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Originally Posted by Morthoron
The rangers at Sarn Ford were 'dispersed', weren't they (I am not near a book)?
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Many rangers were slain. Here are the quotes:
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Drawing together again [the nazgul] came to Sarn Ford and the southernmost borders of the Shire. They found them guarded for the Rangers barred their way. But this was a task beyond the power of the Dśnedain; and maybe it would still have proved a even if their captain, Aragorn, had been with them. But he was away to the north, upon the East Road near Bree; and the hearts even of the Dśnedain misgave them. Some fled northward, hoping to bear news to Aragorn, but they were pursued and slain or driven away into the wild. Some still dared to bar the ford, and held it while day lasted, but at night the Lord of Morgul swept them away, and the Black Riders passed into the Shire - UT "Hunt for the Ring."
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after the Black Riders had overcome the Rangers guarding Sarn Ford, four of the Riders pursue Rangers along Greenway, and having slain them or driven them off Eastwards, make a camp at Andrath. -RC p.145
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Originally Posted by Morthoron
It would seem the Nazgul were cowardly, whatever the excuse. On Weathertop it was dark, it was a lonely place, their primary prey was wounded -- all the elements where nazgul were supposedly at their best. A major blunder on the part of the Nazgul that can be only equated to cowardice.
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The nazgul certainly valued their lives more than the One Ring, it is clear from RC. Only fear of Sauron's wrath drove them on to some bold action, and that only when they became desperate. I guess they had good reasons, though: it is much more unpleasant to become a powerless ghost subject to Sauron for all eternity than to go to Mandos as normal Men or Elves do.
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And with that, I think I'll bow out of this conversation, having reached the point where the phrase 'agree to disagree' becomes apparent.
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*Bows back*. Thank you, we have had a fine discussion.
