The Nazguls Came Again and as Their Dark Lord Now Grew and Put Forth His Strength So Their Voices

"Nine he gave to Mortal Men, proud and keen, and and then ensnared them. Long ago they roughshod under the dominion of the One, and they became Ringwraiths, shadows under his dandy Shadow, his most terrible servants. Long ago. It is many a year since the 9 walked abroad. Yet who knows? As the Shadow grows over again, they too may walk again."

—-Gandalf explaining the Nazgûl to Frodo^[ane]

The Nazgûl (Black Speech for "Ringwraiths") or Úlairi (Quenya^[ii]), also known every bit the Blackness Riders or simply The 9, were the dreaded ring-servants of the Nighttime Lord Sauron in Middle-earth throughout the Second and Third Ages, who in the subsequently years of the Third Historic period dwelt in Minas Morgul and Dol Guldur.^[iii]

1 History
- i.i Return of the Nazgûl
- one.two Chase for the Band
  - 1.2.1 Search for the Shire
  - 1.2.2 Hunt for Frodo
  - 1.2.3 Weathertop
  - 1.2.4 The Ford of Bruinen
- ane.3 State of war of the Ring
  - one.3.1 Boxing of the Morannon and Defeat
2 Weapons and abilities
3 Weaknesses
4 Mounts
five Etymology
- 5.1 Other titles
- 5.2 Individual titles
6 Portrayal in adaptations
- six.ane Ralph Bakshi version
- 6.2 Rankin and Bass version
- 6.3 The Lord of the Rings film trilogy
- six.four The Hobbit film trilogy
7 Non-canonical Nazgûl
- vii.1 The Lord of the Rings Trading Carte du jour Game
- 7.2 Games Workshop models
- 7.3 Forge World Miniatures
- 7.4 Middle-earth Roleplaying
- vii.5 The Lord of the Rings Online
- 7.6 Heart-world: Shadow of State of war
- 7.7 Other
viii Trivia
9 Gallery
10 Translations
11 References

History

Kings of Men with their Rings of Power, as seen in *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Band*

Nineteen Rings of Power were made in Eregion, forged past Celebrimbor. These were locked away in one of the safes of Eregion, but all were captured by Sauron. He gave 9 of them to cracking lords and warriors of Men, including 3 Númenóreans, and 1 Easterling male monarch. Sauron succeeded in corrupting the powerful Nine through his dominance over the rings. These Nine used the rings to reach great power, wealth, and prestige in life, but as time passed the Rings continued to exert a corrupting influence. The Rings somewhen rendered their bearers invisible to all but those who could see into the wraith world, and enslaved them to the will of Sauron. Their lives and their powers became bound to Sauron's via the One Ring; every bit Sauron grew or diminished, so too did the Nazgûl.

Three of the Ringwraiths may have been amidst the first and near powerful Númenóreans to be corrupted by Sauron, a thousand years earlier the Downfall: they revered Sauron, and became ensnared in his designs because of their lust for power or knowledge.

Merely 2 of the Nine were ever named: the Witch-king of Angmar and Khamûl the Easterling.

The Nine were starting time observed around 2251 of the 2nd Age, and soon became Sauron's primary servants. Despite their swell power and position as instruments of Sauron's will, not much is known of their activities during the 2d Age. They were temporarily dispersed after Sauron'south downfall in SA 3434 in the War of the Last Alliance. Though no longer able to maintain physical form, just every bit Sauron was after losing the One Ring, both the Nazgûl and Sauron were able to endure as long equally the Ring survived.

Return of the Nazgûl

The Nazgûl re-emerged around 1300 of the Third Historic period, equally Sauron at long last began to take shape after his defeat at the easily of the Concluding Brotherhood. It was around this fourth dimension that the Witch-king established himself in Angmar (thus gaining his title) and began to launch attacks confronting the nearby kingdom of Arnor, which had fractured into iii smaller kingdoms. His first target was the realm of Rhudaur. After suborning Rhudaur and replacing the Dúnedain king with 1 of the native Hill-men, in the year TA 1356 the Witch-male monarch moved against Arthedain, resulting in the death of Rex Argeleb I.

Merely Arthedain was not yet defeated, and it managed to maintain a line of defence along the Weather Hills. In TA 1409 came the assault on Cardolan. Also during this time, the forces of the Witch-male monarch burned and destroyed the watchtower of Amon Sûl. Afterwards the autumn of Cardolan, Angmar's advance was slowed by resistance from the Elves of Lindon, Lothlórien and Rivendell. By TA 1974, Angmar attacked again and captured Arthedain's majuscule of Fornost, and with that, the last kingdom of Arnor was destroyed.

