What would water and fire do to the Nazgul? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Kalimac · 03-17-2002, 06:38 PM

I wasn't thinking of the movie version - it's mentioned in the notes to the "Unfinished Tales" that the Nazgul feared water as well as fire. It didn't seem all that clear in the movie version that they were afraid, they just looked like they were having a bit of a confab on the edge of the ford to decide what they should do...And for Weathertop, there were five Nazgul there and Aragorn somehow managed to get rid of them (with some hobbit help) by fending them off with torches. They were in a dell in the book, which gives you more cover than the open space they were in in the movie, but still, five Nazgul vs. one Ranger and four panicking hobbits wouldn't seem like too great a set of odds.

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03-17-2002, 06:38 PM	#3
Kalimac Candle of the Marshes Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Flyover Country Posts: 780	I wasn't thinking of the movie version - it's mentioned in the notes to the "Unfinished Tales" that the Nazgul feared water as well as fire. It didn't seem all that clear in the movie version that they were afraid, they just looked like they were having a bit of a confab on the edge of the ford to decide what they should do...And for Weathertop, there were five Nazgul there and Aragorn somehow managed to get rid of them (with some hobbit help) by fending them off with torches. They were in a dell in the book, which gives you more cover than the open space they were in in the movie, but still, five Nazgul vs. one Ranger and four panicking hobbits wouldn't seem like too great a set of odds. [ March 17, 2002: Message edited by: Kalimac ] __________________ Father, dear Father, if you see fit, We'll send my love to college for one year yet Tie blue ribbons all about his head, To let the ladies know that he's married.