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   "Raven"  writes:   
      
   > skrev i meddelelsen   
   >news:de5ef97c-4b9a-44f2-91b3-ff8eb72d7db3@googlegroups.com...   
   >   
   >> He's already heir to the North Kingdom, long before the time of   
   >> LOTR, so yes, he can use the northern palantirs   
   >> (if any still exist - they're probably buried in that mythical   
   >> Witch-King's-tomb, just to keep an eye on him).   
   >   
   >  The Witch-king has no tomb.  He was the Chief of the Nazgûl, that   
   >Éowyn slew.   
      
   I think Derek is snarking on the Hobbit movie, where it was stated that   
   the Witch-King was a live man at the time of Angmar vs. the Northern   
   realms, and was killed, and was buried, along with his sword, in a deep,   
   special, unopenable tomb.   
      
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