LotR3-RotK-Seq13

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Originally Posted by The Saucepan Man

That and the fact that a besieging army attacked from the rear by a bunch of frenzied horseboys is going to be in rather a state of confusion.

Assume that the Rohirrim are somewhere near the Rammas, which is some distance from the Gate (One league? Ten?). If the Rohirrim are attacking even within, the enemy at the Gate would not know of it until some time has passed - enough time to take a step or two within the Gate before which no enemy had passed. Would be something worth attempting, and even if you didn't buy the commemorative T-shirt, it would be something to regale the grand orcs as they sit upon your scaly knee later in life.

No doubt, the Witch-King's main reason for not wiping the White Walls with Gandalf ( ) was that he needed to regain some semblance of command over his befuddled (and bedazzled) troops.

It be noted that hadn't Pip applied his usual spanner to the situation that Gandalf would have ridden after the Witch-King. The Witch-King leaves his worst enemy unfought because there is no one with whom he can trust to meet the oncoming counterattack - oft evil will mar evil, or something.

Anyway, had Gandalf taken a provocative step forward, PJ may have filmed the entire scene differently, with Gandalf astride an Eagle in arial combat with the Witch-King.