I will hopefully respond to some of the fabulous answers and discussion that has been brought up already. Now something I was going to bring up in the
Man Who Bit a Fell-Beast thread, but thought it might have been too much of a tangent. I'm pleased to find that it does fit here!
I've been wondering the Steward, Boromir, was killed and died in agonizing pain by the Witch-King. Now, it's said that the Witch-King feared him:
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Boromir was a great captain, and even the Witch-King feared him.~Appendix A: The Stewards
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Given that we have the prophecy of the Witch-King's downfall, but there is a bit of a game of telephone going on. Because all Glorfindel says to Earnur is:
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Far off yet is his doom, and not by the hand of man will he fall.~Appendix A: Gondor and the Heirs of Anarion
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The Witch-king curiously adds in his moment of Pride: "No
living man may hinder me" (
The Battle of Pelennor Fields).
This reveals the Witch-King feared Boromir, not only in life but in death. Glorfindel says nothing about a living man, but 500+ years after killing the warrior-Steward he feared, he's still clearly haunted by Boromir's ghost.
