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Tolkien wasn't always the most creative with names.
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What should we call this being so powerful and mysterious as to be completely unaffected by the one ring?
Tom
How about this really old talking tree guy?
Treebeard!
And the huge volcano mountain that is the source of the evil artifact?
Mount Doom, naturally
Weird common human slang names for Fangorn and Orodruin/Amon Amarth
Human: "'Treebeard'? What a plain-sounding name. Ooh, 'Fangorn' sounds exotic!"
Elf: "'Fangorn'? What a plain-sounding name. Ooh, 'Treebeard' sounds exotic!"
That explains why "Cry of the Black Birds" was on the official soundtrack.
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About to name my next child Humanbeard