Thread: A 10th Nazgul?
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Old 09-27-2007, 02:02 PM   #7
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Originally Posted by davem View Post
Would there have been a spare ring?
That's what I thought, even making a "lesser wraith" won't make anything equal or at least similar to a "true" Nazgul: it would be simply as making one more silly Barrow-wight (if ever, with all respect to Barrow-wights ).

I'm not sure about the fingers interpretation; I mean: I'm not sure if Tolkien ever said he had that in mind; though it is a fitting idea. We can paraphrase the famous Gollum's words: "He has only nine on his Black Hands, but they are enough".

Anyway, making a 10th Nazgul won't just sit from the very logic of it: the Nazgul are what they are and making more would completely destroy the effect. Plus, 10 does not seem to be such a good number as well. It's just too much.
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