Two Watchers

The Two Watchers were two three-headed phantom-statues located on the southeastern side of the Tower of Cirith Ungol, guarding the "gate".
They served as guardians of the tower, creating an invisible barrier between them through the force of their will alone, which prevented any enemy from passing the gate. The statues seemed to be somewhat sentient, being able to sense enemies whether visible or invisible. The statues, seated unmoving upon thrones, one on either side of the archway, had three joined bodies- one that faced inward, one that faced outward, and one that faced the other. The heads were like vultures with glittering black eyes, and they had claw-like hands which lay upon their great knees. They seemed to be carved out of huge blocks of stone. Some evil spirit of vigilance lived within them and created what Sam felt to be, "some web like Shelob's, only invisible".
thumb|The Two Watchers in The Lord of the Rings: The Card Game, The Mountain of Fire Expansion
== History ==
=== Encountered by Samwise ===
During the quest to destroy the One Ring, the Hobbit Samwise Gamgee came to the tower to save his friend and master, Frodo Baggins. His initial willpower was not enough to overcome their dreadful snare, and Sam was forced to use the Phial of Galadriel to pass the Watchers, but once he had done so the Watchers let out a terrible cry, and an alarm bell was rung in the tower, alerting the Orcs within that an intruder had entered. Sam succeeded in saving Frodo, and again used the Phial to escape from the tower, along with the power of Elvish words. The Watchers again let out their terrible cry as the two Hobbits passed them; the archway collapsed behind them, and a Nazgûl settled upon the broken gate and let loose a chilling cry.
It is unknown by whom these statues were built, though it is likely they were made by Sauron.
== In adaptations ==
thumb|258x258px|Stone Watchers (1980)
=== The Return of the King (1980 animated film) ===
In The Return of the King (1980 film), the Watchers are far more accurate, even resembling their description from the book.
=== Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings trilogy ===
The Watchers appear only in the extended edition of Peter Jackson's The Return of the King. However, they do not hinder Sam's entry into Cirith Ungol.
=== Video games ===
The Watchers appear in the Return of the King video game, though in them they are nothing more than statues, and do not block the entrance or escape of enemies. 
The Watchers appear in The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle-earth II and its expansion pack; in The Rise of the Witch King, watchers can be build as an annex to Mordor's fortress. These watchers provide "fear" power which means keep off enemy units from the fortress.
==Translations==
Foreign Language 	Translated name
Afrikaans 	Twee Wagte
Albanian 	Dy Roje
Amharic 	ሁለት ጠባቂዎች
Arabic 	اثنين من الحراس
Armenian 	Երկու Գվարդիաները
Assamese 	দুজন চোৱাচিতাকাৰী
Azerbaijani 	İki Mühafizəçilər
Basque 	Bi guardia
Belarusian Cyrillic	два гвардзейскіх
Bengali 	দুই প্রহরী
Bosnian 	Dva stražara
Bulgarian Cyrillic 	Две пазачи
Cambodian 	ឆ្មាំពីរ
Catalan 	Dos guàrdies
Cebuano 	Duha Mga gwardya
Chinese 	两名警卫
Corsican 	Dui guardi
Croatian 	Dva stražara
Czech 	Dva strážní
Danish 	De To Vagter foran Cirith Ungol
Dutch 	Twee Wachters
Esperanto 	Du policanoj
Estonian 	Kaks piirded
Filipino 	Dalawang bantay
Finnish 	Kaksi vartijaa
French 	Deux gardes
Galician 	Dous gardas
Georgian 	ორი მესაზღვრეებმა
German 	Zwei Wächter
Greek 	Δύο Φύλακες
Gujarati 	બે ગાર્ડસ
Haitian Creole 	De Gad yo
Hawaiian 	ʻElua kiaʻi
Hebrew 	שני השומרים
Hindi 	दो गार्ड
Hungarian 	Két gárdisták
Indonesian 	Dua penjaga
Icelandic 	Tveir lífvörður
Irish Gaelic 	Dó Gardaí
Italian 	Due guardie
Japanese 	2人のガード
Javanese 	Loro pengawal
Kannada 	ಎರಡು ಗಾರ್ಡ್ಗಳು
Kazakh 	Екі күзетші (Cyrillic) Eki küzetşi (Latin)
Korean 	경비원 2 명
Kurdish 	Du Cerdevan (Kurmanji Kurdish)
Kyrgyz Cyrillic 	Эки сакчынын
Latin 	Duo custodibus
Latvian 	Divi gvardi
Lithuanian 	Du sargybiniai
Luxembourgish 	Zwee Lwwerwaacher
Macedonian Cyrillic	два Чувари
Malagasy 	Mpiambina roa
Malaysian 	Dua pengawal
Maltese 	gwardji Żewġ
Manx 	Daa Lught Fakin
Marathi 	दोन गार्ड्स
Mongolian Cyrillic 	Хоёр хамгаалагч
Nepalese 	दुई गार्ड
Norwegian 	To Vakter
Pashto 	دوه ساتونکي
Persian 	دو نگهبان
Polish 	Dwa Gwardia
Portuguese 	Dois guardas
Punjabi 	ਦੋ ਗਾਰਡ
Romanian 	Doi paznici
Romansh 	guardia Dua
Russian 	Два охранника
Scottish Gaelic 	Dhà Geàrdan
Serbian 	Два стражара (Cyrillic) Dva stražara (Latin)
Shona 	Varindi Vaviri
Sicilian 	Dui Guardanti
Sindhi 	ٻه محافظ
Sinhalese 	ආරක්ෂකයින් දෙදෙනෙක්
Slovak 	Dvaja strážcovia
Slovenian 	Dva stražarja
Somali 	Laba Ilaalada
Spanish 	Dos Centinelas
Swahili 	Mbili Walinzi
Swedish 	Två Vakter
Tajik Cyrillic 	Ду посбонҳо
Tamil 	இரண்டு காவலர்கள்
Telugu 	రెండు గార్డ్లు
Thai 	สองยาม
Turkish 	Iki Gardiyanlar
Turkmen 	Iki Synçy
Ukrainian Cyrillic 	Два Гвардія
Urdu 	دو محافظوں
Uzbek 	Икки Соқчилар (Cyrillic) Ikki Soqchilar (Latin)
Vietnamese 	Hai vệ binh
Welsh 	Dau Warchodwr
Xhosa 	Zimbini BaGada
Yiddish 	צוויי גואַרדס
Yoruba 	Meji Awọn oluṣọ
== References ==
Category:Monsters
Category:Statues
Category:Servants of Sauron
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