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Who would you take to 🌋Mordor with you?

If you were the ring bearer going to Mordor and you had to go, who would you take

  • Gandalf

    Votes: 26 38.8%

  • Pippin

    Votes: 4 6.0%

  • Sam

    Votes: 26 38.8%

  • Aragorn

    Votes: 17 25.4%

  • Merry

    Votes: 5 7.5%

  • Legolas

    Votes: 13 19.4%

  • Gilmi

    Votes: 9 13.4%

  • I wouldn't go to Mordor if my life depended on it

    Votes: 9 13.4%
  • Total voters
    67
Gilmi is the obvious choice. No one could have cast a spell over the ring and its companions to make them invisible. However, the legs of a dwarf don't tire ver easily. During the dead of Night, when the ring was weighing heavy, on my, a very tired hobbit, Gilmi could carry me ever closer to my goal!
 
maybe he was so loyal because he promised himself he would stick by Frodo untill the end.

Lily from Bree: i just think Sam is annoying because he's so nice and happy when everyone else is miserable
 
Yeah, Gimli may be all those things...as well as ready and willing..but he wouldn't be too much fun to snog with would he? No. I didn't think so.

Therefore...I would pick someone a little more hot and huggy.
 
Aw, but you would have to be a friend of Sam for him to be loyal to you. Sam didn't seem to loyal to anyone else in the fellowship.
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True, Sam was on the quest primarily for Frodo (although he knew that the Ring had to be destroyed). However, if I were Ringbearer in this case, I *would* be Frodo, and therefore I'd be fine.

Kelly
 
I'd take my worst enemy ... and lose 'im in the cinder pits somewhere.
 
sam is as good as can be asked for

first of all in men and in maiar and even elves there can be found greed, and lust for power, dreams of granduer. and with these things the ring would hold sway. but in sam can be found great loyallty and the greatest lust he has is to become a gardener renound for his works in the shire. the only thing the ring could work for would be to taunt him in his desire to protect frodo. secondly with a bit of luck he was able to stay faithful to the mission and frodo i couldnt ask for better.
 
Gimli

Sauron would have percieved the presence of Gandalf.

Aragorn would have been too tall for purposes of stealth.

Gimli possesed the strong legs of the dwarves, and was short enough for stealth, and a excellent warrior. An ideal choice...with the exception of Sam.
 
I said Gandalf, because he is so powerful and knows a lot about the enemy (know your enemy to defeat him) but Sam comes in a close second because when Frodo was captured by Orcs, Gandalf could have probably done just as good if not better in going in the tower to find Frodo and get him out, but Sam had to bear the ring and Gandalf didn't even want to touch it at the beginning of LOTR because he knew he would be tempted to use it. And as it turned out Sam did have to use the ring... so Gandalf would be kinda stuck... But the reason i chose gandalf was because i don't think Shelob would of stood a chance, and Frodo would of never been captured. There are to many if's... (like if Gandalf went with Frodo, they wouldn't of went on Gollum's route...) lots to think about, but i still say Gandalf.
 
Though Aragorn and Sam seem like an admirable choice,I'd take Gandalf.
I would have most trust in his powers to protect and lead and helping me bear the ring to Mordor.
I guess most people chose Sam because they know it all ends well when Sam came along with Frodo. (well aside from those "other" qualities : loyalty,friendship... )
 
No wrong answer

It is difficult to argue against your choice of Gandalf for any purpose. Hell, I'd let him date my mother. But I still wonder if Sauron would not have sensed such a powerful presence within his own borders.

Gimli would have felt fairly at ease in Shelobs Lair.
 
thats why i think sam was the ideal choice. i mean in mordor gandalf could easily be killed and so could all the other the only option is stealth and hobbitts arnt even noticeable for sauron to giveany heed to. plus the temptation of a ring of power can take gandalf or any other creature but i think sam could withstand it the longest.
 
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