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'''Entmoot''' was the name for a meeting of the [[Ents]] of [[Fangorn Forest]], said to be a rare occasion in the later days of the [[Third Age]]. The Moot was held by tradition at a dell in the Forest known as [[Derndingle]]. | '''Entmoot''' was the name for a meeting of the [[Ents]] of [[Fangorn Forest]], said to be a rare occasion in the later days of the [[Third Age]]. The Moot was held by tradition at a dell in the Forest known as [[Derndingle]]. | ||
The only Entmoot described in any detail occured between 30 February and 2 March [[Third_Age_3019|T.A. 3019]]. Summoned by [[Treebeard]] in response to the news brought to him by [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]] and [[Peregrin Took]] of the Wizard [[Saruman|Saruman's]] treachery, there the Ents decided that -- facing an inevitable slow extinction -- they would attack [[Isengard]] to avenge the damage Saruman's [[Orcs]] had done to their tree-herds. This so-called '[[ | The only Entmoot described in any detail occured between 30 February and 2 March [[Third_Age_3019|T.A. 3019]]. Summoned by [[Treebeard]] in response to the news brought to him by [[Meriadoc Brandybuck]] and [[Peregrin Took]] of the Wizard [[Saruman|Saruman's]] treachery, there the Ents decided that -- facing an inevitable slow extinction -- they would attack [[Isengard]] to avenge the damage Saruman's [[Orcs]] had done to their tree-herds. This so-called '[[Ents#The_March_of_the_Ents|Last March of the Ents]]' was a significant event in the [[War of the Ring]]. | ||
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Revision as of 19:39, 9 February 2008
Entmoot was the name for a meeting of the Ents of Fangorn Forest, said to be a rare occasion in the later days of the Third Age. The Moot was held by tradition at a dell in the Forest known as Derndingle.
The only Entmoot described in any detail occured between 30 February and 2 March T.A. 3019. Summoned by Treebeard in response to the news brought to him by Meriadoc Brandybuck and Peregrin Took of the Wizard Saruman's treachery, there the Ents decided that -- facing an inevitable slow extinction -- they would attack Isengard to avenge the damage Saruman's Orcs had done to their tree-herds. This so-called 'Last March of the Ents' was a significant event in the War of the Ring.