Grima warned that Gandalf's staff should be taken away from him, but Hama the Doorward perceived that Gandalf was a friend and allowed him to keep it.
Grima accused Gandalf of being a bearer of bad tidings, calling him Lathspell, or Ill-news. He said that the Wizard only came in times of trouble and sought help rather than bringing it. Then Gandalf revealed that he had become Gandalf the White and he rendered Grima powerless. Grima was brought cringing before the King. He tried to persuade Theoden to change his mind, but his words no longer had any power over the King. Trying one last ploy, Grima asked to be left in charge of Edoras, but Gandalf exposed him as an agent of Saruman.
Eomer threatened to kill Grima for his treachery and his designs on Eowyn, but Gandalf stopped him. Theoden gave Grima the choice to either accompany the Rohirrim into battle or leave Edoras immediately. Grima spat at the King's feet and fled. Grima rode toward Isengard. At one point he may have been accompanied by a band of Orcs, but he arrived alone on the morning of March 5.
Grima was stunned to see that the walls of Isengard had been cast down and the pits and forges had been flooded and all that he had thought strong and invincible had been destroyed. When Grima saw Treebeard he tried to run away, but the Ent caught him and lifted him from his horse and Grima groveled on the ground. Grima claimed that he was on an errand from King Theoden and that he had been the only one brave enough to come, but Gandalf had warned Treebeard about Grima.
Treebeard told Grima he could either wait with him for Theoden or join Saruman in the tower. Grima waded through the dirty water to Orthanc and Saruman pulled him inside. Later that day Theoden and Gandalf arrived to parley with Saruman.
Gandalf broke Saruman's staff and cast him from the Order of Wizards. As a parting shot, Grima threw the palantir of Orthanc down and nearly hit Gandalf.
Aragorn suggested that his aim may have been off because Grima could not decide whether to strike Gandalf or Saruman with it. When Saruman learned what Grima had done he was enraged at his servant. Grima and Saruman remained imprisoned in Orthanc for the rest of the War of the Ring. On August 15, Saruman persuaded Treebeard to release him. Grima was like a pale shadow when he emerged from the tower. He was abused and terrorized by Saruman but he was even more afraid to leave him.
Saruman and Grima journeyed northward, and on August 28 they met Gandalf and the Hobbits and Galadriel , Celeborn , and Elrond on the road. Saruman refused their help and he struck Grima with his staff and ordered him to come along. Grima said he hated Saruman and wished he could leave him, but when Gandalf suggested he do so Grima looked terrified and followed his master.
Saruman decided to seek revenge for the destruction of Isengard by ruining the Shire. On Saruman's orders, Grima stabbed Lotho to death in his sleep. Saruman later insinuated that Grima may even have eaten Lotho's body, but it is not known whether this was true. Grima was thoroughly wretched and hungry and cowed by Saruman. Frodo ordered Saruman to leave and Grima started to crawl after his master when he called.
There was only one thing Grima could do — return to Isengard, to Saruman. Every new meeting with Grima provides more evidence for calling him Wormtongue. However, Wormtongue, without knowing that, helped Gandalf to solve the riddle of Orthanc — to find out which army Sauron would send to Isengard. Grima unintentionally helped Good side, although he did not abandon Saruman and fled with him to the Shire.
The then white wizard and Grima had arguments and clashes every now and then. It seemed that their anger would reach boiling point. And it did reach it after the victory of uprising in the Shire. Grima was given the alternative: either to continue to serve his master or have a new life, free of scrounging. Saruman sarcastically stated that Wormtongue had stabbed the Chief of hobbits in his sleep, and then either buried him or ate him.
However, Grima tried to justify himself and said that he had been obeying orders. The last straw was when Saruman kicked Wormtongue in the face. Search wiki pages. Welcome to The Tolkien Forum! Connect with fellow Tolkien enthusiasts and join a community that is nearly two decades old, and still going strong. We look forward to meeting you. Wiki The Tolkien Wiki. JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding. You are using an out of date browser.
It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Even though Grima only appeared in The Two Towers [1] ] within the events of The Lord of the Rings , he was more involved in prior events than the narrative initially let on. Grima, at this point, was going to tell Saruman that Gandalf was arriving at Edoras. The date was pegged at exactly September 20 of Show contributors This page has been seen , times.
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