The Witch-king's true undead appearance as depicted in Peter Jackson's films

A year later, Eärnur, prince of Gondor, arrived with the intention of aiding Arthedain. Notwithstanding, Eärnur arrived also belatedly to be of help in defending Arnor's territories, and his army sought revenge against the Witch-king instead. His forces marched against the armies of the Witch-male monarch and utterly destroyed them during the Battle of Fornost. With the destruction of his forces and his task in the northward complete, the Witch-king fled. Despite the complete annihilation of Angmar, the campaign was accounted a tremendous success by Sauron: the territories formerly occupied past Arnor became essentially wilderness, and the remaining Dúnedain Rangers of the North were no threat to Sauron'south plans.

By TA 1980 Gondor'south watch on Mordor had failed and the Witch-king was able to return there and gather the other 8 Nazgûl. In the year TA 2000 they attacked, and afterward a siege lasting two years they conquered the city of Minas Ithil (which and then became known as Minas Morgul), acquiring a palantír for the Dark Lord in the process. It was from Minas Morgul that the Nine directed the rebuilding of Sauron's armies and the grooming of Mordor for their chief's return. In TA 2942 Sauron returned to Mordor, openly declaring himself in TA 2951. He sent 3 of the Nazgûl to re-occupy his fortress of Dol Guldur in Mirkwood. They were led past Khamûl, the second most powerful of the Nazgûl behind the Witch-king.

Hunt for the Ring

Search for the Shire

A few years earlier the War of the Band, Gollum, a Stoor who had in one case owned the One Ring, was captured and tortured in Mordor. From him, Sauron learned the family name of the Ring'southward bearer and the fact that he lived in a land called the Shire. Sauron wasted no time in attempting to capture the Ring, sending all of the Nine to retrieve it on July i, TA 3018. Gollum had claimed that the Halflings' homeland was in the Vales of Anduin. On this information, subsequently Mordor had captured eastern Osgiliath from the Men of Gondor, the Nazgûl crossed secretly at night and passed through Anórien, up the Vale of Entwash, and into the Wold, relatively unnoticed. They arrived at the west shore of Anduin, north of Sarn Gebir, and received horses and clothes on July 17. On July 22, they met the Nazgûl from Dol Guldur on the Field of Celebrant. From them they learned that no halflings had lived in the Vales of Anduin for many years and that Gollum, having been re-captured by Sauron's Orcs, had escaped them and the Woodland Elves. Nevertheless, knowing no better counsel, they continued riding northward in the land between Lothlórien and the Misty Mountains, but failed to learn anything and returned s. Upon their return to the Wold in September, messengers from Barad-dûr gave them terrible threats from Sauron, and as well news that Saruman might have the location of the Shire. Equally ordered by Sauron, they rode to Isengard openly through Rohan at swell speed, causing many to flee in terror.

When they arrived at Isengard two days afterwards Gandalf's escape, Saruman shut the gates and used his voice to claim he didn't have the Band or knowledge of its location, only that Gandalf knew where information technology was. The riders then began to pursue Gandalf in Rohan, where they found and interrogated Gríma Wormtongue. From him they learned the location of the Shire, but let him become both considering of his fear of them and his ability to do more evil confronting Saruman. Some other account claims he only realized Gandalf's escape once the Riders arrived and he wished to seek pardon from him. Saruman revealed the Shire's location in detest, claiming Gandalf had been forced to tell him.

The Witch-king, Lord of the Nazgûl, as seen in *The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King*

In all accounts they divided into pairs, then crossed the Isen and rode due north through the wastelands of Enedwaith. Near Tharbad, they captured a spy of Saruman who was purchasing goods from the Bracegirdles and had detailed maps and notes of important people. This spy they sent to Bree as their own agent. They crossed the Greyflood at the fords of Tharbad. When they arrived at Sarn Ford on 22 September, the Rangers guarding the ford knew they couldn't defeat the Nazgûl. Some fled to tell Aragorn on the Cracking E Road, just were pursued and slain or driven abroad, and those few who remained were presently killed during the night. The Witch-rex sent 4 riders into the Shire, with Khamûl going straight to Hobbiton. He fabricated a military camp in Andrath and sent several riders to patrol the eastern borders, and himself went to the Barrow-downs for some days and roused the wights and other evil creatures there and in the Onetime Woods.^[iv]

Hunt for Frodo

After searching for Frodo Baggins, one of the Nine, Khamûl the Easterling, had his first encounter with him on the road to Stock. As Frodo and his friends, Samwise Gamgee, Meriadoc Brandybuck, and Peregrin Took, took Bucklebury Ferry to achieve Crickhollow, Khamûl, who had narrowly missed them, was forced to go around to the Brandywine Bridge instead. Presently after this, iii Nazgûl arrived at Frodo'due south new home in Crickhollow but plant it deserted. Shortly after the Horn-cry of Buckland was sounded and the Ringwraiths retreated.

