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***Gilthalion*** · 03-21-2001, 02:20 PM

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<img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: UT and Nazgul

I begin to think that it is not so much a matter of the Nagul "dialing back" their terror in the case of Gaffer Gamgee, Barliman Butterbur, or the Dwarves.

Rather it seems a matter of the exertion their power of terror at Weathertop, the plains of Rohan, and from Osgiliath to the gates of Minas Tirith.

Not that I imagine that they were endurable for any period of time at all. At that, they had to be cloaked. But I think that uncloaked ("...Gandalf the Grey uncloaked!&quot

and exerting a negative form of the awe that the Maia could "radiate" in full force presentation, the Nazgul made their victims utterly terrorized.

Also, in the Osanwe-Kenta that lindil speaks of, it tells of how Tolkien imagined the operation of the various telepathies took place. There are conscious factors present in this sort of mind-to-mind communication.

While the Nazgul naturally would tingle your spine, turn your bowels to jelly, and render you a shrieking hysteric, they on occassion cloaked themselves so as not to be seen, and used their merely hideous voices, rather than the terrifying presence that they presented in battle and the horrifying fear that they kindled wordlessly in the mind and heart.

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03-21-2001, 02:20 PM	#15
*Gilthalion* Hobbitus Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: South Farthing Posts: 635	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Wight Posts: 204</TD><TD><img src=http://home.att.net/~robertwgardner/lotrmap.gif WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=60></TD></TR></TABLE> <img src="http://www.barrowdowns.com/images/posticons/onering.jpg" align=absmiddle> Re: UT and Nazgul I begin to think that it is not so much a matter of the Nagul "dialing back" their terror in the case of Gaffer Gamgee, Barliman Butterbur, or the Dwarves. Rather it seems a matter of the exertion their power of terror at Weathertop, the plains of Rohan, and from Osgiliath to the gates of Minas Tirith. Not that I imagine that they were endurable for any period of time at all. At that, they had to be cloaked. But I think that uncloaked ("...Gandalf the Grey uncloaked!&quot and exerting a negative form of the awe that the Maia could "radiate" in full force presentation, the Nazgul made their victims utterly terrorized. Also, in the Osanwe-Kenta that lindil speaks of, it tells of how Tolkien imagined the operation of the various telepathies took place. There are conscious factors present in this sort of mind-to-mind communication. While the Nazgul naturally would tingle your spine, turn your bowels to jelly, and render you a shrieking hysteric, they on occassion cloaked themselves so as not to be seen, and used their merely hideous voices, rather than the terrifying presence that they presented in battle and the horrifying fear that they kindled wordlessly in the mind and heart. <center><font face=verdana size=1> http://www.barrowdowns.comBarrow-Downs</a>~http://www.geocities.com/robertwgardner2000Bare Bones</a>~http://www.robertwgardner2000/gilthalion.htmlGrand Adventures</a>~http://www.barrowdowns.com/fanfichobbits.aspThe Hobbits</a>~http://www.tolkientrail.comTolkien Trail</a> </center></p> __________________ Please read my fan fiction novel THE HOBBITS. Wanna hear me read Tolkien? Gilthalion's Grand Adventures!