nazgûl

Would anyone like to hazard a guess why the Nazgul were -seemingly- not present at any of the battles associated between Sauron and the Last Alliance? I have always wondered about this. My personal guess is that they feared the armies of the Eldar more so than that of the Dunedain, since the...

Ok so I'm reading through LOTR and I'm a little confused. It says in A Knife In The Dark, the 11th chapter in FOTR: What that means (at least to my ears) is that when the nazgul are near the ring they can sense it and know at least in which direction it is in, which is backed up by the nazgul...

The day of the Battle of Pelennor Fields, during which the Witch-king met his end, is the same day that Sam rescued Frodo from Cirith Ungol. On the same day, “Thranduil repels the forces of Dol Guldur” in battle in Mirkwood, and a second assault was launched from Dol Guldur on Lórien. (See...

Here is another thread about the Nazgûl :) I hope you'll like it ;) The Nazgûl became shadows under the great Shadow. They lost their bodies and became spirits. In the thread The Nazgûl: mortal or immortal we came to a conclusion that the Nazgûl aren't immortal, their life just continues. But...

The Nazgûl are the Nine servants of the Dark lord Sauron. They possess the Nine Rings of the Mortal men doomed to die :D . They were mortal men but what happened when they got the Nine Rings? Did they become immortal or they didn't? Are they immortal? [I decided to start this thread after the...

Okay. I just saw the cartoon "The Lord of The Rings" (produced by Saul Zaentz in 1978 and published by Warner Brothers, and on DVD in 2001 :)), which was not very good in my opinion. They made the Hobbits look dumb and kind of gave them a childish mind. I didn't like that at all. Well.. The...

why didnt sauron attack osgiliath with his FULL force there and then???

After Frodo is stabbed on Weathertop, Aragorn 'goes missing' and reappears later saying: Why didn't they attack? Aragorn goes on to say: That provides some insight into why the Nazgul suspended their attack, but it is still only a partial answer. There were five of them around, and...

"So it is now; the Nine he had gathered to himself; the Seven also, or else they are destroyed. The Three are hidden still." [The Fellowship of the Ring] Does this mean that the nine are held by Sauron? Is that why there was no ring lying on the ground after the Witch King was defeated by...

Can aybody makes me clear if the names of the Ringwraiths are anywhere mentioned? In some books I have read it is written that the only name is mentioned is that of Khamul. In a book that I am reading now (Tolkien: The creature & legends of Middle-earth, by Manolis Parousis) says: "We know...

I hope this topic is worth a separate thread... I am not sure ... but anyway... When reading those episodes where Nazgûl "talk" what do we learn? - that they whisper, hiss or ... most times : Of course, they speak seldom, those "brethren of mine" ;) , but when they do, sometimes it is...

:confused: I would like to know why the Nazgul did not follow Frodo and the others into the water when they took off on the raft towards the Brandywine Bridge-(IN THE MOVIE)-And also why the Nazgul did not follow Arwen and Frodo into the river; they stopped at the riverbank and spoke to Arwen...

When the film is on the prologue and it's showing you the nine men recieving their rings, if you haven't noticed it look at the man second from the back on the right side of the witch-king and it's Alan Lee and if not it's someone that looks a lot like him. Has anyone else noticed this?

Now, the Nazgul were once men who desired power & greed, & that's how they became the Ringwraiths; when Frodo was stabbed with the is it "Morgul Blade?"; Aragorn/Strider told the other hobbits that Frodo would pass into shadow & became a Wraith like the others; how so??? Frodo never desired...

(in the movie) In the 1st film, when the Nazgul stopped their horses on the edge of the riverbank, what did they say to is it "Arwin?"??? Did the leader indeed say: "Give up the Hafling, She-Elf!" or, "Give us the Hafling, She-Elf!" Thank you very much!

I looked all over the 1st. book to find the 1st. name that "Strider" called the Ringwraiths/Black Riders/Shadow Riders, when he told Frodo & the others what they were; I could not find it. What are they called? When they were in the Inn of the Prancing Pony in the film. Thank you.

Now, in the film, "The Fellowship Of The Ring", right before "Frodo" wanted to DESPERATELY give the ring to "Gandalph", they cut to this scene where This man who probably was NOT a hobbit, was holding a lantern, and I think he said, "Who goes there?!" this Ringwraith rode towards him and I think...

I just wonder how the RingWraiths were fooled into thinking that the hobbits were sleeping in the beds when they were just feathered pillows, when they were at the "Inn Of The Prancing Pony?"

Who is more powerful, a Nazgul or a Balrog?

What is with the Witch King? He challenges a great warrior-King (Eärnur), yet fears Glorfindel and a Steward (Boromir). He laughs at an army of Men, yet is afraid of a singular woman (Eowyn). Are the Nazgúl just cowards who run away when someone has the guts to stand up to them? Are they...