Shelob - Evil - Middle Earth Caches Traditional Cache
firennice: This area used to be infested with spiders, and a nasty container, that spiders would build webs in with the container inside. Well. Gone now, time to move on. thanks for the fun.
Shelob - Evil - Middle Earth Caches
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Large box. You will see why I chose this spot for Shelob's spider cache, I hope spiders don't make you too quesy because there are way too many around. The waterproof container is inside another. So please leave it in the cache.
As time goes on if you have found these caches and did not record the numbers, or if some have been stolen feel free to contact me and I will get you the numbers so you can go after the master caches Evil is allways central in the telling of tales. In Middle Earth it is no difference. Evil caches will be located in dark, disturbing, places that may represent the caches they fall into.
Please take the time to camo this cache a littel when your done. I dont want it to vanish again.
Shelob was an "evil thing in spider form", living high in the Ephel Dúath mountains that border Mordor; the “last child of Ungoliant to trouble the unhappy world”, there are numerous references to her being ancient, and predating the events recalled in The Lord of the Rings by many ages. She is evil, but independent of Sauron.
She occupied Torech Ungol beneath Cirith Ungol ("Pass of the Spider"), and may have once lived in Beleriand. Also called the "Spider of Darkness", Shelob's brood (upon whom she would often feed) and descendants include the Giant Spiders who captured Bilbo Baggins' Dwarf allies in Mirkwood during the events chronicled in The Hobbit.
Shelob's lair was along the path that Sam Gamgee and Frodo Baggins took while travelling to Mount Doom. Her spider-silk, which was spun in both rope and cobweb form, was strong and cleverly made, trapping those who walked into it. Shelob had encountered Gollum during his previous trip to Mordor, and he apparently worshipped her after his fashion. The Orcs of the Tower of Cirith Ungol called her "Shelob the Great" and "Her Ladyship", and knew of Gollum's relationship with her (they referred to him as "Her Sneak"). Sauron himself was aware of her existence, but left her alone, as she was a useful guard on the pass. He occasionally sent her prisoners that he had no further use for.
Gollum led the Hobbits into her lair so that he could get the One Ring after she consumed them. She attacked and stung Frodo, paralyzing him, while Gollum looked on and tried to strangle Sam. An enraged Sam fought off Gollum and then battled Shelob desperately using his master's sword. After hewing one claw from her leg and putting out one eye (the latter being the only soft part of her body), he ultimately defeated her when she impaled herself upon Sting while trying to crush him. She fled into her lair, significantly wounded. The story makes a point of saying that her final fate will remain unknown to the people of Middle-earth. It also makes a point — and even the Orcs remark on it — that it was the first time anyone had "stuck a pin" in Shelob.
Thinking Frodo dead, Sam took the Ring from his friend and left his body behind, but discovered by listening to a pair of Orcs that Shelob could inject a dose of venom that was not intended to kill its victims, but only to render them unconscious and keep their meat fresh, as with lesser spiders. In the text, she was attempting to kill Sam outright, however
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