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Gríma, called (the) Wormtongue, is a fictional character in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings. He serves as a secondary antagonist there; his role is expanded in Unfinished Tales . He is introduced in The Two Towers as the chief advisor to King Théoden of Rohan and henchman of Saruman .
Grima Wormtongue throws the Orthanc palantír, a stone of seeing, at the party; [T 4] both Pippin and Aragorn later use it, seeing and deceiving Sauron as to the Fellowship's intentions. [2] Saruman is locked in Orthanc and guarded by Treebeard, who later sets him free. Saruman hands the tower's keys over to Treebeard, and takes Gríma with him.
After persuading the Ents to release him from Orthanc, he travels north on foot, apparently reduced to begging. He is accompanied by Wormtongue, whom he beats and curses. [T 6] When they reach the Shire, Saruman's agents—both Hobbits and Men—have already taken it over and started a destructive process of industrialization.
Tolkien initially considered four towers, three pairs of which (Orthanc and Barad-dûr, Minas Tirith and Barad-dûr, or Orthanc and the Tower of Cirith Ungol, black lines) could have been the two indicated by the title. [3] [4] But he settled on a different pair (red line), with Orthanc and a fifth tower, Minas Morgul. [5]
Saruman used his influence through the traitor Grima Wormtongue to weaken Théoden. Saruman then launched an invasion of Rohan, with victory in early battles at the Fords of Isen, killing Théoden's son, Théodred. [T 24] Saruman was defeated at the Battle of the Hornburg, where the tree-like Huorns came from the forest of Fangorn to help the ...
Wormtongue tries to kill Gandalf or Saruman with the palantír of Orthanc, but misses both. Pippin retrieves the palantír, but Gandalf quickly takes it. [T 24] After the group leaves Isengard, Pippin takes the palantír from a sleeping Gandalf, looks into it, and comes face to face with Sauron himself.
The meaning of the title itself, 'The Two Towers', was changed. While Tolkien considered several possible sets of towers [16] [17] [18] he eventually created a final cover illustration [19] and wrote a note included at the end of The Fellowship of the Ring which identified them as Minas Morgul and Orthanc. [20]
Gríma Wormtongue turns on Saruman and kills him in front of Bag End, Frodo's home. He is killed in turn by hobbit archers. Merry and Pippin are celebrated as heroes. Sam marries Rosie Cotton and uses his gifts from Galadriel to help heal the Shire. But Frodo is still wounded in body and spirit, having borne the Ring for so long.