Dates
First seen c. II 2250; retreated into the East II 3441; 1 reappeared in Middle-earth c. III 1300; finally destroyed in III 3019Origins
Men seduced by the power of the Nine Rings to fall under the will of Sauron
Race
Divisions
Various, including at least three NúmenóreansSettlements
Particularly associated with Carn Dûm, Dol Guldur and (especially) Minas MorgulMeaning
Other names
Titles
Black Men, Black Wings, Black Riders, Fell Riders, The Nine, Nine Lords, Nine Riders, Nine Ringwraiths, Nine Servants, Shriekers, Winged Shadows
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About this entry:
- Updated 8 July 2000
- Updates planned: 8
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The Nazgûl, the slaves of Sauron's Nine Rings; originally Men who were corrupted by the Rings of Power.
Notes
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II 3441 is the date of Sauron's defeat in the War of the Last Alliance. The role of the Ringwraiths in that war is not described in any detail, nor is their immediate fate after their master's fall. The comment here that they retreated into the East is based on a note in Unfinished Tales Part Three I, The Disaster of the Gladden Fields. In a discussion of those few of Sauron's forces that might have survived the war, it is said that, if there were any survivors, '...they had fled far to the East with the Ringwraiths'. Though rather indirect, this does show that the Ringwraiths escaped into the East at this time, and they would not return to the Westlands for many centuries.
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See also...
Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Black Men, Black Númenóreans, Black Speech, Black Wings, Chieftain of the Ringwraiths, Dead City, Entwade, Fell Riders, Great Rings, Grip, High Nazgûl, Khamûl, King of the Nine Riders, Lord of the Black Land, [See the full list...]Lord of the Nazgûl, Lord of the Nine Riders, Master, Master-ring, Nazgûl, Nazgûl Lord, Nazgûl of Dol Guldur, Nine Rings, Number One, Pale King, Phantoms, Ring of Rings, Ring-maker, Rings of Power, Ringwraiths of Dol Guldur, Second Chief, Shadow of the East, Shriekers, The Other Side, The Rider, The Seen, Towers of Gondor, Úlairi, Valley of Living Death, Valley of the Wraiths, Winged Creatures, Winged Terrors, Wraith-king, Wraith-lord, Wraith-road, Wraith-world, Wraiths
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- Updated 8 July 2000
- Updates planned: 8
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