Though Frodo had already left for Bree by the time the Nine arrived, they were soon given information regarding Frodo'southward whereabouts by Bill Ferny, a spy of Saruman. Consequently, the Nazgûl attacked the village of Bree, where Frodo was located. Even so, during the time it took the Nazgûl to attain Bree, Frodo and company, fortunately, encountered Aragorn himself, who had been asked past Gandalf to scout for the hobbits and aid them if he could.

Weathertop

Unable to detect the Hobbits, the Nine left Bree; at the hill of Weathertop several days subsequently they encountered Gandalf the Grey, who was scouting nearby on his way to Rivendell to run into up with Frodo. An all-night battle commenced at Weathertop between them and Gandalf. Though Gandalf was able to escape, four of the Nine pursued him, whilst the other five remained near Weathertop.

Several days later, Aragorn, Frodo, Sam, Pippin, and Merry fabricated camp at the base of the hill. Discovering them, the five Nazgûl attacked the group. As they confronted the iv Hobbits, Frodo put on the Ring and attempted to resist the Nazgûl. Their leader, the Witch-king of Angmar, realizing the hobbit's folly, stabbed Frodo with a Morgul-knife, but the Nazgûl shortly fled when Aragorn arrived, wielding firebrands.

The Ford of Bruinen

"Come back! Come back! To Mordor nosotros will take you!"

— The Fellowship of the Ring, "Flight to the Ford"

With Frodo wounded, Aragorn and the Hobbits made haste to Rivendell knowing that Ringwraiths were pursuing them. The Elf Glorfindel drove the four pursuing Gandalf off the Last Bridge and then found the Hobbits and Aragorn. Taking Frodo onto his white equus caballus, Asfaloth, they headed to Rivendell at peachy speed. Regrouping, the Nazgûl chased subsequently him and Frodo until they reached the Ford of Bruinen, where the Nine demanded Frodo give them the Ring. Frodo refused and defied them. Provoked, the Nazgûl crossed the river to accept the Band past force. Withal, by Elrond's command, the waters of the Bruinen rose, forming a great wave and sweeping the Nine away, killing their horses and rendering them shapeless. This postponed their chase for the Ring, and they returned on pes to Mordor.^[five]

War of the Band

"Come not betwixt the Nazgûl and his casualty! Or he will not slay thee in thy turn. He will bear thee away to the houses of lamentation, across all darkness, where thy mankind shall be devoured, and thy shriveled mind exist left naked to the Lidless Center."

— The Render of the Rex, the Witch-rex at "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields"

Returning to Mordor in complete failure, the Nazgûl were forced to carelessness their hunt for the Ring. At this point, the Nine received new mounts to replace their horses: Fellbeasts. One of these was downed by an arrow from Legolas near Sarn Gebir. One Nazgûl circled above Frodo and Sam while they were crossing the Dead Marshes. Nazgûl passed over the wasteland earlier Mordor three times, making Gollum fear they knew nearly the ring.

After Peregrin Took looked into the palantír of Orthanc subsequently the Devastation of Isengard, Sauron sent ane of the Nazgûl to Orthanc to see what Saruman was doing. This aforementioned Nazgûl or perhaps another and so flew to Edoras, alighting on Meduseld and causing Gandalf to society the muster of Rohan be moved to Dunharrow.

With his new mount, the Witch-male monarch attacked the ruined city of Osgiliath with an army of Orcs and secured it. After this, he launched an assail on Minas Tirith, leading Sauron'south forces during the Siege of Gondor and Boxing of the Pelennor Fields. During the battle, the Witch-male monarch confronted Gandalf the White when attempting to enter the city. Notwithstanding, before the Witch-male monarch could appoint Gandalf in battle, the forces of Rohan arrived, making him leave immediately.

A few hours afterwards the Witch-king attacked Rex Théoden on the battlefield. As Théoden was crushed by his horse Snowmane, the Lord of the Nazgûl prepared to cease him. Nonetheless, Éowyn and Meriadoc Brandybuck found them on the field, and she confronted the Witch-king. Éowyn killed his winged mountain, and the Witch-rex attacked her with his mace. Injuring her arm, he prepared to kill her before Meriadoc stabbed his leg from behind with his Barrow-blade, of Westernesse make. At this the Witch-rex screamed in pain and Éowyn stabbed her sword into his crown and torso, slaying him and fulfilling the prophecy of Glorfindel.

Battle of the Morannon and Defeat

During Battle of the Black Gate the remaining eight Nazgûl, mounted on Fellbeasts, attacked the Army of the West. Eventually, however, the Nazgûl were confronted by the Eagles, led past Gwaihir.

Nazgûl caught in the firestorm and destroyed

Simultaneously, Frodo Baggins claimed the Ring for himself near the fires of Mount Doom. Sauron immediately became aware of him, as well every bit his own folly. Enraged and frantic, Sauron ordered the Nazgûl to fly with all possible speed to Mountain Doom and seize the Ring.

