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Odysseus819 · 03-21-2001, 02:43 PM

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: UT and Nazgul

I was going to say something similar -- maybe the Nazgul ALWAYS carried with them a certain basic level of dread, which they cd not conceal; this allows their presence to be felt even when they wish to be secret. E.g. Aragorn on Weathertop reports to the hobbits (after going scouting in the dark) that he cd "feel no sign of their presence" (or some thing like that, still no book, going by memory again) -- i.e. he scouted for them by walking around to see if he felt THE TERROR. And for the Gaffer and Maggot to face even this residual level of terror shows great courage on their part. But when they wished, the Nazgul cd be even more terrifying -- uncloak themselves, as Gilthalion says --as in Rohan and at Minas Tirith, when even hardened soldiers quailed at their approach. So maybe they cd not dial back their basic terribleness, but they cd dial it UP when they wished to daunt their foes.

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03-21-2001, 02:43 PM	#17
Odysseus819 Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 699	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wight Posts: 242</TD><TD><img src=http://images.ofoto.com/photos51/1/40/56/13/93/0/93135640103_0_SM.jpg?v=1 WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=60></TD></TR></TABLE> <img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: UT and Nazgul I was going to say something similar -- maybe the Nazgul ALWAYS carried with them a certain basic level of dread, which they cd not conceal; this allows their presence to be felt even when they wish to be secret. E.g. Aragorn on Weathertop reports to the hobbits (after going scouting in the dark) that he cd "feel no sign of their presence" (or some thing like that, still no book, going by memory again) -- i.e. he scouted for them by walking around to see if he felt THE TERROR. And for the Gaffer and Maggot to face even this residual level of terror shows great courage on their part. But when they wished, the Nazgul cd be even more terrifying -- uncloak themselves, as Gilthalion says --as in Rohan and at Minas Tirith, when even hardened soldiers quailed at their approach. So maybe they cd not dial back their basic terribleness, but they cd dial it UP when they wished to daunt their foes. </p>