The scariest characters in the LOTR?

[Liriodendron]

I always found Galadriel scary.....not evil of course ....but surely scary. She had great power, if you entered her territory you could die, she was secretive, she could read your mind and tell your future....she never seemed to explain anything very well....so, she scared me.

Sauron was scary becuase he seemed to REALLY enjoy all aspects of being evil, 100%!

[Lord Halsar]

Originally Posted by Liriodendron

I always found Galadriel scary.....not evil of course ....but surely scary. She had great power, if you entered her territory you could die, she was secretive, she could read your mind and tell your future....she never seemed to explain anything very well....so, she scared me.

An interesting point of veiw. but alas, what was not "scary" but most definateley creepy about Galadriel, was that her spell of seduction made even Gimli, a proud dwarf of Erebor, want her hair. that struck me as disturbing.

[Raynor]

her spell of seduction made even Gimli, a proud dwarf of Erebor, want her hair

The Elves are the fairest of the Children of Eru, and beauty does have a 'natural' magic about it, or charisma in some cases; in that sense, you could be right. However, if you imply she used spells to seduce, you ought to provide some evidence.

[The Sixth Wizard]

If we don't just include LOTR, I would have to say Sauron. He's so insanely frightening in the Akkalabeth that I did what Folwren did and stayed up very late indeed...

[Gothbogg the Ripper]

Saruman was always pretty scary. Just bent on destruction and nothing else. Sauron seemed as though he at least had an agenda but Saruman didn't seem to know what he really wanted.

The LOTR makes a strong case that the Balrog filled it's enemies & even acquaintances with the most terror. Whether it made the same impact on the Reader is another matter, but the fact that the whole ranks of orcs & even the large cave trolls were in awe of it's presence & dared not interfere with it's encounter with the Company was enough for me to suggest that it was in reality more scary to the eye than probably anything else, save Sauron.

[Liriodendron]

Originally Posted by Lord Halsar

An interesting point of veiw. but alas, what was not "scary" but most definateley creepy about Galadriel, was that her spell of seduction made even Gimli, a proud dwarf of Erebor, want her hair. that struck me as disturbing.

Frodo was quite willing to give her his precious ring too.....

[narfforc]

Lobelia Sackville-Baggins reminds me of my ex-mother-law, a tyrant to match any Dark Lord, she had a lemon in her handbag just in case she smiled.