Suggested by Sauroposeidon
And lo did the steed of the Nazgûl take flight on wretched webs, stretched taught ‘neath loathsome fingers stretched long and spiked as spears. On its foul breath a cry was carried across the great verdant plains who’s occupants it sought to concur.. and yet, there were none.
No one remained. No man was left to be used as prey on which to hone the carrion fowl’s skills. For man had no place in the savage valley of the tyrant king. Standing upon pillars of bone coiled in tight ropes of muscle was a terrible thing, like a great lindwurm who’s chill howl returned the challenge of the hell-hawk.
The two know, on some deep level, that they must confront each other. To the king, there is a challenger to his throne. To the nightmare thing, there can be no forgiving the tyrant’s merely existing.
Their battle will be climactic, but only one can survive. Who dines only in hell tonight?
T-Rex can’t fly…
But Fell Beast have some problems with durability if I remember right. I’l side with T-Rex for now.
Video about Fell Beast (from 0:43):
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Saruro i had no idea you were so poetic!, i’m siding with the Rex for now.
Considering one sword slash damaged the hide of the neck…and T-Rex jaws are ridiculously more powerful than such I see one bite to the…anywhere other than the wings really likely ending this fight.
I just mimicked tolkein based on lines used for the actual fell beast. It’s easy to pretend at talent, but difficult to be talented.
Most of the Fell-Beast’s strength comes from the ability to cause fear in humans and sicken them with its stench. Take those away and it becomes borderline useless.
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Along with the sword example, Legolas manages to wound one with an arrow early on in the books if I remember right. As soon as the Fell Beast gets anywhere within biting range of the T-Rex it’s over.
I’d give it to the Tyrannosaurus. If it gets ahold of the Fell Beast, it’ll have a good snack. However, the Fell-Beast could harass it by flying in and out of range.
What can the beast’s jaws do to the rex before it slips up and gets OHK by the Rex?
“What can the beast’s jaws do to the rex before it slips up and gets OHK by the Rex?”
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQ_-rmuPZC4
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Well, I don’t see any blood on the horse or rider here; although the horse has some armor so that may have defended it from the worst of the bite.
“Legolas manages to wound one with an arrow early on in the books if I remember right.”
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I think it’s implied in the next book that he killed it, since the Isengard Orcs give the Mordor Orcs shit about it.
That also brings up the point of can it even get it’s jaws around something to cause serious damage? Maybe I’m underestimating it’s size..
@Sauro: That was actually pretty good. Seemed more like Lewis Carroll to me though.
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If the Fell Beast’s claws can manage to do anything to the T-Rex, it’ll probably win. Frankly, all it has to do is stay behind the Rex. If it can’t hurt the Rex, it likely loses when it’s too tired to fly.
Isn’t T.rex bigger? I’de give him the advantage depending on the battle field and the likelihood of him plucking the fell beast out of the sky.
Is this the book or movie Fell Beast? cause in the book he has a beak.
And it’s believed by many Tolkien meant him to be a pterosaur.
“Is this the book or movie Fell Beast?”
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I left it vague on purpose so feats of both can be used.
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“Isn’t T.rex bigger?”
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It weighs in at around 7 tons, so probably. But then, it also lacks flight.
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The fight was directly inspired by memories of this program.
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@Sauroposeidon
“The fight was directly inspired by memories of this program.”
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^I loved dragons a fantasy made real. but I’m assuming were not gonna use this as a feat.
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I gonna give it to T.rex unless the fell beast can make T.rex trip or fall. the weight would shatter those puny arms and it’d be very much unlikely to get back up and fight.
Aw shiet, that day you have to explain to a kid that, ‘No, dragons still do not exist, even if the Discovery Channel said so.’
As a child, I was surprised when some people thought it was real.
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As an adult, I’m just saddened as more people fall for stuff like mermaids and megalodon. God dammit, Discovery.
Did you see this year’s “Megalodon” for Shark Week. “Submarine the fucktastic shiprekr.”
I only saw enough of it to realize what it was and then changed the channel to National Geographic.
Judging from the movies (and RTS games), the Fell Beasts only display basic flight abilities like diving and picking up people, they don’t have the agility to just nip, draw back, nip, draw back (on other words, no “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee”).
Any long-charge dive will only give the T-Rex time to ready himself.
Isn’t Megalodon real?
megalodon never existed?
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Pfft, next you guys are gonna say Santa/st. nick never existed.
“Isn’t Megalodon real?”
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I can’t tell if you’re being serious.
@Sauroposeidon
Eh, this is the internet. so maybe?
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anyway seems like rex has this by size,strength and that the fell beasts flying technique isn’t good enough.
“I can’t tell if you’re being serious.”
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No, seriously, what is this about Megalodon not being real? It is, or was real, or are there new/old evidence that google can’t find?
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Or is this about that fake “shark week”?
Megalodon was real but breaking news just this week says we’re sure its extinct.
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www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2805633/The-megalodon-extinct-New-study-rubbishes-claim-giant-shark-roams-ocean.html
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So we’re safe from giant sharks….Or Are We!?!….yeah we probably are.
No, we aren’t saying it NEVER existed, just complaining about Discovery Channel going full walrus and making mocumentaries about them still existing, and people believing those mocumentaries.
Oh OK. I was going to be very worried for a moment there.
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I don’t have the book with me right now, but does anybody know what strength or durability feats the Fell Beast has?
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Also, I had an idea for a match. I haven’t decided on an opponent (it could be a “What If?”) but does a match involving the LotR EU sound good? The EU being the video games – mainly Shadow of Mordor and War in the North.
Well apparently one was killed with an Arrow, and a human decapitated the Witch King’s so…durability not so good.
“Well apparently one was killed with an Arrow, and a human decapitated the Witch King’s so…durability not so good.”
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Where did the arrow hit? If it went through the eye then it’s a straight shot to the brain case. There’s a couple of other small openings in the skull which if hit from the right angle lead in to the brain case as well. These are the only ways to bring down large animals with guns usually, even in real life.
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Also, swords are pretty vicious things. Yeah the decapitation did seem to happen a little quick, but I am not surprised that the sword pierced the thing’s flesh. On top of that, as a flying animal it probably don’t weigh more than a ton or two, even as a fantasy creature, due to its size. So I don’t expect it to be any better armored than say.. a horse. Realistically, that is.. but I did expect to see a bit more durability on it end.
@Sauro
post 5 mentions an arrow wounding it Itcheyness then says that the next book it’s implied the arrow killed it. If I had the books on hand I’d see if I could find the quotes.
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I just mention the sword because the Rex is most likely going to go for a chomp on the long vulnerable neck…and that jaw and teeth combo has a lot more pressure than a sword swing.
@Jake: It wasn’t really in question whether a bite would kill the Beast. I was wondering more about tail swipes or indirect hits. Maybe rams, if Rex’s do that.
The nazgul’s jaws look too small to do anything but superficial wounds at best to the trex. So trex for the win.