Posted: February 03, 2000 at 15:29:32: by SLAINE
: : Who was the Barrow Wight and from whence did he come?: Well, first of all there was more thanone Barrow-Wight. : There are different theories on the Barrow-Wights. I'll list as many as I know, and you san choose which one you like.
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: - The Wights were spirits of the evil men of Angmar.
: - The Wights were created by the Witch-King.
: - The Wights were minor evil spirits (or Gul).
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After Tom Bombadil rescues the hobbits from the barrow wights and gives them the swords he says "...these blades were forged many long yesrs ago by Men of Westernesse: they were foes of the Dark Lord, but they were overcome by the evil king of Carn Dum in the land of Angmar." I always assumed that meant the wight used to be a Man of Westernesse. As for who he was specifically, ya got me.
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