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Crocodilepaw: Questions about The Witch King and Arnor

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0) In 1050 of the Third Age, Sauron begins to rebuild his strength in Mordor. In 1300 The Nazgul reappear and The Witch King establishes his stronghold of Angmar. From what I've seen on the internet it states that Orcs multiplied in the Misty Mountains, The Nazgul reappeared, and that The WK gathered evil men and other fel creatures into his service. Now......

1) Why did The WK want to start destroying the North? What are the benefits for Sauron?

2) How did The WK gather evil men? Literally how did he do this?

3) Why would evil men travel to a place they've never been, The Misty Mountains, and why work with/under a man they know NOTHING about.

4) Did The WK send ravens to different Guilds of magic?

5) How does one find evil people?

6) What are the benefits for the evil magicians? Are they studying under The WK to learn evil magics from long ago? I would imagine he sent Khamul to the east to gather evil sorcerors and bring them back.

7) I can't imagine he sent orcs to spread the word "Hey! There is an evil sorceror up in the Mountains of the North! You want to do evil magic without the law breathing down your necks? Well, go up to the Misty Mountains and work for this guy whose name I don't know."

8) How large or small was the army that The WK assembled in the Misty Mountains?

9) Did he take any of the Nazgul with him?

10) Who held Carn Dum?

11) What was the strength of Carn Dum before falling to The WK?

12) Did The Witch King siege Carn dum?

13) The WK allied himself with Rhudaur. How?

14) Did HE facilitate this himself?

15) Did he ride around the country speaking with the Chieftains of these hill people?

16) Was there any resistance?

17) Did The WK advertise to the Hill-men that he was Sauron's second in command?

18) If not, it's odd. If you were the 3rd rung on the ladder as Rhudaur was, the dirty Hill-men underdogs. Why would you ally yourself with a nobody with a contingent of monsters and sorcerors at his back?

19) What the hell did he say to the Chieftain of the Hill-men?

20) Was the populace of Rhudaur one large Tribe of people or separate Chieftains?

21) Did they have castles in Rhudaur?

22) Did he tell them that The WK wanted to conquer the realm of Arnor?

23) Did he fight on a platform that entitled on splitting the Kingdom of Arnor with Rhudaur?

24) What were the benefits to this deal that Rhudaur thought it would be a good idea to align with a nameless Death Knight Sorceror.......??

25) Since Rhudaur and Angmar had a secret alliance did the two armies not march with one another?

26) I see that Argeleb I fortified the hills in preparation for the attack from Rhudaur.

27) Did The WK command Rhudaur to attack first and then the army of Angmar hit them from another side like a pincer move?

28) Did The WK establish a cult to Sauron just like Sauron did for Morgoth in Numenor?

29) Wouldn't the religious among the hill-tribes have a problem following a CLEARLY evil looking Black Rider?

30) I am confused about Cardolan and Arthedain? Were they fighting eachother?

31) What was the conflict?

32) As far as I can read here it says that Argeleb I ruled Cardolan and Malvegil ruled Arthedain.

33) Was he fighting his son?

34) Were the two kingdoms united in fighting Rhudaur prior to the founding of Angmar?

35) I read some where that The WK sent agents of evil into Cardolan and Arthedain to weaken them? I don't remember if this was a Canon source but.....who did he send, what were their credentials for sowing discontent and sabotage among the ranks of the Kingdoms of Arnor?

36) What offices of influence did they penetrate?

37) HOW did they penetrate the ranks of men?

38) The Battle at the tower of Amon Sul, was it an open battle of army vs army?

39) Did The Cardolans occupy it and The WK just storm the tower?

40) The Battle of Fornost was a giant defeat for The WK. Was this an open battle outside the city or did The WK just try storming the city?

41) Apparently, after losing The Battle of Fornost, The WK rebuilt his army, over the centuries he sent evil spirits to inhabit the Burial Mounds of Cardolan. WHY? How does this benefit him? Why would anyone do this? (If I see a ghost near a Burial Mound I just won't go near the Burial mound)

42) Did The WK control The Barrow Wights?

43) Did he strike a deal with them?

44) The terms of which would be....what?

45) Did Sauron send the plague that maimed Cardolan?

46) Was The WK a Necromancer?

47) Did Mordor have any correspondence with Angmar during the 500 years that The WK sat in Angmar?

48) When The WK was defeated and went back to Mordor did he take the remnants of his army with him?

49) Was there even anyone left other than The WK?

50) Did The Witch King declare himself a King? Did someone else give him the title and if so, who?

51) I've seen some fans online claim that The WK is the greatest sorceror of all time? Is this true and why?

52) When the army of Mordor besieged Minas Ithil why didn't anyone inside send a raven to Gondor to to get help?

53) Do you like the The Witch King's weapon change from a mace to morning star in the movie?

54) Do you prefer his look in the film or how he was described in the books? Anyways, thanks guys for answering these!

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