Gríma Wormtongue

Overview

Gríma embodies the quiet corruption of counsel: he does not fight, he whispers, and he nearly brings down a kingdom from within.

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The capital of Rohan, its golden hall Meduseld standing on a green hill below the White Mountains.

Saruman’s fortress at the southern end of the Misty Mountains, ruined by the Ents in the War of the Ring.

The Lord of the Rings · 1954–55
Three volumes: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King.

The chief of the Wizards, whose study of Sauron’s power corrupted him into a would-be rival lord.

King of Rohan, aged prematurely by Gríma’s counsel, later restored and killed at the Pelennor Fields.

A Wizard of the Istari, keeper of the Elven-ring Narya, and the chief architect of the resistance to Sauron.