Withal, the Nazgûl failed; the Ring was bandage into the fires of Mount Doom when Gollum bit Frodo's finger and accidentally barbarous into the Cracks of Doom himself, bearing the ring. Sauron was immediately defeated past the loss of the Ring, Mount Doom erupted and all eight Nazgûl were destroyed. Their mounts were destroyed in the eruption whilst their form and ability dissipated forever with the ending of the power of the Rings.

Weapons and abilities

"Hinder me? Grand fool. No living man may hinder me!"

—The Witch-rex in The Render of the Male monarch, "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields"

The Nazgûl were sustained by the power of Sauron. The Witch-king in particular was hard to slay, for whatsoever weapon that struck him would exist destroyed. The Nazgûl's ain weapons included long swords of steel and daggers. Their leader possessed a powerful black mace equally well. Their arsenal of mortiferous armaments was not bars to physical means; they too had powerful voices, which brought terror into the hearts of mortals and a general aura of dread. They wore hauberks of argent post and had enhanced senses of hearing and smell.

The Nine could not encounter during the twenty-four hour period as mortals; instead they saw shadowy forms. At night they saw shapes and forms invisible to mortal eyes, and were to exist feared the most at that time. Their presence could be felt every bit a troubling of the heart, and they could more keenly experience the presence of others. In their part, they particularly sensed the presence of the Band at all times, and were drawn to it peculiarly if information technology was put on.

They were surrounded by an aura of terror, which afflicted all living creatures; their aura chosen the Black Breath could be toxic to those hapless enough to come almost them. This fear the 9 inspired was one of their greatest strengths. According to Gandalf, if Sauron regained the One, they would get vastly more than powerful (in an unspecified way). However, every bit Sauron's strength grew in the course of The Lord of the Rings, the Nazgûl did get more powerful. In The Fellowship of the Band, their cries were simply unnerving to the hobbits, and they appeared to be physically weak, as Aragorn managed to fend confronting 5 of them single-handedly on Weathertop. In The Return of the King even so, their cries are powerful enough to send all but the most stout-hearted of Gondor's defenders into helpless terror, and the Witch-king in item had become so powerful that he challenged the reborn Gandalf the White. Moreover, some or all of them practiced sorcery, using spells for wicked purposes.

Weaknesses

Though the Ringwraiths were among the greatest of Sauron's servants, they also had certain weaknesses that could be used confronting them. One of these was daylight itself. With the exception of the Witch-rex of Angmar, none of them (specially Khamûl) could operate as well nether the Sun and generally feared information technology.

All the Ringwraiths but the Witch-king feared h2o, although information technology seems this weakness was abandoned by J.R.R. Tolkien in the published version considering it was an idea difficult to sustain.^[four]

At Weathertop, Aragorn used fire to bulldoze the Ringwraiths abroad from Frodo. Even the Witch-rex feared burn. At the Ford of Bruinen, Aragorn and the hobbits that accompanied Frodo used it to aid Glorfindel and bulldoze the Ringwraiths into the raging h2o.

If an enemy was stiff enough so to resist their aureola of dread, then the Ringwraiths (with the exception of the Witch-Male monarch) had little existent power over them individually.

Heroes of Centre-earth such equally Aragorn, Gandalf, and Glorfindel could single-handedly face a Ringwraith and defeat or at least elude them, provided that they were not confronted by multiple Ringwraiths or the Witch-king. Nevertheless, but a few could resist them all at the same time. Glorfindel was able to in fact instill fright in the Nazgûl'southward hearts.

Mounts

The Witch-king mounted on his Fell-beast

At the start of the War of the Ring, the Nine rode black horses descended from horses stolen from Rohan, which they relied heavily on for send. Yet, after the come across with Glorfindel at the Ford of Bruinen, the Blackness Riders lost their horses, which were killed in the flood.

Returning to Mordor by human foot to regroup, the Nazgûl received winged creatures from Sauron in addition to new horses. With these winged "cruel beasts", the nine attacked the ruined urban center of Osgiliath in society to articulate the fashion for a siege of Minas Tirith. Afterward, the Nazgûl used the brutal beasts to their advantage at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields and the Boxing of the Morannon, just most of all in attempting to seek and find the Band-bearer, Frodo.

Etymology

The term Nazgûl , which literally means "Ring-wraith," comes from the Black Oral communication words nazg ("ring") and gûl ("wraith").^[6]

The rarely used Quenya name for the Nazgûl is Úlairi.^[seven]

Other titles

Barbarous Riders ^[8]
Black Wings ^[9]
Nine Riders ^[x] ^[11] ^[12]
Black Riders ^[13]
Shriekers ^[fourteen]
Wraiths on wings (by Gollum)^[fifteen]
The Ringwraiths

Private titles

The Witch-king of Angmar was often referred to equally Lord of the Nazgûl and The Black Helm.^[16]
Khamûl, 2d-in-command, was called the Shadow of the E.

