Hammond and Christina Scull have suggested that the description of the creature recalls that of a cephalopod, though they noted that this was unlikely since the Watcher "has at least twenty-one tentacles or arms rather than eight or ten". If this theory is true, it is possible that the Watcher may have been one of the " nameless things" said to have gnawed earth deep beneath the Mountains. While Tolkien never elaborated on the exact nature of the Watcher in the Water, Gandalf theorized that the Watcher came from a dark lake beneath the Misty Mountains, possibly one of those beneath Moria. The fate of the Watcher in the Water is unknown, but the Dwarves succeeded in retaking Moria during the Fourth Age. Gimli commented that at least for them, it was good that the creature was sleeping at the southern end due to the pool not being high enough. When the Fellowship found the Book of Mazarbul in the Chamber of Mazarbul, Gandalf read Ori's account that " the pool is up to the wall at Westgate. Silently, Gandalf noted to himself that the creature had seized Frodo first of all the members of the Fellowship, possibly suggesting the influence of the One Ring. When Frodo asked Gandalf what the creature was and if there were more, Gandalf revealed that he did not know, but speculated that it must have been drawn out from the deep places beneath the Misty Mountains. The creature possessed great strength, and just as the Fellowship got out of its reach into Moria, the Watcher's coiling arms hurled the enormous stone doors shut, somehow uprooting the ancient holly trees which grew on either side, barring the doors and trapping the Fellowship in Moria. The Watcher tried to follow them, using several of its tentacles to finger the cliff-wall. Gandalf then commanded that the Fellowship retreat through the doorway to escape the Watcher's wrath. The Watcher in the Water gave off " a hideous stench" and somehow made the lake boil. Samwise Gamgee used a knife to slash at the tentacle that was holding Frodo, causing it to release the hobbit but enraging it enough for it to attack with twenty other tentacles. It grasped Frodo Baggins by his ankle and attempted to drag him by his foot into the water. Moving towards the shore from the southern end, the Watcher in the Water attacked the Fellowship just as Gandalf managed to open the West-gate to enter Moria. As they pondered the riddle of the Doors of Durin, the Watcher in the Water was disturbed when Boromir threw a stone into the dark waters, disturbing the Watcher in the Water. On January 13 TA 3019, when the Fellowship of the Ring arrived by the pool of water, many immediately began to feel uneasy by the water. In TA 2994, the Dwarves tried to escape from the Mines but were stopped by the Watcher in the Water, who took Óin. Their activity attracted the attention of Orcs, who began to attack the Dwarves. In TA 2989, an expedition led by Balin attempted to reclaim Moria. 3.3.4 The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II.3.3.3 The Lord of the Rings: The Third Age.3.3.2 The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers video game.3.3.1 The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring video game.Some said it was the creature itself who created the dam over many decades. The full shape of the creature was unknown, but its visible parts were its tentacles, which were long, sinuous, pale-green, and luminous, with a fingered end. The water had gradually grown deeper and crept closer to the West-gate of Moria, leaving only a narrow walkway where once the Elvenway allowed traffic between Ost-in-Edhil and Khazad-dûm many years before in the Second Age. The Watcher in the Water was a horrifying and mysterious creature with many tentacles that lurked within a dark stagnant pool or lake beneath the western Walls of Moria, which was created by the damming of the Sirannon river. The dark water boiled, and there was a hideous stench." - The Fellowship of the Ring, " A Journey in the Dark" The arm let go of Frodo, and Sam pulled him away, crying out for help. Sam on his knees was now slashing at it with a knife. Its fingered end had hold of Frodo’s foot, and was dragging him into the water. " Out from the water a long sinuous tentacle had crawled it was pale-green and luminous and wet.
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