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[[Image:Howard Koslow - Watchers of the Gate.jpg|thumb|''Watchers of the Gate'' by [[Howard Koslow]].]]
[[Image:Howard Koslow - Watchers of the Gate.jpg|thumb|''Watchers of the Gate'' by [[Howard Koslow]].]]
The '''Two Watchers''' were two carved figures that guarded the gateway of the [[Tower of Cirith Ungol]] with a strange and malevolent will. Each was formed of three bodies - one guarding the way into the tower, one the way out, and the third staring across the gateway itself. Their faces were the faces of vultures, with eyes of black stone. They had the power to block entry to the tower, or escape from it, through the force of their will alone, and were able to send up a shrill alarm call if their guard was breached.
The '''Two Watchers''' were two carved figures that guarded the gateway of the [[Tower of Cirith Ungol]] with a strange and malevolent will, possessed by "''some dreadful [[spirits (creatures)|spirit]] of evil vigilance''". Each was formed of three bodies - one guarding the way into the tower, one the way out, and the third staring across the gateway itself. Their faces were the faces of vultures, with eyes of black stone. They had the power to block entry to the tower, or escape from it, through the force of their will alone, and were able to send up a shrill alarm call if their guard was breached.<ref>{{RK|VI1}}</ref>


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Revision as of 00:21, 5 March 2011

The Two Watchers were two carved figures that guarded the gateway of the Tower of Cirith Ungol with a strange and malevolent will, possessed by "some dreadful spirit of evil vigilance". Each was formed of three bodies - one guarding the way into the tower, one the way out, and the third staring across the gateway itself. Their faces were the faces of vultures, with eyes of black stone. They had the power to block entry to the tower, or escape from it, through the force of their will alone, and were able to send up a shrill alarm call if their guard was breached.[1]

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