ok, justy to clear some people's minds!!!!!! (PAY ATTENTION!)
the treebeards are not called "treebeards" they are called ents. Treebeard, who is also called Fanghorn, is the oldest ent. They are tree people, big in stature and strong. Some ents become trees because they refuse to move for whatever reason (boredum, frustration, sadness...) Keep in mind not everything in the book happened in the movie. There was a whole lot more conversation between Merry & Pippen and Treebeard. And the council the ents had was also longer, but they had to cut some parts out to shorten the legnth, as sad as that is.
The ents are slow, and their language is a series of low grade grumbles and moans that can take quite a while by our standards to have a converation. They dont like to be in a hurry and take things nice and easy. But when riled, they can be very fierce.
The ents had their female counter parts, the entwives. But sadly they had disappeared and no ent knows what happened to them. This was during their migration into the forest Fanghorn (of course, which shares the same name as the oldest ent) The Brown Lands to the east, above Morder used to flourish with green, but is now brown, dry and desolate. The forests of Middle-earth used to sprawl across the plain, but the evil forces of the world destroyed much of it. the ents will fade away just like the elves, their melancholy tale with them.
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YEs, the Silmarillion was first published in 1977. Tolkien wrote most of it, but his son Christopher editted it a lot. TOlkien himself died in 1973, on September 3rd. The Silmarillion was published on 15th of that same month. for those of you who dont know, the SIlmarillion details the War of the Silmarils, which were 3 jewels that were wrought by the High Elves in the Elder Days. THis is the First Age, which goes back thousands of year BEFORE the war of the ring. Back then, Sauron was the servent of an evil Valor, called Morgoth, or Melkor. Morgoth was the one who created the race of Orcs, a bastardization and mockery of the elven race. Morgoth was expelled form Middle-earth into purgatory I think, but Sauron fled and evil remained in Middle-earth until the time of later days when the One Ring is being carried by Frodo to Mt. Doom.
A lot of stuff that TOlkien never completed has been published by his son. The ultimate collection in the History of Middle-earth, which is in 15 volumes, I think. in depth, yes.
P.S. I forgot, the Silmarillion also tells of how Eru, the One, created the heavens and Middle-earth, and how he called upon the Valor to help create the world for the arrival of his children, the elves. Its a take on various creation stories, from Ovid to the Old Testament.
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Last edited by MrBoj; 09-13-2003 at 10:06 AM..
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people.
How dare you say something like that! Get outta here! GET OUT! (J/K) Why was it boring to you? I love the Ents! 
I always find the books more interesting.
God job Mrboj!