Portrayal in adaptations

Ralph Bakshi version

The Nazgûl appear in the inn of the Prancing Pony to slash the beds of the Hobbits. Afterward this, they remove their hoods, revealing black masks and armor underneath.

Rankin and Bass version

The Rankin-Bass adaptation of The Return of the Male monarch also featured the Nine, but with drastically contradistinct appearances. With the exception of the Witch-king, all the Ringwraiths appear as hideous, skeletal humanoids riding black horses with cerise eyes and bat wings. They notably vesture black cloaks and brown tunics that comport the red center insignia of Sauron, with black crowns atop their heads. The Witch-rex shares this outfit save that he initially appears hooded, and upon removing his hood a crown and glowing red eyes are visible merely no head. The Witch-king initially appears riding a winged equus caballus, simply later rides in atop a Fell beast to attack the body of Théoden earlier being slain by Éowyn.

The Lord of the Rings film trilogy

"They are the Nazgûl, Ringwraiths, neither living or expressionless. At all times they feel the presence of the ring...drawn to the power of the ane..they will never finish hunting you."

—-Aragorn explaining the Nazgûl to Frodo, Pippin, Merry and Sam^[17]

The Nazgûl portrayed in Peter Jackson'southward films are emphasized with their deafening shrieks, provided past Jackson'southward wife and co-screenwriter Fran Walsh. Andy Serkis voices Khamûl, who briefly speaks in The Fellowship of the Ring.

The model for Khamûl's true advent as seen in *The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring*

Storywise, the Ix are largely unchanged from their novel roles, with the well-nigh notable changes taking place in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and centering on the Witch-king. Here he is only seen riding his Brutal beast mount, and never without his hood; he is too established in the picture show's extended edition as being more than powerful than Gandalf the White, shattering his staff during a cursory confrontation.

According to IMDB, the Nazgûl were portrayed by the following actors throughout the trilogy: Victoria Beynon-Cole, Lee Hartley, Sam La Hood, Chris Streeter, Phil Grieve, Jonathan Jordan, Semi Kuresa, Clinton Ulyatt, Paul Bryson, Lance Fabian Kemp, Jono Manks, and Ben Cost. Thomas McGinty and Kate O'Rourke are uncredited.

The Hobbit film trilogy

The Witch-king of Angmar appears in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey in Dol Guldur, where he briefly fights Radagast, dropping his Morgul-bract. Radagast shows the blade to Gandalf, and Gandalf shows information technology to the White Quango in Rivendell. Galadriel and Elrond are alarmed by the dagger's appearance, knowing it was buried with the Witch-rex in his tomb which they believed could non exist opened.

In The Hobbit: The Pathos of Smaug, Galadriel sends Gandalf to the Ringwraiths' tombs in the High Fells, and find each of them has been broken open from the within. This is plenty to convince Gandalf that the Necromancer of Dol Guldur is, in fact, Sauron in disguise, as the Nine only answer to him.

In The Hobbit: The Boxing of the Five Armies, the nine Ringwraiths appear in armored, ghostly versions of their mortal selves after Galadriel rescues Gandalf from his cage in Dol Guldur. The Ix fight against Galadriel, Saruman and Elrond and are seemingly banished by them. Radagast arrives to take Gandalf to safe. Simply subsequently a few moments, Sauron appears with the Nine hovering before him. The Witch-male monarch floats forward to stab Galadriel, just she quickly takes the shape she did in The Fellowship of the Band and banishes the Nine, leaving only Sauron. After a brusk duel Sauron flees towards Mordor together with the Ringwraiths.

Non-approved Nazgûl

Since the Witch-king and Khamul are the only named Nazgûl, the other 7 remain unidentified. Several non-catechism adaptations of Tolkien's work have given identities to them.

The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game

The Lord of the Rings Trading Card Game, which is based on the film trilogy, gave the Ringwraiths other than the Witch-king titles consisting of the word Úlairë, which is another term for Ringwraith, and an ordinal number. Thus, the other eight wraiths are identified equally Úlairë Attëa (second), Nelya (third), Cantëa (fourth), Lemenya (fifth), Enquëa (6th), Otsëa (seventh), Toldëa (8th), and Nertëa (ninth).

Games Workshop models

The Games Workshop model company give each Ringwraith a particular title, as well as backstory and personality. The vii Ringwraiths unnamed past Tolkien are listed equally follows:

The Dark Marshall - The most black-hearted and unrelentingly vicious of all the Nazgûl, his name is a byword for misery and death. Where the Dark Marshall passes, evil creatures fight harder, fearful of their lives whilst good warriors feel the icy touch of death upon their hearts. By his armour it is guessed that he is 1 of the 3 Númenórean Ringwraiths. Moreover, he is considered as virtually a match for Aragorn in combat.

