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'''Wraiths '''in Lord of the Rings were like half-spirits, or someone who has been killed yet lives on by some dark sorcery (necromancy or a [[Morgul-blade]]), or someone who died in [[darkness]] or serious dishonor. |
'''Wraiths '''in Lord of the Rings were like half-spirits, or someone who has been killed yet lives on by some dark sorcery (necromancy or a [[Morgul-blade]]), or someone who died in [[darkness]] or serious dishonor. |
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The [[Dunlendings]] feared that [[Helm Hammerhand]] was a Wraith that wandered through [[Rohan]] as its protector. |
The [[Dunlendings]] feared that [[Helm Hammerhand]] was a Wraith that wandered through [[Rohan]] as its protector. |
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| − | No other recorded evidence of any other Wraiths are recorded as existing in Middle-earth, save for the '''Ringwraiths''', the Uliari, who continued in the [[East]] and in [[Mordor]] and when the Ring was discovered came out to search for it. When [[Frodo]] is stabbed by the [[Witch-King of Angmar]] in the first book he is infected by the evil magic from a Morgul blade; if [[Glorfindel]] had not saved |
+ | No other recorded evidence of any other Wraiths are recorded as existing in Middle-earth, save for the '''Ringwraiths''', the Uliari, who continued in the [[East]] and in [[Mordor]] and when the Ring was discovered came out to search for it. When [[Frodo]] is stabbed by the [[Witch-King of Angmar]] in the first book he is infected by the evil magic from a Morgul blade; if [[Glorfindel]] had not saved Frodo, he would have eventually become a Wraith himself. |
==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 01:01, 3 January 2013
An interpretation of the Witch-King's earlier appearance before Gollum was improsoned in Barad-dur
Wraiths in Lord of the Rings were like half-spirits, or someone who has been killed yet lives on by some dark sorcery (necromancy or a Morgul-blade), or someone who died in darkness or serious dishonor.
History
First Age
During the First Age, the love sick Gorlim having betrayed his comrades in arms appeared to Beren as a Wraith, confessing what he had done.
Second Age
During Sauron's influence and rule Middle-earth, he swayed and corrupted nine powerful Men of Númenórean and Easterling stock giving them each one of the nine Rings of Power. Afterwards, they slowly faded into darkness becoming Ringwraiths enslaved to the will of Sauron to roam the world until their end.
Third Age
The Dunlendings feared that Helm Hammerhand was a Wraith that wandered through Rohan as its protector.
No other recorded evidence of any other Wraiths are recorded as existing in Middle-earth, save for the Ringwraiths, the Uliari, who continued in the East and in Mordor and when the Ring was discovered came out to search for it. When Frodo is stabbed by the Witch-King of Angmar in the first book he is infected by the evil magic from a Morgul blade; if Glorfindel had not saved Frodo, he would have eventually become a Wraith himself.
References
- The Silmarillion: Quenta Silmarillion, "Of Beren and Lúthien" pg. 163
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
- The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
- The Lord of the Rings: Appendix A, "The House of Eorl"
