Given how LotR Prophecy works, there's no way it's applicable here :P
The original prophet's knowledge of what will happen is pretty much decimated the second the fight happens, because it never does, within continuity :P
Prophecy probably is more binding on the HP people in this context, since it seems the HP Prophecies set the terms, rather then simply glimpsing into the future. At least, that's the impression I'm getting.
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Death Eaters are squabblesome when not under Voldemort's leadership - as in when he's dead, or out of contact, or indisposed. He's very much around and in contact with the Death Eaters in this scenario. It's also been shown that Sauron's forces are composed of individual soldiers, like any other army. The grunts are not mental pawns of Sauron, nor are they fanatically loyal - they fight because It's What We Do. They're bred for war, unlike men, and that gives them their relatively higher ferocity. But they squabble to the point of civil war even when Sauron's very much around.
Funny; the impression I get is that Orcs have overall excellent unit-cohesion in battle. They may go close to mutiny against their immediate CO after the fact, but NEVER close to civil war (That requires, you know, an attempt at a coup). In battle, they seem to be mostly obedient soldiers. Which makes sense, as they're definitely the grunt level, and you usually don't think about faceless grunts rebelling anyway.
Death Eater cooperation (I don't think unit cohesion as-such is really applicable to a group working in cells) seems abysmal in comparison.
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The Black Breath, again, is like crop dusting. If you're within a certain (comparatively limited!) radius of the Nazgul when he comes by, you get the gagging and the coughing and the retching and the dying. It's not the same as the fear aura's range at all.
You seem to be missing the point; The Black Breath's range IS the Fear Aura's range. Those who are thrown to despair when a Nazgul has taken tot he field is taken by it (Or at least, that's my reading of it here. If I'm wrong, LotR-ites, lemme know!)
That pretty much means Voldemort is screwed beyond a shadow of a doubt. The death eaters probably have abysmal morale right off the bat, because of how they're lead. Add in a Fear Aura, and any who feel despair becoming completely useless in the long term? I think that's pretty much game for Voldemort.
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I don't think a bunch of whirling swords (better than mere projectiles, yes?) or boulders would OHKO anything, not at all. But sheer dint of numbers against one fellow standing still (compared to a wizard, anyway) is going to give him a messload of trouble. (There are probably plenty of swords lying around on the battlefield, too, but transfiguration works just fine.) Nazgul do reform relatively quickly, but it's still officially dying... damn, we should have set a time limit on that rule.
Whirling swords, unless you could get phenomenal amounts of force behind them (And assuming that Sauron's armor is only as well made as full plate in the real world) would be pretty much useless. Voldemort definitely doesn't have the knowledge of weak points in armor that he'd need, and I doubt any of his servants would have it either, to be able to turn a sword slash into something useful, against someone clad in full plate. Boulders should be fine; It's the impact that does the work, after all. I don't think Voldemort could put the force behind such an animation to make anything puncture the armor (If he could, it'd be moving considerably faster then a traditional personal combat spell, and thus, be a more common tactic. Then again, by my own admission, Rowling seems to have nfc how to apply magic in her own world. Or perhaps it's a perfectly valid tactic and Wizards are idiots at innovation (which would still probably discount it from use in the fight.. we have to consider what the characters would come up with, I suppose. A limitation I hadn't thought of, because I tend to assume these big bads are smarter then me.. :P)
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I don't think a bunch of whirling swords (better than mere projectiles, yes?) or boulders would OHKO anything, not at all. But sheer dint of numbers against one fellow standing still (compared to a wizard, anyway) is going to give him a messload of trouble. (There are probably plenty of swords lying around on the battlefield, too, but transfiguration works just fine.) Nazgul do reform relatively quickly, but it's still officially dying... damn, we should have set a time limit on that rule.
I'm more amused at the prospects of no limit. By all rights Sauron is the inevitable winner if it's to the absolute finish Sauron is far more likely to destroy the Phylacteries then Voldemort is to dispose of the ring, since no moral fiber is really needed to destroy said phylacteries.
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Veritaserum is supposed to be illegal to use in civilized procedings. The fact that Dumbledore had Snape whip it out on Moody/Crouch doens't make it legal (like many 'little rules' Dumbledore ignores), and Umbridge's use was only legitimized because she made the rules up as she went. It can also be resisted by a wizard who's aware of its presence or otherwise alerted ahead of time. It's like sodium pentathol... effective, but not at all foolproof. Certainly not admissible as foolproof evidence. When memories can be modified by magic, there's a terrifically high standard of evidence.
Who resists it? And what evidence? All they 'knew' about Sirius was that he was the Secret Keeper, and that he went looking for Pettigrew. As to 'illegal'... isn't that somewhat irrelevant when discussing the body of law that decides what's legal? Assuming we borrowed our system of law from the brits (I haven't examined their laws in depth, quite frankly), then as long as it's not banned in their constitution..