Well, I had thought that death was implied, but it was an interesting premise that the Witch King might just have fled (somehow) when he knew he was beaten.
Thank you for replying and dignifying my noob ears with a response.
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"What mortal feels not awe/Nor trembles at our name,
Hearing our fate-appointed power sublime/Fixed by the eternal law.
For old our office, and our fame,"
-Aeschylus, Song of the Furies
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