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01-10-2006, 11:26 AM | #1 | |
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Why Merry?
As you know, Merry (and Eowyn) killed the Witch-King.
But I have just remembered something... In the Barrow-Downs, after being rescued by Tom, it was MERRY who had the following dream: Quote:
No other hobbit, but Merry, had a similar dream! And it was precisely Merry who killed the Witch-King, though all the four of the hobbits have got the Barrow-blades, potent against the Witch-King. Do you think it is a simple co-incidence? |
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01-10-2006, 11:32 AM | #2 | ||
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never thought of that before, hmm I'll have to think about that one.
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01-10-2006, 11:50 AM | #3 |
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Could be just a coincidence.
However, Merry is far less naive than the rest of the hobbits at the start of the tale, and perhaps knows more about the outside world even than Frodo. You'll recall it is he who leads them into the Old Forest. Again, there's the bit (and what a tremendous bit it is) after Merry sticks it to the Witch-King about how he who made the blade would be happy to know its fate, as if the revenge of the Dunedain he had slain reached across the centuries to strike the Witch-King down. Given that, it's probably no coincidence that Merry was given these lines. Last edited by The Gaffer : 01-10-2006 at 11:57 AM. |
01-10-2006, 12:06 PM | #4 |
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Perhaps the one who has made the blade was the same one who got killed by the spear in his heart in Merry's dream?
Then it looks like he has chosen Merry as a tool for his vengeance. By the way, what was his spirit doing in the Barrow-Downs? Was it trapped there by the Witch-King's sorcery? Or has he become a Barrow-Wight? |
01-10-2006, 01:47 PM | #5 |
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The swords themselves were made in Numenor, presumably during the Second Age prior to the Witch-King inhabiting Angmar. So whoever made them had nothing specifically to do with Arnor, but would have been involved in wars against Mordor.
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01-10-2006, 02:13 PM | #6 | |
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I though the swords were made specifically for the war against the Witch- King of Angmar.
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After the great plague 1636 most of the surviving Cardolans perished which left the Barrows unattended. That is when the Witch-King sent evil spirits to inhabit the barrows. The spirits were then known as Barrow-Wrights. |
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01-10-2006, 02:14 PM | #7 | ||||
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Very interesting, CS and The Gaffer!
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"Get out, you old Wight! Vanish in the sunlight!" And Merry had his dream AFTER the wight had departed. More likely, there was another unhappy bodiless fëa trapped in the barrow. What kept it from going to Mandos? Maybe sorcery, maybe desire for vengeance. I think the latter, so, indeed, Merry was chosen as a tool to avenge the Witch-King. And Tom felt something, as he has given the hobbits special blades. Quote:
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However the technology might indeed have come from the Second age Numenor. |
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01-11-2006, 09:10 PM | #8 | |
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