Eöl was not actually a character I would like. He was... weird. He was one of these disgusting dotards from the Sil (by the others, I am thinking about Húrin, for example
- when he returned back from Angband). He was something like Denethor (the Steward).
The King of the Dead is disgraced in my eyes - by his portrayal in the movies. But hey! I am certain he did not look like that, he was neither green (not even a little... bah, this joke is getting a bit too common to be funny), nor a transparent skeleton with eyes like Cpt. Barbossa (in fact, they all look like the undead Pirates from Caribbean).
But as I wanted to be objective, I have read all the places where I thought there might be something about him in particular, and when it comes to his looks, I think I might quite like him. He had a spear, obviously.
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And thereupon the King of the Dead stood out before the host and broke his spear and cast it down. Then he bowed low and turned away; and swiftly the whole grey host drew off and vanished like a mist that is driven back by a sudden wind; and it seemed to me that I awoke from a dream.
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But otherwise:
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I see shapes of Men and of horses, and pale banners like shreds of cloud, and spears like winter-thickets on a misty night.
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I will tell you enough for your peace; for I felt not the horror, and I feared not the shadows of Men, powerless and frail as I deemed them.
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Hmm. I think I could vote the King of the Dead. Also because his past was quite cool (these Men of the White Mountains), and also, I think it may be a little compensation for what PJ did to that poor guy in the movies...
