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the Dead King is not a living man.
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But the Dead King has no body, so he could not literally inflict damage on him (as in punch, stab, or kill).
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Also, the WK is not above fear, so there is a chance the Dead army could have made him retreat
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No, hte WK, is not above fear, but why would the Witch-King be afraid of the very fear that he uses and the rest of the Nazgul:
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Their peril is almost entirely due to the unreasoning fear which they inspire (like ghosts). They have no great physical power against the fearless.~Letter 210
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I would call the Dead Army's fear, a 'ghost-like' fear, and the way the Corsairs were sent into a maddening jump to their death. So, why would the WK fear the very fear that he inspires? Or vice versa?