10 Problems Only People From Gondor Will Understand
2. Apparently There Are No Messenger Animals
Whilst crows and bats and hawks and whatever else whizz around Middle Earth constantly like some kind of fantasy Fed-Ex, it seems the craze for sentient message delivery hasn't quite made it to the realm of Gondor.
For some reason the ONLY form of communication with the outside world seems to be through lighting massive fires on the sides of mountains. They have to be constantly ready to respond at a moments notice. Which means that for loads of people of Gondor, their entire job is to live on the side of a mountain next to a big bonfire that they will probably never light. FOREVER.