#The witch kings sword how to#

With a cry of hatred that stung the very ears like venom he let fall his mace. вЂвЂ™ Out of the wreck rose the Black Rider, tall and threatening, towering above her. HereвЂ™s a quote that describes the situation: Secondly, the Witch King was about to kill her but Merry sneak attacked him with a Barrow Blade, it wasnвЂ™t for Merry who sneak attacked the Witch King (who was distracted) with the only weapon that could actually harm the Witch King that allowed Ewoyn to finish the Witch King off, she wouldвЂ™ve been dead.

#The witch kings sword how to#

Firstly, Eowyn barely survived her encounter with the Witch King, she had a short fight with him, broke her arm and lost, and donвЂ™t forget that Eowyn knows how to defend herself with a sword, the women of Rohan were trained and they could fight for themselves, they didnвЂ™t need to rely on the Men of Rohan. Now let me explain why the Witch King was defeated. No other blade, not though mightier hands had wielded it, would have dealt that foe a wound so bitter, cleaving the undead flesh, breaking the spell that knit his unseen sinews to his will.вЂќ - The Return of the King: The Battle of the Pelennor Fields. But glad would he have been to know its fate who wrought it slowly long ago in the North-kingdom when the DГєnedain were young, and chief among their foes was the dread realm of Angmar and its sorcerer king.

''So passed the sword of the Barrow-downs, work of Westernesse. Merry's blade was a Barrow Blade made by the North men of Arnor who used to fight the Witch-King they crafted this blade with the purpose of removing the spell that keeps the Witch King indestructible to normal weapons: The only blade that is capable of harming the Witch King (and other Nazgul) is a Barrow Blade. More deadly to him was the name of Elbereth.' - The Fellowship of the Ring: Flight to the Ford. ' The only hurt that it did to his enemy, I fear for it is unharmed, but all blades perish that pierce that dreadful King (Witch King). Let me start off with that Sauron had a spell that made the Witch King indestructible to weapons swords are a primary example because they were very commonly used, and no weapon except a Barrow Blade could harm the Witch King at all, in fact any weapon that was used to harm the Witch King was destroyed. For this Blog, I will be going through the context behind the Witch King vs Eowyn controversy, annotating what actually happened because so many people don't understand the confrontation and take it out of context.