Dates
First seen c. II 2250; retreated into the East1 II 3441; reappeared in Middle-earth c. III 1300; finally destroyed in III 3019Origins
Men enslaved by Sauron through the Nine Rings
Race
Divisions
Various, including some NúmenóreansSettlements
Various, but most dwelt in Minas Morgul after its capture; the Lord of the Nazgûl held Carn Dûm in the far North during his wars against the Northern DúnedainPronunciation
na'zgool
Meaning
A word from the Black Speech apparently meaning ' ring- wraith' Other names
Titles
Black Men, Black Riders, Black Wings, Fell Riders, The Nine, Nine Lords, Nine Riders, Nine Ringwraiths, Nine Servants, Shriekers, Winged Shadows
Note
Nazgûl is both a singular and a plural term
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A word from the Black Speech, usually translated 'Ringwraith'; the name of the nine Men corrupted by the power of Sauron's Nine Rings, and transformed into his dark and deathless servants.
Notes
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The Lord of the Rings gives little detail about the fate of the Nazgûl after the War of the Last Alliance, other than a rather vague comment in the Tale of Years entry for II 3441: 'Sauron passes away and the Ringwraiths go into the shadows.' A footnote to The Disaster of the Gladden Fields (Unfinished Tales Part Three I) gives us slightly more information. There it is said that the Nazgûl had fled from the battle into the distant East, taking with them those others of Sauron's servants who had survived their master's downfall. |
See also...
Angmar, Argeleb I, Asëa aranion, Balrogs, Barad-dûr, Battle of Fornost, Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Belegorn, Big Bosses, Black Breath, Black Country, Black Men, Black Númenóreans, Black Rider, Black Riders, [See the full list...]Black Shadow, Black Speech, Black Wings, Bridge of Mitheithel, Captain of Gondor, Chieftain of the Ringwraiths, City of the Men of Gondor, Dark Lord, Days of Flight, Dead City, Dead Tree, Denethor I, Déorwine, Dol Guldur, East Anórien, East-borders, Emyn-nu-Fuin, Entwade, Eradan, Fell Riders, Ford of Rivendell, Frodo Baggins, Galadriel, Gate of Gondor, Gladden River, Great Battle, Grip, Harry Goatleaf, Haven of Umbar, Hell, Hell-hawks, High Nazgûl, High Up, Higher Up, Horn-call of Buckland, Húrin I, Imlad Morgul, Isildur, Ithil, Ithil-stone, Ithilien, Khamûl, King of Angmar, King of Gondor, King of the Nine Riders, Lieutenant of Morgul, Lord of the Black Land, Lord of the Nazgûl, Lord of the Nine Riders, Lord of the Rings, Lord of the Tower of Guard, Maggot’s Lane, Master-ring, Minas Anor, Minas Ithil, Mírdain, Moontower, Mordor, Morgul, Morgul-host, Morgul-knives, Morgul-lord, Morgul-sheen, Morgul-way, Morgul-wounds, Naked Hill, Nameless Pass, Nazgûl Lord, Nazgûl of Dol Guldur, Necromancer, Nine Companions, Nine Riders, Nine Rings, Nine Servants, Number One, Orcs of Dol Guldur, Palantíri, Pale King, Ring of Rings, Rings of Power, Ringwraiths, River Anduin, River Baranduin, Second Age, Second Chief, Shadow of the East, Shadowy Mountains, Shriekers, Sorcerer of Dol Guldur, South-realm, Southerners, Stone of Minas Tirith, Stones of Gondor, The Black Easterling, The Guardians, The Nine, The Ring, The Wold, Third Age, Thuringwethil, Tower of Anor, Tower of the Setting Sun, Tower of the Sun, Tower-gate, Towers of Gondor, Úlairi, Uruk-hai, Valley of Living Death, Vorondil, Wainriders, White Tree of Minas Anor, Winged Creatures, Winged Messenger, Winged Nazgûl, Winged Shadows, Winged Terrors, Witch-lord of Angmar, Wraith-king, Wraith-lord
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