Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings films are viewed as probably the greatest cinematic adaptation ever developed, but even these epic masterpieces are not with no flaws, as is the case with the plot hole they triggered concerning the Witch-king of Angmar’s death. Sauron’s most fearsome and effective soldier was just about every bit as evil as the Dark Lord himself, and in the films, was even effective adequate to break Gandalf’s employees. The greatest of the Nazgûl, the Witch-king was believed to be all but unkillable, which created his demise at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields so noteworthy.

The Witch-king of Angmar fell when and for all just after becoming stabbed in the face by Éowyn, niece of King Theoden and shieldmaiden of Rohan. However, she was not solely accountable for his demise Meriadoc Brandybuck offered her with an opening by stabbing the Witch-king in the leg with an enchanted blade, weakening him. Unfortunately, Merry’s courageous attack reveals a plot hole especially associated to the Witch-king, and how the death depicted in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King should not have been feasible.

Merry &amp Pippin Getting Elven Daggers In The LOTR Movies Creates A Witch-king Plot Hole

Galadriel’s present was distinctive in the books

While it is complicated to make out precisely what it is Merry stabs the Witch-king with on the Fields of Pelennor, it is clearly some sort of dagger or smaller sized blade, and is presumably the Noldorin dagger that Galadriel gave him in Lothlórien. There is debate more than whether or not Merry would nonetheless have it at that point, but no matter the blade’s origin, the plot hole that it creates nonetheless exists. The Witch-king notoriously had an enchantment on him (placed by Sauron) that any blade that touched him would shatter, and its wielder would be poisoned, which is what occurs in the film.

In Tolkien’s original novels, Merry stabs the Witch-king with a Barrow-blade, a dagger crafted by Aragorn’s Dúnedain ancestors which was imbued with a unique enchantment especially developed to help in battling forces from Angmar. Though the enchantment was intended for evil agents of previous centuries, the magic was nonetheless in location when Merry wielded it against the Witch-king. It was really the only blade that could have triggered the essential harm to the wraith, which is exactly where the plot hole lies.

In the books, the Hobbits get the Barrow-blades from the mysterious Tom Bombadil, the god-like entity who comes to the help of Middle Earth’s heroes periodically. With Tom Bombadil becoming reduce from Peter Jackson’s films, Merry and Pippin’s Barrow-blades are replaced by the Noldorin daggers, and they are delivered by Galadriel, not Tom Bombadil. Unfortunately, replacing the 1 blade that can in fact harm the Witch-king creates a main plot hole, when a distinctive blade is utilized to a equivalent impact.

Galadriel Possessing A Barrow-Blade Doesn’t Make Sense

The effective weapons had been forged by males

By cutting Tom Bombadil, Peter Jackson created it all but not possible for the Hobbits to reasonably get access to the Barrow-blades. They take place upon them basically by possibility in the books, as Bombadil made them from a tomb in which the Hobbits occurred to be imprisoned. Galadriel most likely would not have been in possession of 1, as the blades had been forged by the males of the North, and there was no logical way or explanation for the hugely useful and effective blades to have created their way to the Galadhrim.

Furthermore, if the elves had access to a set of blades capable of breaking the Witch-king’s magic, there is no possibility that they would have been provided away as trinkets to a pair of Hobbits. They would have place them to far improved use more than the centuries, even extra so at the finish of the Third Age when Sauron was returning to energy. The death of the Witch-king of Angmar is 1 of the most triumphant scenes in Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy, but it is sadly only created feasible with the assist of a huge plot hole.

The Lord of the Rings

The Lord of the Rings is a multimedia franchise consisting of various films and a Television show released by Amazon titled The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The franchise is primarily based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s book series that started in 1954 with The Fellowship of the Ring. The Lord of the Rings saw mainstream reputation with Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogies.

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