Miner’s Daughter” chronicles her coal-mining father’s experience in Great Depression-era rural Kentucky....