The Knight of Umbar - The 3rd of the Númenórean Lords to become one of Sauron's servants, the Knight of Umbar's by is shrouded in mystery. If the rumours pertaining to him hold any truth, he was once ane of the great Númenórean kings who ruled the Southlands prior to the days of the Last Alliance.

The Betrayer - Cursed long ago for yielding the Southlands to Sauron's rule, the Betrayer is driven past malice and self-hatred that knows no bounds. Of all the Nazgûl, the Betrayer is amidst the lowest of Sauron'south lieutenants, for even the Dark Lord is wary of placing trust in i who betrayed his kin so readily. The Betrayer was in one case one of the Haradrim, as seen by the ancient turban that he yet wears.

The Shadow Lord - The Shadow Lord was one time the king of a small and insignificant kingdom. When Sauron offered him ane of the Nine Rings, the hope of its power proved irresistible. Now, his physical beingness all only gone, and his will enslaved to Sauron, the Shadow Lord wears his dark pride like a cloak, blotting the sun from the sky and dimming the sight of his foes.

The Undying - Originally a keen magician, The Undying endured longest when others fell nether Sauron's sway. He is said to be the oldest of the Ringwraiths, and the concluding to succumb to the wasting influences of the Rings of Power. Through an obsessive mastery of evil magics, the Undying has learnt to describe sustenance from the magics of others, fortifying himself with the magical free energy that flows around him.

The Dwimmerlaik - The Dwimmerlaik is maybe the most mysterious of all the Nazgûl, for scant tape of his past deeds exist in the tomes of the Wise. Even so in Rohan, this particular Ringwraith is feared beyond all others, for he has been a blight upon that realm for centuries untold, directing the Night Lord'southward minions against the Sons of Eorl. Considering of him a person is quite possible to be blinded by greed.

The Tainted - Where the other Nazgûl were slowly swallowed by the taint of their rings, the Tainted gave himself wholly and willingly to Sauron. Now all natural things rebel in his presence, vegetation withers, animals sicken and bold warriors cower. He is an abomination whose merest presence is poison to life, honor and hope.

The Witch-King

Khamul the Easterling

The Dark Marshall

The Knight of Umbar

The Betrayer

The Shadow Lord

The Undying

The Dwimmerlaik

The Tainted

Forge World Miniatures

Forge World is a subsidiary of Games Workshop which produces specialist miniatures cast in resin instead of plastic. Forge Earth has released a set entitled "Nazgûl of Dol Guldur Drove" which depicts the Ix as they appear in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies film. In this series, the Nazgûl (other than the Witch-male monarch and Khamûl the Easterling) are named differently than in the Games Workshop series. Their names and distinctions are:

The Dark Headsman "clutches an executioner'due south axe with a wicked curved point."
The Witch-king of Angmar "wields a brutal sword."
The Slayer of Men "holds an enormous wood and iron spear, taller than each Nazgûl."

Khamûl the Easterling "clutches a mace."
The Slayer of Men "wields an enormous, fell barbed spear." (Note: this is a repeated name; merely they are carve up characters.)
The Lingering Shadow "holds not one but ii swords."
The Forsaken, "who holds a bizarrely-shaped trident."
The remaining two are simply "2 Abyssal Knights"

Middle-earth Roleplaying

The Ringwraiths each received unique names and backstories in MERP, though Khamul remained as "the Black Easterling" known every bit Komûl I originally. The Witch-king is identified equally the Black Númenórean prince Er-Mûrazôr, while the other seven unnamed Ringwraiths are named Dwar of Waw, Ji Indûr Dawndeath, Akhôrahil the blind Sorcerer, Hoarmûrath of Dir, Adûnaphel the tranquility, Ren the Unclean, and Ûvatha the horseman. Akhôrahil and Adûnaphel were besides Black Númenóreans, with the latter surprisingly being a adult female. ^[18] The fan-written lore of Mordor at landofshadow.com too uses these eight names.

These names were also used for their appearances in the Eye-world Collectible Carte du jour Game.

The Lord of the Rings Online

All the Ringwraiths are given one or more titles (but there names are not 'remembered', lost in time, and they are now known by their most mutual of many nicknames). Some of their backstory and the name of their rings are revealed. The Nazgûl were 'corrupted' by use of their rings, merely did not choose to join Sauron out correct.

In addition the series establishes lesser wraiths the Cargûl ("Scarlet Wraiths", forced into servitude by Morgul-blades), and Gúrzyul (disciples, those who chose to become immortal lieutenants of Sauron), many of which 'survive' the autumn of Sauron, but in a weakened state.

