At first I thought we were pitting OMW against the B-W which would of course have the B-W out on top. But in this scenario I would place my money, the little I have, on OMW. The simple reason being that it is by him that the hobbits must first path and hobbits being notoriously dim witted about such things will all fall under his spell. There may be 2 or 3 that escape only to be found by the B-W.
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