Re: Happy Apple

> Hmm...  Most toddlers I've had experience with have had a greater destructive
> capability than yer average Uruk-Hai.  A herd of toddlers could have been
> been Gandalf's sekrit weapon.

Well, okay, I have to admit that you have a point.

> Speaking of sekrit weapons, I've got another question about LotR.  A couple
> questions, actually.  These particular questions are about the Witch-King of
> Angmar.
>
> Why do you suppose that he'd ever venture out onto a battlefield, given that
> his existence depended on a technicality?  Sure, sure, Sauron says, "Hop to
> it!" and WKoA says, "Yes sir, Your Flaming Eyeballiness!" But he's got a
> dragon (which can kill him) and he can soar safely above the battlefield,
> away from the orcs, trolls, dwarves, elves, women, hobbits, toddlers,
> elephants, giraffes, zebras, splinters, amoebic dissentery, flesh wounds,
> and other non-men things that can kill him.  Why risk it?

Perhaps the original language of Angmar didn't have a word for "items
that can kill witch-kings," so he had to go with what was available.

> My other question is about the Witch-King of Angmar's ring.  What happened
> to it when he died?  Was it left just lying on the battlefield, waiting for
> another witch-king to come along?  Did someone snag it as a bit of plunder?
> Maybe Gandalf could have given it to someone for use in the big battle at
> the Gates of Mordor.  It might have been nice and soul-corrupty that quickly,
> but they were deadbeef anyway if The Ring wasn't destroyed.

Oh, sure. Point out plot holes in fifty-year-old books.

Laurie