The Barrow Cache, with speculation on the Reason for the WK sending - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

Alfirin · 11-03-2009, 08:20 PM

The previous thread (on the wights) has led me to think

I wonder if beyond the reasons mentioned there might have been another reason why the WK sent the wights to occupy the barrows. As we find out later, the barrow blades given how they were made and forged are uniquely powerful against the hosts of Mordor unlike most weapons Barrow blades can hurt the WK, a trait that given his boast of being unhinderable (which I interpet as meant not just unkillable, but also unwoundable). Given that fact that the WK had fought the Cardolan is is possible he knew just how effective thier weaponry was against him and his wraith Bretheren. I wonder if beyond their obvios function of blocking the way and increasing the general amount of terror in the area, the wights had another function namely to guard the barrows and make sure that no one did what Tom eventually in his own way, did, exume the weapons and pass them to people in a postion to use them. We know how effective the knives of the barrow are, we can only imagine what other anti-Nazgul tech lay down there (this specualtion may not be as idle as it first sounds, since I have always belived that, if Tolkien HAD written the LOTR sequel, the question of the barrow weapons might have been of supreme importance, since in the absence of the eleven rings and the Wise who wielded them, weponry like the Barrow Blades might have represented the strongest anti Mordor stuff there was .

11-03-2009, 08:20 PM	#1
Alfirin Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 435	The Barrow Cache, with speculation on the Reason for the WK sending The previous thread (on the wights) has led me to think I wonder if beyond the reasons mentioned there might have been another reason why the WK sent the wights to occupy the barrows. As we find out later, the barrow blades given how they were made and forged are uniquely powerful against the hosts of Mordor unlike most weapons Barrow blades can hurt the WK, a trait that given his boast of being unhinderable (which I interpet as meant not just unkillable, but also unwoundable). Given that fact that the WK had fought the Cardolan is is possible he knew just how effective thier weaponry was against him and his wraith Bretheren. I wonder if beyond their obvios function of blocking the way and increasing the general amount of terror in the area, the wights had another function namely to guard the barrows and make sure that no one did what Tom eventually in his own way, did, exume the weapons and pass them to people in a postion to use them. We know how effective the knives of the barrow are, we can only imagine what other anti-Nazgul tech lay down there (this specualtion may not be as idle as it first sounds, since I have always belived that, if Tolkien HAD written the LOTR sequel, the question of the barrow weapons might have been of supreme importance, since in the absence of the eleven rings and the Wise who wielded them, weponry like the Barrow Blades might have represented the strongest anti Mordor stuff there was .