tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post3438860602729438621..comments2024-03-29T00:12:01.885-04:00Comments on Akratic Wizardry: Are the Nazgûl the Ultimate Fantasy Antagonists?Akrasiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08734103159691571156noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-6130864457686655592010-07-08T18:49:24.852-04:002010-07-08T18:49:24.852-04:00All good points. And many have copied them.
Incl...All good points. And many have copied them.<br /><br />Including me. Intelligent and implacable, creatures of legend and lryic, immortal and unending, they terrified me from my first reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-9431563573364832102010-07-07T04:36:03.078-04:002010-07-07T04:36:03.078-04:00"Begone, foul dwimmerlaik, lord of carrion! L..."Begone, foul dwimmerlaik, lord of carrion! Leave the dead in peace!"<br /><br />A cold voice answered: "Come not between the Nazgul and his prey! Or he will not slay thee in thy turn. He will bear thee away to the houses of lamentation, beyond all darkness, where thy flesh shall be devoured, and thy shrivelled mind be left naked to the Lidless Eye."<br /><br />A sword rang as it was drawn. "Do what you will; but I will hinder it, if I may."<br /><br />"Hinder me? Thou fool. No living man may hinder me!"<br /><br />"But no living man am I! You look upon a woman. Éowyn I am, Eomund's daughter. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Begone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him."<br /><br />That scene is epic, in the full sense of the word. Tolkien at his best.Rick Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01707062453047354335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-17622570213777449832010-07-01T19:40:25.519-04:002010-07-01T19:40:25.519-04:00Yes. I believe they are the ultimate fantasy antag...Yes. I believe they are the ultimate fantasy antagonist. You don't delve into their lair to kill them. They hunt you down.Nathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16708834673967874423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-78043304958532770782010-07-01T19:11:10.391-04:002010-07-01T19:11:10.391-04:00I don't know if they are "the ultimate&qu...I don't know if they are "the ultimate" but they are excellent antagonists. They also go to prove my long-held theory that the evil lieutenant is always more interesting the Big Bad.Matthew Slepinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04056247825064943944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7600974191399728636.post-51796287320048978492010-07-01T15:30:49.629-04:002010-07-01T15:30:49.629-04:00Angus McBride was the master! One painter to rule...Angus McBride was the master! One painter to rule them all!<br /><br />I still love the Ralph Bakshi animated film. The Nazgûl were much more terrifying than in the recent films.Chad Thorsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15084711824869449643noreply@blogger.com