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![]() As far as I know, the Witchking and the other Nazgul fought in the battle of the Last Alliance.
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What makes you think that no man can kill a Nazgul?
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Actually, the Nazgul did seem to be quite active in Angmar after Sauron's downfall. But, to the general question, it seems that any Nazgul could be killed with and enchanted blade wielded by someone with a strong enough will to face them. The "no man can kill them" idea is related specifically to the Witch King, and is probably better interpreted as "no man will be the one to kill him".
The prophecy didn't make him invincible, it just pointed to how his fate would play out.
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IIRC, wasn't the text, "No living man may hinder him"? If so, that would seem to indicate that no man would be able to do him real harm.
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At the Battle of Fornost Glorfindel said to Earnur (to dissuade him from following the Witch King), "Do not pursue him! He will not return to these lands. Far off yet is his doom, and not by the hand of Man shall he fall." Which I would call a prophecy.
Later, the Witch King says to Eowyn, "Hinder me? Thou fool. No living man may hinder me!" But I've always taken that as the Witch King taking Glorfindel's prophecy, which he undoubtably heard of, too much at face value. It wasn't that a man couldn't have dealt the blow, just that a man wouldn't. The breaking of any general protection from ordinary weapons the Witch King may have had seems to have come from Merry's enchanted barrow-blade, at which point anyone probably could have dealt the blow Eowyn did.
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Here we have a proud boasting of an unconquerable warrior. His personal believes has nothing to do with an ingenuity of Arnor's smiths, who came up with a spell, which gave an ability to their blades to cut through the invisible web of substance and time bonds which was holding a nazgul together. So, the wraith were not invincible. I think that some time ago a lot more than The Nine was walking around. (After all, by Gandalf's believe, a lot of lesser rings were made ,which have been in a circulation for quite longer time than the fabled 20, and all of them were perilous for mortals. Guess, how many mortals became as lucky as Smeagol?) Seems to me that men of Arnor were in a successfull campaign for the elimination of some wandering wraith. ![]()
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![]() Sorry to split hairs but Isildur "slay" Sauron. ![]()
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Fine, I suppose you know better. I can´t say things like that by heart... yet.
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![]() My theory is a mortal probably could, but just try to get close enough without being killed first! Don't think so in that department. But if a hobbit can do that kind of damage, then a man/woman should be able to do at least something. I would hope.
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![]() The riddle- my guess- the rings.
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![]() I guess we could fght it out... *pulls out steel spikes*
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