Potential Use of the Dead Men of Dunharrow.

[William Cloud Hicklin]

I somehow doubt that the "great valour" of the Men of Lebennin etc would have even considerd getting on the ships had the ghosties been aboard. Remember, in the attack the only crewmembers who didn't dive overboard were those rowers chained to their benches. Apparently the principal weapon of the Dead is fear, untreasoning terror- but this works both ways. Considering the behavior of the Grey Companie's horses, how would the mounts of the Rohirrim have reacted to the Dead? Not to mention the potential panic of all the Men of the West.

Classic PJ cluelessness, echoing his mishandling of the Nazgul- he cast them as *physical* warriors, rather than psychological morale-destroyers.

And one wonders to what extent Orcs would have been affected (of course, it appears that by the time Aragorn arrived the Orcs were a non-factor, thanks to the Sun.)