Posted: February 09, 2000 at 21:23:58: by Wibstap
: : : The Middle-earth of THE LORD OF THE RINGS is an ancient time
: : : when knowledge was fading and younger tribes of Men were
: : : becoming more widespread. Gunpowder and machinery DO exist,
: : : but they are utilized by Saruman and Sauron against the West,
: : : and the secrets of their making either died with Saruman or
: : : Sauron or else Aragorn and his allies wanted no part of them.
: : : So eventually the world declined into a blissful ignorance
: : : from which Men had to slowly rise again.: : And what were the fireworks popular in the Shire and elsewhere
: : made out of? : Good question. But Gandalf appears to have made them all. Maybe he learned the skill from Saruman (before the White One turned evil) and used Narya to make them more spectacular? Or was Saruman already evil by that time? And how long had he been doing it? At least since the Old Took's time, I think...
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