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Residing close to the land of Mordor, and having been its ally through the Ages, it is highly plausible a Ringwraith could have come from that land just south-east of Sauron's realm.
Page actions. The Nine Rings were the Rings of Power that Sauron used to corrupt Men to his service. Those who took the Nine Rings became the Nazgûl.
The word Nazgûl, literally translated, is "Ring-wraith". All the Elven rings were made by Celebrimbor, an elf, and the grandson of Fëanor.
History. Nineteen Rings of Power were made in Eregion, forged by Celebrimbor. These were locked away in one of the safes of Eregion, but sixteen of them were captured by Sauron. He gave nine of them to great lords and warriors of Men, including three Númenóreans, and one Easterling king.
All the Nazgûl are named - The Witch-king of Angmar, The Dark Marshal, Khamûl The Easterling, The Betrayer, The Shadow Lord, The Undying, The Dwimmerlaik, The Tainted and The Knight of Umbar.
The Nazgûl, as servants of Sauron, feared the power of Ulmo, and believed that some of his power might still flow through the waters of Middle-earth, hence why they avoided it as much as they could.
The Witch-king is the most powerful of the nine ringwraiths, having served Sauron as a Nazgûl for more than four thousand years. The Witch-king has a particular hatred of Gondor, and is responsible for the death of Gondor's final king, Eärnur.
The Lord of the Rings calls them Sauron's "most terrible servants". Their leader, known as the Lord of the Nazgûl or the Witch-king of Angmar, had once been the King of Angmar in the north of Eriador.
After he was attacked by the orcs, they transported his lifeless body to Mordor at Sauron's behest. Sauron revived Isildur with one of the nine rings, and then tortured him until his spirit was broken and he became a Nazgûl.
They were all fully corrupted and gave in entirely to the power of their Rings. This allowed Sauron to control them absolutely with the One Ring. And eventually, since they were only mortal, they became wraiths.
The Nazgûl,also called Ring-wraiths, Black Riders, Dark Riders, the Nine Riders, or simply the Nine were once Men of Middle-earth before they were corrupted by their nine rings of power, and transformed into Wraiths who were Sauron's greatest servants.
History. The Uruk-hai were created by Sauron late in the Third Age. There are suggestions that the Uruk-hai created by the fallen wizard was the result of crossbreeding Orcs with Men or with Goblin-men.
'No,' said Gandalf. 'Their horses must have perished, and without them they are crippled. But the Ringwraiths themselves cannot be so easily destroyed.
The Nazgul's howls -- a supremely unsettling screech that announced the arrival of Sauron's chief minions -- actually came from a simple trick. The Ringwraiths constituted Sauron's first real move against the remainder of Middle-earth, sent into the Shire to hunt down the One Ring in Frodo Baggins's care.
They were once daughters to Emperor Sagong of the Kingdom of Shen in the farthest east of Middle-earth. These powerful warriors were sent to Mordor for conquest by their father.
It was claimed that he could create or thaw ice at his whim. He could send forth and control wights. His power fluctuated greatly over his existence, as his strength was bound up with Sauron's own; the more powerful Sauron became, the more powerful the Nazgûl were.
As one of the Ringwraiths, Isildur was forced to serve the Dark Lord for all time, until he was defeated and freed by "Talion". Later, the Ranger claimed his ring to survive after Celebrimbor abandoned him, and eventually took Isildur's place among the Nazgûl after holding back Sauron's forces for decades.
The Witch-king of Angmar was the chief of the Nazgûl, King of Angmar and Sauron's great captain in his wars. A wraith, the Witch-king of Angmar was nearly indestructible, a terrifying warrior, and a cunning strategist.
Éowyn killed the Witch-king of Angmar in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, but the movie leaves out some important details about how she did it when the Witch-king is more-or-less immune to mortal weapons.
God is the most powerful entity in Tolkien's Lord of the Rings universe. The Elvish name for him is actually Eru Ilúvatar, meaning “the one, father of all.” So the question becomes: Who is the second-most powerful being? Originally, it was Melkor, “he who arises in might,” the most powerful of the Ainur (or angels).
During their approach on Weathertop, they're described as "vague shadowy shapes" and "So black were they that they seemed like black holes in the deep shade behind them." So while it's possible they still have their cloaks on in these moments, the descriptions suggest they are nothing more than shadowy black figures ...
Anyone could have killed the Nazgûl after Merry weakened him, but only Éowyn had the courage to defend her king against him.
They would live indefinitely long, untouched by disease or old age. They apear to be able to recover from potentially significant injuries (getting washed down a flooded river).
With the One Ring destroyed, the bond that kept Sauron and his minions alive was broken. The Nazgul were forever diluted along with their master.