Barrow-Wight - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

JenFramp · 09-07-2002, 12:48 PM

OK...what is a barrow-wight exactly..I am aware of their part in the story..I was just a bit confused of what exactly they are..what are they suppose to look like? Is there any artwork on them?

Galadrie1 · 09-07-2002, 01:22 PM

There's already a couple topics on this...
Here's one, and here's another.

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Donisile Of Mirkwood · 09-07-2002, 01:31 PM

Yeah,those are the things that captured the hobbits until Tom Bombadil saved them....

Gimli Son Of Gloin · 09-07-2002, 03:43 PM

The Barrow Wight is also the head admin on this forum, just to let you know.

Lady_Báin · 09-07-2002, 06:37 PM

yes well i've read the other threads but i still don't understand why/how it was a big hand. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] and how exactly do they look? i always picture them to be like the nazgûl in a way, but in white. still confused. [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img]

JenFramp · 09-07-2002, 08:19 PM

I'm still confused too. I read the other threads as well and it just makes it even more confusing [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Lady_Báin, I figured they resembled the nazgul as well.

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Donisile Of Mirkwood · 09-08-2002, 02:07 PM

U aren't suppose to know what they look like,they are suppose to be mysterious,the only ppl who who know what they look like will have been killed minutes later! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]

JenFramp · 09-08-2002, 02:11 PM

I kind of figured that what they look like are suppose to remain mysterious..I guess what I want to know is how does Frodo and all them percieve them..

Demloth of Dol Amroth · 09-13-2002, 09:55 PM

i think barrow-wights look like skeletons, albeit skeletons with all sorts of regal garb on them-but i wouldn't know for sure.

Amanaduial the archer · 09-14-2002, 01:18 PM

i reckon the wights would look more like wraiths, sort of quite solid ghosts.

Merry Brandybuck · 09-18-2002, 03:12 PM

I don't figure Barrow-Wights look like anything. Methinks they're ghosts, invisble like and intangible. But they can animate stuff. The way I see it, a barrow-wight animated that severed arm so it could chop us all to little pieces! I bet they could animate the skeletons in tombs as well. They're ghosts, ultimately. Very evil ones who hate the living. That has always been my take on them. Of course, that's pure speculation on my part. I've never actually read anything official on them.

09-07-2002, 12:48 PM	#1
JenFramp Haunting Spirit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Zionsville Posts: 90	Barrow-Wight OK...what is a barrow-wight exactly..I am aware of their part in the story..I was just a bit confused of what exactly they are..what are they suppose to look like? Is there any artwork on them? __________________ And seeing a picture of Jesus he cried out,"Momma, he's got some scars just like me." And he knew it was love, It was one he could understand He was showing his love, And that's how he hurt his hands.

09-07-2002, 01:22 PM	#2
Galadrie1 Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The wrong place at the wrong time. Posts: 391	There's already a couple topics on this... Here's one, and here's another. [ September 07, 2002: Message edited by: Galadrie1 ] __________________ "For this is what your folk would call magic, I believe; though I do not understand clearly what they mean; and they seem to use the same word of the deceits of the Enemy. But this, if you will, is the magic of Galadriel."

09-07-2002, 01:31 PM	#3
Donisile Of Mirkwood Animated Skeleton Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: UK Posts: 36	Yeah,those are the things that captured the hobbits until Tom Bombadil saved them.... __________________ Let it not be said and said unto your shame that there was beauty here before you came.

09-07-2002, 03:43 PM	#4
Gimli Son Of Gloin Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: The Halls of Montezuma, and the Shores of Tripoli Posts: 495	The Barrow Wight is also the head admin on this forum, just to let you know. __________________ The Few, the Proud, the Marines.

09-07-2002, 06:37 PM	#5
Lady_Báin Wight Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Peterborough, England Posts: 250	yes well i've read the other threads but i still don't understand why/how it was a big hand. [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img] and how exactly do they look? i always picture them to be like the nazgûl in a way, but in white. still confused. [img]smilies/confused.gif[/img] __________________ pæling.

09-07-2002, 08:19 PM	#6
JenFramp Haunting Spirit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Zionsville Posts: 90	I'm still confused too. I read the other threads as well and it just makes it even more confusing [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Lady_Báin, I figured they resembled the nazgul as well. [ September 07, 2002: Message edited by: JenFramp ] __________________ And seeing a picture of Jesus he cried out,"Momma, he's got some scars just like me." And he knew it was love, It was one he could understand He was showing his love, And that's how he hurt his hands.

09-08-2002, 02:07 PM	#7
Donisile Of Mirkwood Animated Skeleton Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: UK Posts: 36	U aren't suppose to know what they look like,they are suppose to be mysterious,the only ppl who who know what they look like will have been killed minutes later! [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] __________________ Let it not be said and said unto your shame that there was beauty here before you came.

09-08-2002, 02:11 PM	#8
JenFramp Haunting Spirit Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Zionsville Posts: 90	I kind of figured that what they look like are suppose to remain mysterious..I guess what I want to know is how does Frodo and all them percieve them.. __________________ And seeing a picture of Jesus he cried out,"Momma, he's got some scars just like me." And he knew it was love, It was one he could understand He was showing his love, And that's how he hurt his hands.

09-13-2002, 09:55 PM	#9
Demloth of Dol Amroth Wight Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 105	i think barrow-wights look like skeletons, albeit skeletons with all sorts of regal garb on them-but i wouldn't know for sure. __________________ One by one the Free Lands of Middle Earth fell to the power of the Ring-but there were some, who resisted...

09-14-2002, 01:18 PM	#10
Amanaduial the archer Shadow of Starlight Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: dancing among the ledgerlines... Posts: 2,365	i reckon the wights would look more like wraiths, sort of quite solid ghosts. __________________ I am what I was, a harmless little devil

09-18-2002, 03:12 PM	#11
Merry Brandybuck Animated Skeleton Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Buckland, The Shire Posts: 31	I don't figure Barrow-Wights look like anything. Methinks they're ghosts, invisble like and intangible. But they can animate stuff. The way I see it, a barrow-wight animated that severed arm so it could chop us all to little pieces! I bet they could animate the skeletons in tombs as well. They're ghosts, ultimately. Very evil ones who hate the living. That has always been my take on them. Of course, that's pure speculation on my part. I've never actually read anything official on them. __________________ Legolas: Crebain from Dunland! The rest of the Fellowship: Whatty from whatland?