Wow. I never thought about that before. I guess Tolkien just wanted to show that the tallest ones were normally the most powerful or most mysterious of the rest of the smaller ones. Tolkien certainly does, though, make a point in taller being better for some reason.
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The rider was robed all in black, and black was his lofty helm; yet this was no Ringwraith but a living man. The Lieutenant of the Tower of Barad-dûr he was, and his name is remembered in no tale; for he himself had forgotten it...
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