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Inziladun · 08-04-2018, 06:27 AM

I wonder why, before their deaths, the hobbits had to be clothed in white. And how did Frodo escape that?

For the first question, was it a deliberate mockery on the part of the Wight; a sacrifice made to the lord Sauron, whose "negative resurrection" he refers in his incantation?

For the second, I can only posit that Frodo both was not reclothed, and was not made to stay unconscious, because of the Ring.

Unfinished Tales, in The Hunt for the Ring, says that the Witch-king went to the Barrow-downs before Frodo and co. arrived. Did he tell the wights about the Ring? Was the wight simply to hold Frodo there until the WK returned?

08-04-2018, 06:27 AM	#43
Inziladun Gruesome Spectre Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Heaven's doorstep Posts: 8,058	I wonder why, before their deaths, the hobbits had to be clothed in white. And how did Frodo escape that? For the first question, was it a deliberate mockery on the part of the Wight; a sacrifice made to the lord Sauron, whose "negative resurrection" he refers in his incantation? For the second, I can only posit that Frodo both was not reclothed, and was not made to stay unconscious, because of the Ring. Unfinished Tales, in The Hunt for the Ring, says that the Witch-king went to the Barrow-downs before Frodo and co. arrived. Did he tell the wights about the Ring? Was the wight simply to hold Frodo there until the WK returned? __________________ Music alone proves the existence of God.