‘Begone foul dwimmerlaik, lord of carrion! Leave the dead in peace!’
A cold voice answered: ‘Come not between the Nazgûl and his prey! Or he will not slay thee in thy turn. He will bear thee away to the houses of lamentation, beyond all darkness, where thy flesh shall be devoured, and thy shriveled mind be left naked to the Lidless Eye.’
A sword rang as it was drawn. ‘Do what you will; but I will hinder it, if I may.’
‘Hinder me? Thou fool. No living man may hinder me!’
Then Merry heard of all sounds in that hour the strangest. It seemed that Dernhelm laughed, and the clear voice was like the ring of steel. ‘But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Éomund’s daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you if you touch him.’
J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King, “The Battle of the Pelennor Fields”
My piece for @aoaanthology : Eowyn vs the Witchking. I wanted to do something a bit different from my usual Tolkien stuff for the anthology, i.e.: Not Elves.
But [the White Council’s] stroke was too late. For the Dark Lord had foreseen it, and he had long prepared all his movements; and the Úlairi, his Nine Servants, had gone before him to make ready for his coming. ~ The Silmarillion, Of the Rings of Power (Art: “Fathomage Cover art” by Silvana-Massa-Art on DeviantART)
Who is creeping around in the darkness at Weathertop, scaring our friends? It’s the evil Nazgûls, wanting to capture Frodo and regain the Ring for their Master. But don’t fret, help is on its way! Can you spot Strider, coming to rescue the Hobbits? Today’s topic for Middle-earth March suggested by @tolkientribe is “Weathertop, watching out…” So we got a little creative with our old #gamesworkshoplotrequipment!
Middle-earth March - Day 24 Beware, today’s post is spooky! The topic for today’s Middle-earth March contribution suggested by @tolkientribe is “Minas Morgul: The Witch King”. This little fella lives in our Tolkien bookshelves and scares away people who would do harm to our books! So, he is a tolerated roommate of ours. In the books where he comes from originally, he is quite intimidating though – and we wouldn’t want to be in Frodo’s place when he had to face him at Weathertop!
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