Can Elves kill Ringwraiths?

[Tirned Tinnu]

Yes, it is true that Eowyn destroyed the Witch-King, and Legolas only shot down the creature that one of the Nazgul rode. If you read my post, you would see that I was talking more about their need to return to Mordor to be rehorsed, not that they were killed outright. As it is said in the books, you cannot kill something that is not alive and not dead. I pose the question to you again, how do you think they returned to Mordor? Why did it take them time to reinvest themselves in new steeds?
You will also rememeber that it took each Nazgul quite a long time to get back to their former jobs.

It was because they were so close to the destruction of the One Ring that the others did not return again. I believe that even the Witch-King might have returned if the Ring had not been destroyed so soon after his "death".

My argument is on the futility of "killing" something that will just come right back at you. would you waste precious time zapping the undead, instead of retreating from them?
Or convincing them into not coming back, if you could? This is my statement: The Elves were wise to hold back. In doing so they saved lives that would have been spent in futility.

[ September 30, 2002: Message edited by: Tirned Tinnu ]