Witch-rex of Angmar, originally a great Númenórean king. In the Second Age, he received United nations (Center-stopper)
The Cursed Passenger (Lieutenant of Dol Goldur, Black Easterling), an Easterling King, recipient of Orôm (Warmonger)
The Blight of Rhûn, once an Easterling King, recipient of Sâkhla (The Roughshod One)
The Blackness Blade of Lebennin, once a Numenorean rex, recipient of Sapthân (Foolstone)
The Forsaken Reaver, in one case a Southron king, recipient of Khânto (Hurting-giver)
The Gloom of Nurn, one time a Numenorean rex, recipient of Nitîr (Terror's Sting)
The Grim Southron, one time a king of the Southron people, recipient of Jûru (Herald of Mourning)
The Loftier Magician of Harad, in one case a king of Southron, recipient of Mêbat (Mirth-eater)
The Woe of Khand (aka The Reaver of Khand), he was an Easterling King, recipient of Adâsh (Foe-maker)

Center-earth: Shadow of War

In the video game Eye-earth: Shadow of War, three of the Nazgûl Talion faces as bosses are given identities and a sense of individuality in order to provide more variation to the fights and more depth to the story. It is shown that the role of existence a Nazgûl can be passed on to other Ring-bearers following the 'true death' of their predecessor.

Suladân - A Númenórean king who besieged Sauron'due south fortress, Sauron surrendered and offered Suladân one of the nine rings of power, Suladân accepted and due to the ring'south influence slowly became corrupted by it, making Sauron his about trusted counselor before condign fully corrupted and turning into one of the Nazgûl. It is likely that Suladân was based on Ar-Pharazôn, the final rex of Númenor who took Sauron captive in canon, with "Suladân" being King Ar-Pharazôn's nativity name as opposed to his ruling proper noun.

Helm Hammerhand - Later on Captain refused to let a warlord named Siric to marry his daughter Bernwyn, Siric ambushed the pair, kidnapping Bernwyn and mortally wounding Helm. On his deathbed Sauron and Celebrimbor appeared and gave him one of the nine rings. With the assistance of the ring Captain recovered and besieged Siric'due south fortress. He accidentally killed Bernwyn when she stepped betwixt him and Siric. In a blind fury Captain proceeded to slaughter everyone else in the room including his ain men.

Isildur shown every bit one of the Nazgûl

Isildur - After Isildur was killed in the Disaster of the Gladden Fields his killers took him back to where Sauron'due south heavily weakened spirit was residing where Sauron revived and enslaved Isildur by placing 1 of the nine rings on his finger. Once Talion and Celebrimbor manage to dominate Isildur's listen and intermission Sauron'southward control, Talion refuses to allow him exist as their slave and kills him in order to free him.

Isildur is skilled in necromancy, beingness capable of raising the dead to fight for him.

The Nazgûl Sisters - Like Talion the two Nazgûl sisters were non the original owners of their rings of power. They were the daughters of a ruler from a distant land who were sent to Mordor in order to recover rings of power. They were able to slay 2 Nazgûl and take their rings, only by the fourth dimension they had returned to their father the rings had corrupted them, leading them to murder him and take his throne. Eventually Sauron brought them under his service.

Later on Sauron and Celebrimbor were trapped in the form of a flaming heart and the Witch-king was defeated past Talion, the sisters took reward of their master'due south weakened states by attempting to have Mordor for themselves. After their defeat at the hands of Eltariel and Talion they returned to serving Sauron.

Talion - After Talion kills Isildur and subsequently discovers Celebrimbor wants to replace Sauron rather than impale him Celebrimbor betrays Talion and possesses the Elf Eltariel. Talion'southward throat wound so reopens without having Celebrimbor or a ring of power to proceed him live. Choosing to survive in order to comprise the forces of Mordor for as long as he can, Talion places on Isildur's band, keeping him from dying and slowly corrupting him into becoming one of the nine. Talion afterwards uses the power of the ring to conquer Minas Morgul and drive the Nazgûl from it. After decades of keeping Sauron in a stalemate Talion becomes fully corrupted and joins the Nazgûl.

After Sauron'due south defeat, Talion and his fellow Nazgûl are released from their slavery, and he dies free.

Other

The Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Heart-earth II: The Rise of the Witch-rex dubs one of the Ringwraiths as "Morgomir".

The One Ring besides gave titles to the iii wraiths sent to Dol Guldur past Sauron: the Lieutenant of Dol Guldur (annotation: this a title given to Khamul in several sources), the Ghost of the Forest, and the Messenger of Mordor. ^[19] ^[20]

Trivia

The Nazgûl are the subject of the song "The Wraith Of The Rings" from the album "Middle Earth" by Bob Catley.
They are too the subject for the song "Shadows" by the Swedish Power metal band Sabaton.
They are mentioned in the song "Battle of Evermore" past Led Zeppelin "The drums will shake the castle wall, the ring wraiths ride in black, Ride on."
They are the focus of the song "Flight of the Nazgûl" past the Austrian Black Metal ring Summoning. They are also the subject of the songs "Dice Schwarzen Reiter" by the German New Age group E Nomine and "Todesschwadron Ost" by the German Infidel Metal band Minas Morgul.
Information technology is important to note that the Witch-king'south appearance in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey is the first time that one of the Nazgûl can exist seen in their truthful form without wearing the One Band.
The Dementors in the Harry Potter serial are often compared with the Nazgûl of Middle-globe.
The electric guitar pickup and effects visitor, Seymour Duncan, named their Nazgûl pickup line after the group.

