tTT: What's up with Wormtongue?

Squire James said:
As for why Wormtongue was needed with the King being ensorcelled like that, I think it was basically to keep someone like Theodred or Eomer from taking control and making Rohan an effective foe of Saruman despite the loss of the King. It was important that Rohan had NO King, not just the shutting down of Theoden.

I agree. It would seem that unless Saruman's attention was focused on Theoden, he could only wither and gibber. They needed Wormboy there to keep things moving along and prevent some lesser Horsehead from running the show.
 

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