Sauron, the Necromancer

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So, the question remains, were there actual 'zombies' in Middle Earth? As a native of the Pittsburgh region, I take my zombies seriously. We actually have a copy of "The Zombie Survival Guide' by Max Brooks in the office...you know, just in case.

Now this discussion has shown that there are many disembodied spirits that can be put to evil uses. Me, I'm looking more for the stereotypical zombie, the shambling reanimated corpse that attacks, Terminator-like, without cease, until it is dismembered or its brain is destroyed. The hobbits' experience in the Barrow give some indication that such creatures are possible. The skeletal arm that tries to grip the sword in the Barrow is, technically, reanimated dead, and so if we were to start with something a little fresher, add a little meat to the bones, give it a hunger for more than sacrifice...

And who knows what Sauron the Necromancer could accomplish?

[William Cloud Hicklin]

Fortunately, the ancient weaponsmiths of Arnor perfected the +5 Shotgun of Zombie-slaying......