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Translations

Strange Linguistic communication	Translated name
Amharic	ኛዝጉል
Arabic	نازغول
Armenian	Նազգուլ
Belarusian Cyrillic	Назгўл
Bosnian	Nazgûli
Bulgarian Cyrillic	Назгул
Chinese (Hong Kong)	戒靈
Croatian	Nazgûli
Czech	Nazgûlové
Danish	Nazgûl (Ringånder)
Estonian	Nazgûlid
Finnish	Sormusaaveet = Ringwraiths Mustat ratsastajat = Blackness Riders
Georgian	ნაზგული
German	Nazgûl, Ringgeister (Ringwraiths), Schwarze Reiter (Black Riders)
Greek	Νάζγκουλ
Gujarati	ણઝ્ગુલ
Hebrew	נאזגול
Hindi	णज़्गुल
Hungarian	Nazgûlok
Italian	Nazgûl, Spettri dell'Anello,
Japanese	指輪の幽鬼
Kannada	ನಜ್ಗುಲ್
Kazakh	Назгүл (Cyrillic) Nazgül (Latin)
Korean	나즈굴
Kyrgyz Cyrillic	Назгул
Latvian	Nazgûli Gredzena Rēgi - Ringwraiths Melnie Jātnieki - The Black Riders
Lithuanian	Nazgûlai
Macedonian Cyrillic	Назгул
Marathi	नाझगुल
Mongolian Cyrillic	Назгул
Nepalese	णज़्गुल
Pashto	نازګول
Persian	نازگول
Polish	Nazgûle
Portuguese (Brazil)	Nazgûl Espectros do Anel (Ringwraiths), Cavaleiros Negros (Black Riders)
Punjabi	ਣਜ਼ਗੁਲ
Russian	Назґул
Serbian	Назгул (Cyrillic) Nazgûli (Latin)
Sinhalese	නාස්ගුල්
Slovak	Nazgûlovia, Prsteňové prízraky (Ringwraiths) Čierni jazdci (Black Riders)
Swedish	Ringvålnader (Ringwraiths) De svarta ryttarna (The blackness riders)
Tajik Cyrillic	Назгул
Tamil	நஸ்க்குள்
Telugu	ణాజ్గుల్
Thai	นาซกูล
Ukrainian Cyrillic	Назгули
Urdu	ںازگول
Uzbek	Назгул (Cyrillic) Nazgûl (Latin)
Vietnamese	Ma Nhẫn, Nazgûl
Yiddish	נאַזגול

References

↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Band, Book One, Ch. Ii: "The Shadow of the Past"
↑ "Those who are of Unnatural Shadow" as suggests by Michael Martinez, "What is the Literal Translation of Úlairi?" dated xv August 2014, centre-earth.xenite.org (accessed sixteen Baronial 2014)
↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Appendix B: "The Tale of Years"
↑ ^four.0 ^4.1 Unfinished Tales role 3 - The Third Age, The Hunt for the Band part 2.
↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Book Ane, Chapter XII: "Flying to the Ford"
↑ Parma Eldalamberon 17, Words, Phrases and Passages in Various Tongues in The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
↑ The Silmarillion, Alphabetize of Names
↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Render of the Male monarch, Book Five, Chapter I: "Minas Tirith"
↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Two Towers, Book Four, Chapter 3: "The Black Gate is Closed"
↑ The Lord of the Rings, The 2 Towers, Book Three, Chapter XI: "The Palantír"
↑ The Lord of the Rings, The 2 Towers, Book Four, Affiliate 6: "The Forbidden Pool"
↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Ii Towers, Book Iv, Chapter 8: "The Stairs of Cirith Ungol"
↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Fellowship of the Ring, Volume Ane, Chapter Iii: "Three is Company"
↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Return of the King, Book Six, Chapter II: "The Land of Shadow"
↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Ii Towers, Book Iv, Affiliate II: "The Passage of the Marshes"
↑ The Lord of the Rings, The Render of the King, Volume Five, Affiliate IV: "The Siege of Gondor"
↑ The Fellowship of the Band
↑ The Encyclopedia of Arda. "What were the names of the nine Nazgûl?" Retrieved May 16, 2012.
↑ The Heart of the Wild. Sophisticated Games Ltd and Cubicle 7 Ltd, 87, 103, 106. ISBN 9780857441430. Retrieved on 2014-02-eighteen.
↑ The Darkening of Mirkwood. Sophisticated Games Ltd and Cubicle 7 Ltd, 24, 128–ix. ISBN 9780857441348. Retrieved on 2014-02-xviii.

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