To: HairOfTheDog
So the Barrow-wights are not the spirits of the kings who were buried there at all? Some trace of the kings' spirits are present in the barrow, aren't they? When Merry wakes up he says:
'Of course, I remember! The men of Carn Dum came on us at night, and we were worsted. Ah! the spear in my heart!' He clutched at his breast. 'No! No!' he said, opening his eyes. 'What am I saying? I have been dreaming.'
Now I have to look up Carn Dum!
To: Overtaxed
Carn Dum was a city, the city of the men of Angmar (bad guys). The barrows were originally for the 'good' guys, who were destroyed by Angmar after... well, see, Arnor got broken up into three parts by a king who wanted all three of his sons to rule; Arthedain, Cardolan and Rhudaur. Then in two of them, the line of Numenor died out, and the king of Arthedain wanted to reclaim the other two, but they weren't having any of it. Then up comes Angmar, and its witch-king, and basically wipes out all three parts of Arnor... which is why it's the Lost Realm. But Aragorn comes from the kings of Arthedain, and Arnor before that...
185 posted on
04/02/2002 3:11:40 PM PST by
JenB
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