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CSteefel · 11-02-2006, 10:43 AM

Nice analysis Alcuin. Makes good sense to me.

I recall the line from Gandalf about the time in the Barrow as being the closest call of all. When I first read this, it didn't fully register why this would be the case, as compared to the attack on Weathertop or the race to the Ford of Bruinen, for example. But I think the key is in the Unfinished Tales (quoted above), where it is stated that the Wights were specifically roused by the Witch King. They were apparently on the lookout for the hobbits, or at least the Ring, and presumably Bombadil did not know this or he would not have sent them off by themselves. These Wights, at the behest of the Witch King, were apparently serving as reinforcements for the Nazgul...

But yes, clearly the Wight was after the Ring, which seems not to have anything to do with the greenish light...

11-02-2006, 10:43 AM	#18
CSteefel Wight Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 204	Nice analysis Alcuin. Makes good sense to me. I recall the line from Gandalf about the time in the Barrow as being the closest call of all. When I first read this, it didn't fully register why this would be the case, as compared to the attack on Weathertop or the race to the Ford of Bruinen, for example. But I think the key is in the Unfinished Tales (quoted above), where it is stated that the Wights were specifically roused by the Witch King. They were apparently on the lookout for the hobbits, or at least the Ring, and presumably Bombadil did not know this or he would not have sent them off by themselves. These Wights, at the behest of the Witch King, were apparently serving as reinforcements for the Nazgul... But yes, clearly the Wight was after the Ring, which seems not to have anything to do with the greenish light...