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Hi Essex, Yes I agree Gandalf would have been scared of failure, but not petrified of The Witch-King himself. As for the killing of The Witch-King neither Eowyn or Merry could have done it on their own. The damage done by Merry could have been rectified by the odd bandage spell, if not and the pin prick from his Numenorean Dagger had totally unravelled the spells that kept The Witch-Kings body together, then even the least mighty could defeat him. If Merry had not started the ball rolling, then Eowyn could have bashed away at hearts content, but to no avail, so who killed The Witch-King?. If all it take`s is someone who is not of the race of Man, who is mighty, and has a magical sword, then let me put forward Gandalf the White armed with Glamdring, the sword that had already despatched an equally if not greater spirit to utter destruction. However in saying all this, they were never destined to fight physically. Gandalf had already defeated The witch-King, How?, Gandalf was the mover of all things and always one step ahead. Great tacticians do not always fight themselves. One by one Gandalf blocked and destroyed Saurons pieces, The Witch-King was not important to Gandalf, Sauron was. The quest of Erebor, Smaug Destroyed. The Mines of Moria, Balrog Destroyed. If Sauron could have gained an alliance with either of these two, then Sauron`s forces would have been devastating. The alliance with Isengard in tatters. One of the final pieces to block was The Witch-King. How fortunate that Theoden turned up just at the right time, or was it. Remember the state he was in before Gandalf release`s him from Saruman`s` spell. One step ahead, and all the time the most important piece was coming in through the back door. If Gandalf could not have out-fought Sauron, Then he certainly out-thought him.
NOMOREIHERE
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