Yes, but there was a character, who was Khamul, in the middle world. Christopher Tolkien said, if I was insufficient in my explanation and my explanations were difficult, look at that (TCGME) source. Whether it is included in that source (TCGME) is unimportant. I suggest that you examine the index part of UT, because the index chapter is very clear and in the index chapter; Christopher Tolkien stated that, together with his own conclusions, Khamul was the second Nazgul, dwelling in Dol Guldur, and Khamul’s epithets were BE and SE.We seem to agree then: in the Christopher Tolkien recommended reference, The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth, there is no such character named Khamul.
At least in my edition
Yes I agree with you. Just; the fact that Khamul was not mentioned in the Appendix B did not mean that the notes indicated by Christopher Tolkien in UT were not important. I already agree with Khamul comments on the other thread of Khamul.
Erm, yes … that index (vol. 13) was published almost a decade later ...My Index to HOME only lists 12 volumes of HOME
To sum up; we only know for sure that Khamul is called "Shadow of the East". For example, JRRT called "Men of the West" to western people and "Men of the East" to eastern people, we know sure and we already see that JRRT used the word "of" instead of "from" for the general reference terms when he was addressing the culture or divisions of the people. Considering that Khamul had Black Easterling epithet before (in rejected version); by that logic (I mentioned above), “Shadow of the East”: Eastern Khamul. I think, there was no need for hypothesis interpretations for this situation (Connection of Eastness). Because, there was no JRRT work (even if it has been rejected or scribbled) to prove otherwise a situation which is related to he was sent only to direct the east, but was not actually an Easterling. (At least when we think of the "Black Easterling" epithet, even if it was rejected; and the "Shadow of the East" epithet which in the present version did not disrupt the meaning integrity of the "Black Easterling" epithet. Also, since the epithet in the current version did not constitute a contrast or contradiction to the epithet in the rejected version; we can say for sure that Khamul has have more than one epithet).
Since Ulfang's epithet was Black Easterling, there was a possibility that he may have interfered with it, he may have changed it (It may not be exactly certain that he didn't give up BE epithet, yes).
Yes, we are the same here. However, this did not prevent Khamul from being an Easterling. Wasn’t the “Shadow of the East” epithet alone clear enough? (I’m saying again; JRRT called "Men of the West" to western people or "Men of the East" to eastern people, we know sure and we already see that JRRT used the word "of" instead of "from" for the general reference terms when he was addressing the culture or divisions of the people). In addition, SE and BE epithets did not contradict but overlap each other. Some forum members posted and said speculation that Khamul could be directed East by Sauron and he was not actually an Easterling. This speculation that does not rely on data from any Tolkien source is a betrayal of the Tolkien universe.
