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Originally Posted by Eönwë
An interesting thing would be Orcs. They were not fully made by Melkor (Morgoth) and were corrupted Children of Illúvatar. Does this mean they could see into both worlds? I would guess so, for example, to see the Nazgûl. Bu I don't have any copies of any of Tolkien's works on me, are there any instances i any texts? Does anyone have a quote?
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Well anyone is able to see a nazgul if the nazgul is clothed.
I guess orcs had about the same abilities as to seeing the Unseen as ordinary Elves or Men. They would not have properties of the Calaquendi Elves, even if we suppose that there were some among their distant ancestors, because these properties are not inherited. One had to dwell in the Blessed Realm and see the Light of the Trees himself to become a Calaquendi and get access to both worlds.
And it seems orcs could be turned into ghosts, at least I think that is implied in the following quote:
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Gorbag: "Grr! Those Nazgûl give me the creeps. And they skin the body off you as soon as look at you, and leave you all cold in the dark on the other side." - The Choices of Master Samwise
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Originally Posted by Eönwë
Anway, didn't the barrow wights used to be kings of men? I'm sure I read that somewhere (maybe in the house of Tom Bombadil), but I have no copy of any of Tolkien's works on me so I can't prove this.
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The Wights were some
spirits who came from Angmar to inhabit the Barrows of Cardolan after the plague of TA 1636. It was the Witch-King who sent them. The bones in the barrows belonged to the Dunedain and their ancestors the Edain. It seems that the particular Barrow where the hobbits were imprisoned belonged to the Last Prince of Cardolan killed in TA 1409. Thus the Prince had been dead for more than 200 years when the Wights appeared to take over his bones.