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Old 10-05-2008, 12:58 PM   #10
CSteefel
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Originally Posted by Morthoron View Post
Also, I don't see the WitchKing running from any Dwarf, yet he did so against Glorfindel, .
Don't disagree with most of what you said, but with the Witch King again one has to be careful making this a simple contest of warrior versus warrior. As discussed elsewhere, one of the Witch King's principal weapons is fear, or as Tolkien says in The Hunt for the Ring (Unfinished Tales):
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Moreover, their chief weapon was terror.
and of the Eldar (that includes Glorfindel):
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They do not fear the Ringwraiths, for those have dwelt in the Blessed Realm live at once in both worlds, and against both the Seen and the Unseen they have great power.
So the Witch King's chief weapon is not really much good against Glorfindel (or against Gandalf, for that matter, Peter Jackson notwithstanding).
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