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Then Túrin sprang about, and strode against him, and fire was in his eyes, and the edges of Gurthang shone as with flame. Many millennia earlier, the dragon Glaurung shows much more powerful abilities: Bilbo has trouble with the 'dragon-spell' of Smaug in their conversation: he begins to suspect the dwarves of treachery and feels a compulsion to take off the Ring and reveal himself to Smaug. Dragons, too, can affect the minds of others. The main power of the Nazgul is to inspire courage in their allies and terror in their enemies. But none were unmoved none rejected its pleas and its commands without an effort of mind and will, so long as its master had control of it.Īnd of course Sauron manages to corrupt Saruman and drive Denethor to despair through manipulation of the palantiri, and most of the One Ring's powers are based around controlling or manipulating others' wills. For many the sound of the voice alone was enough to hold them enthralled but for those whom it conquered the spell endured when they were far away, and ever they heard that soft voice whispering and urging them. Fur some the spell lasted only while the voice spoke to them, and when it spake to another they smiled, as men do who see through a juggler's trick while others gape at it. When others spoke they seemed harsh and uncouth by contrast and if they gainsaid the voice, anger was kindled in the hearts of those under the spell. Mostly they remembered only that it was a delight to hear the voice speaking, all that it said seemed wise and reasonable, and desire awoke in them by swift agreement to seem wise themselves. Those who listened unwarily to that voice could seldom report the words that they heard and if they did, they wondered, for little power remained in them. Suddenly another voice spoke, low and melodious, its very sound an enchantment. His impossibly persuasive voice is one of his main powers: Then all the sky was clean and blue and birds sang in every tree. A black shadow seemed to pass like an arm above him it missed Amon Hen and groped out west, and faded. He was kneeling in clear sunlight before the high seat.

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Frodo, neither the Voice nor the Eye: free to choose, and with one remaining instant in which to do so. For a moment, perfectly balanced between their piercing points, he writhed, tormented. Then as a flash from some other point of power there came to his mind another thought: Take it off! Take it off! Fool, take it off! Take off the Ring! He heard himself crying out: Never, never! Or was it: Verily I come, I come to you? He could not tell. It glanced upon Tol Brandir - he threw himself from the seat, crouching, covering his head with his grey hood. Very soon it would nail him down, know just exactly where he was. It leaped towards him almost like a finger he felt it, searching for him. He knew that it had become aware of his gaze. There was an eye in the Dark Tower that did not sleep. Near the end of FotR, Frodo's use of the Seat of Seeing causes Gandalf and Sauron to fight a mental battle:Īnd suddenly he felt the Eye. That said, mind-affecting abilities are some of the most common in Tolkien's writings, though there's nothing like the 'possession' of Theoden seen in the movies. There's no indication of any actual magic going on. In Tolkien's writings, Saruman had Grima give Theoden bad advice and sketchy drugs. The movies don't really fit into 'the greater world of Tolkien' very well.

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