Questions tagged [nazgul]
The most powerful servants of Sauron in Middle-earth. Also known as Ringwraiths, Black Riders, and The Nine. They were once mortal men, bearers of nine of the Rings of Power. Always use in conjunction with the [tolkiens-legendarium] tag
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Why is the Witch King of Angmar portrayed to be incredibly weak?
As far as I know the Witch King has not won a single battle.
He has:
been burned by Aragorn
been swooshed away by Arwen
fled from Gandalf
fled from Glorfindel
and eventually been killed by Eowyn.
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The Witch-king vs Gandalf [closed]
I've been reading answers to this question but none of them answer it. Who is stronger in magic and sword-fight? Who would win? People say Gandalf is equal to Sauron, but I find that extremely hard to ...
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Why didn't the Nazgûl stab more people to create more wraiths?
My understanding is that those stabbed by a Morgul blade slowly turn into a wraith.
Is there a reason the Nazgûl and the Witch King of Angmar did not go around stabbing people and turning them into ...
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How did the Witch King of Angmar get his sword back?
Spoilers for Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey:
The Witch King clearly has his sword in The Fellowship of the Ring. How and when did he get his sword back? Judging by the shape of the ...
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What kind of Wraith would Frodo have become?
When Frodo is stabbed by the Witch King of Angmar's Morgul blade at Weathertop, Aragorn explains that Frodo is slowly becoming a wraith himself, the longer he goes untreated. If Frodo had become a ...
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How does Aragorn defeat the Wraiths on Weathertop so easily? [duplicate]
I'm showing my ignorance here, but in the Fellowship of the Rings movie Aragorn seemed to drive away the Ring Wraiths away from Weathertop relatively easily. Were the Nine weaker at that point in the ...
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What exactly is the Witch-king of Angmar?
The movies tell you that the Witch-king is another just Nazgûl, albeit their king, but the books seemed to suggest that he was a man. And the fact that he was the Necromancer, briefly mentioned in The ...
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How did Eowyn kill the Witch King? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How Did Éowyn Slay the Witch King of Angmar if He Wasn’t Alive?
I've watched The Lord Of The Rings trilogy so many times, but I have never actually read the books. In the ...
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What did the Nazgûl do before Sauron rose again?
It is my understanding (please correct me if I'm wrong) that hundreds, if not thousands, of years passed between Isildur defeating Sauron, and Sauron's renewed rise to power.
Is there any detail in ...
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Why was the realm of shadows impenetrable to vision but not hearing?
Did Tolkien ever explain why those in the realm of shadows (Nazgul, Frodo, Bilbo) were not visible from the normal realm; and yet could hear and be heard (Nazgul could speak to humans, and hear their ...
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Are the 9 Nazgûl rings visible when worn?
We know that the Ring-wraiths themselves are invisible in the flesh:
And they became forever invisible save to him that wore the Ruling Ring, and they entered into the realm of shadows. - The ...
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Why did the Rings turn Nazgûl invisible and their clothes visible, while The One Ring turned both invisible?
Nazgûl themselves are invisible as human flesh, due to their 9 rings transposing them into the realm of shadows:
And they became forever invisible save to him that wore the Ruling Ring, and they ...
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Did the Nazgûl wear their 9 rings? [duplicate]
Did the Nazgûl wear their 9 rings?
Wikipedia is singularly unhelpful:
Some passages in the novel suggest that the Nazgûl wore their rings, while others suggest that Sauron actually held them.
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Could any of the other eight Wraiths be destroyed by man?
A prophecy
"He will not return to this land. Far off yet is his doom, and not by the hand of man will he fall." —Glorfindel, The Return of the King, Appendix A (iv)
has been interpreted by ...
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Who were the Nazgûl before they became wraiths?
I recall reading somewhere of the history of the nine riders, but I cannot remember where it was. (It seems perhaps they were from northern kingdoms?)
The leader of the Nine was the Witch-king of ...
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