How come the ground under Aragorn's army did not collapse after the ring is destroyed?
In Battle of the Morannon, when the ring is destroyed in Mount doom, the Dark Tower collapses. Then, The Eye of Sauron implodes and creates a shock wave which causes an earthquake that shatters the ground and ground starts to collapse.
So in this scene, How come the ground did not collapse under Aragorn's army and the fellowship? Is it because of the presence of Gandalf? or does he use a special spell?
Can it be even related with Eru (Ilúvatar) ?
You can see the scene in this video as well: (at 2m55s)
Best Answer
AFAIR this didn’t happen in the book.
On Science Fiction & Fantasy SE, there is a similar question, and Jim Green answered:
The ground collapsing under the orcs and not the humans was a visual effect added by Peter Jackson and his crew.
So if it’s true that this wasn’t mentiond in any of Tolkien’s works, there can be no canonical answer whether this would have to do with Eru, Gandalf, a spell or something else.
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