10 Greatest Lord Of The Rings Villains
6. Grima Wormtongue.
If there was a contest for the most grovelling person in Middle Earth, Wormtongue would come second only to Gollum.
For some time Wormtongue had been in the employ of Saruman, and had kept King Theoden under his control with a mixture of his manipulative counsel and Saruman's magic, convincing the king to banish his nephew Eomer and to do nothing about the orcs raiding Rohan. He is only dismissed when Gandalf arrives and drives him out.
Like most bad guys in LOTR he seems to have a hatred of sunlight, and as soon as he leaves Edoras he flees to Orthanc and spends most of his time skulking in the shadows and putting candles dangerously close to explosives.