| | The '''ring wraiths''', (or '''black riders''') of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' were ghostly spectres sent by [[Sauron]] to recover the Ring from [[Baggins]] of [[the Shire]]. The greatest weapon of these horsemen was not swords but sorcery and fear. | | The '''ring wraiths''', (or '''black riders''') of ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' were ghostly spectres sent by [[Sauron]] to recover the Ring from [[Baggins]] of [[the Shire]]. The greatest weapon of these horsemen was not swords but sorcery and fear. |
| − | After annoying [[Farmer Maggot]], terrifying [[Sam]]'s father, and nearly killing [[Fatty Bolger]], some of them pursued [[Frodo]] and his three [[hobbit]] friends to the [[Brandywine]], where they barely escaped by ferry. Several attacked [[Strider]] and the four hobbits in Bree and at [[Weathertop]]. In a dramatic confrontation at the ford of [[Rivendell]], they were unseated and apparently drowned by [[Gandalf]]. | + | After annoying [[Farmer Maggot]], terrifying [[Sam]]'s father, and nearly killing [[Fatty Bolger]], some of them pursued [[Frodo]] and his three [[hobbit]] friends to the [[Brandywine]], where they barely escaped by ferry. Several attacked [[Strider]] and the four hobbits in Bree and at [[Weathertop]]. In a dramatic confrontation at the ford of [[Rivendell]], they were unseated and apparently drowned by [[Gandalf]]. However, only their horses drowned, and Sauron gave them new steeds, flying monsters with great leathery wings. |