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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kengar" data-source="post: 1290665" data-attributes="member: 3230">In the books, at the beginning (Shire, Bree & Weathertop) the Nine were not yet at their full strength. Their power had waned with Sauron's after the One Ring was lost. The Nazguls' main weapon was fear. At Weathertop, Fire helped to keep them at bay. They disliked fire and light, being creatures of darkness. "Strider laid his hand on his (Frodo's) shoulder. 'There is still hope,' he said. 'You are not alone. Let us take this wood that is set ready for the fire as a sign. There is little shelter or defnce here, but fire shall serve for both. Sauron can put fire to his evil uses, as he can all things, but these Riders do not love it, and fear those who wield it. Fire is our friend in the wilderness."When Frodo put on the Ring and entered the shadow-world, the Witch King was able to see him clearly and strike him with the Morgul blade. Aragorn and the others drove them off with torches.I agree with Bob that the scene with Faramir shooting the hell hawk was probably meant to be reminiscent of Legolas' felling the winged beast in TTT. Lastly, as far as the films go, one of the things that isn't really obvious is the effect of the Nazguls' cries. In ROTK, you see the men of Gondor cringing and covering their ears. "Pippin knew the shuddering cry that he had heard: it was the same that he had heard long ago in the Marish of the Shire, but it was grown in power and hatred, piercing the heart with a poisonous despair."Also:"For yet another weapon, swifter than hunger, the Lord of the Dark Tower had: dread and despair.The Nazgul came again, and as their Dark Lord now grew and put forth his strength, so their voices, which uttered only his will and malice, were filled with evil and horror. Ever they circled above the City, like vultures that expect their fill of doomed men's flesh. Out of sight and shot they flew, and yet were ever present, and their deadly voices rent the air. More unbearable they became, not less, at each new cry. At length even the stout-hearted would fling themselves to the ground as the hidden menace passed over them, or they would stand, letting weapons fall from nerveless handswhile into their minds a blackness came, and they thought no more of war; but only of hiding and of crawling, and of death."This is one of those instances, I think, where the book does a better job than the movie. It's hard to show this kind of thing on screen.</blockquote>

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