[Olorin_TLA]

Ah, but the balde flickers red. The only items that we know act in that manner in Middle-earth are Sting, an Elven sword, and the Elendilmir, which blazed an agry red when Isildur put the Ring on. The blade Frodo had at that point was written which spells for the downfall of Angmar& Mordor - no doubt its magic acted like the Elendilmir, and instead of going invisible it balzed in wrath at the presence of the Ring of its enemy.
And because of this, even if they didn't know of the spells on the blade, I'd say the Nazgul were pretty unnerved.

They also scattered the Dunadan, who were brave men. Aragorn led the through the terrifying Paths of the Dead, but in UT Tolkien notes that even had Aragorn been with them they still may not have been able to withstand the horror and power of the Nine Riders under their Morgul King.

Yet they get Ferny and co to attack the Pony. They wait, inexplicably, for a while at the gates of Crickhollow before attacking a Hobbit house.
The first incident, Strider reckons they're too scared to attack a brightly lit palce like the Pony. Crickhollow...their actions don't seem like fear - indeed, they wait until dawn. Anyone know what they're up to there? [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img]

At the Ford, the quail because of their fear of water. Mastering your fear of the Nazgul may help you fight them, but fear is a double-edged sword - their fears of fire and water hold them back, a lot.

However, their pwoers increase when their numbers do. It seems that when not all together, they are less brave/easier to defeat than when they're all together.

There...I think there was a point in this soemwhere, I can't rmemebr anymore. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]