Eowyn and the Witch King

So, interesting point of fact: Glorfindel’s prophecy about the Witch King says “not by the hand of man will he fall.” It doesn’t say that a man couldn’t kill the Witch King, simply that one wouldn’t. Which takes a fair bit of pressure off of Eowyn’s still-quite-miraculous achievement. The Witch King apparently mis-interpreted Glorfindel’s prophecy, because when…

Prophecy of the Witch King

Glorfindel! No really, I’m not kidding. See, here’s what happened. Earlier in the Third Age (the year 1975, to be exact) Angmar, led by the Witch King, had basically destroyed all of Arnor. Though it was too late for the northern kingdom, an army made up of men from Gondor and elves from Rivendell and…