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From: the_stan_brown@fastmail.fm
On Wed, 21 Mar 2012 22:29:03 +0000 (UTC), Thomas Koenig wrote:
>
> Paul S Person schrieb:
>
> > I think it was supposed to be power of a Maia who was no longer
> > hobbled by Manwe, having been released from that hobbling by Eru
> > Iluvator himself and sent back into Arda so that Sauron could be
> > defeated despite the utter failure of Manwe's plan.
>
> Makes me think... what was Gandalf's plan in the confrontation
> with the head Nazgul at the gates of Minas Tirith? Did he
> know that Rohan was coming, and just wanted to hold the gate
> for a few seconds?
If I recall correctly, one of the Letters says that Gandalf 2.0 was
permitted to oppose force with force when the force of evil was too
strong for the forces of good. If I'm correct, he was permitted to
kill the head Nazgūl. I think if Rohan had not come he might have
done so, but maybe since he knew Rohan was coming he thought it would
be better for Men to fight their own battles -- that they would look
back and know they had saved the day by their own efforts without
supinely waiting for supernatural intervention.
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