During the War of the Ring, Sauron was calling all evil things to him. Since the Barrow Wights couldn't just pack up and move, they could "follow his orders" in another way. They could have indeed been part of the horrors that the Dunedain protected the Shire from. I think that the Dunedain also protected the Shire (and Bree) from things like Orcs, and they valiantly tried to keep the Nazgul from entering. Unfortunately, most of the "marchwardens of the Shire" were driven away by a detachment of the Nazgul, while the others went after Frodo. I think that was the only reason that the Wraiths got through. Otherwise, the Dunedain would have stopped them, or held them back long enough for Frodo to escape (if he realized what was going on at all).
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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09-28-2003, 05:27 PM
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