First seen c. II 2250; went 'into the shadows' II 3441; reappeared in Middle-earth c. III 1300; finally destroyed in III 3019
Originally a Man
Black Captain, The Black Rider, Captain of Despair, Captain of Sauron, Chieftain of the Ringwraiths, Dwimmerlaik, High Nazgûl, King of Minas Morgul, Lord of Morgul, Lord of the Nine Riders, Lord of the Nazgûl, Lord of the Ringwraiths, Morgul-king, Morgul-lord, Number One, The Pale King, Sorcerer, Witch-king of Angmar, Wraith-king
Alphabetical: N
Updated 5 December 2015
Nazgûl Lord
Chieftain of the Nine Riders
Years of the TreesFirst AgeISecond AgeIIThird AgeIIIFourth AgeIV
The greatest and most feared of the Nine Ringwraiths or Nazgûl, Men enslaved by Sauron through the Nine Rings. A mighty Sorcerer, the Nazgûl Lord established himself as the Witch-king of Angmar for many centuries of the Third Age, and oversaw the ruin of the kingdoms of the Dúnedain in the north. Long afterwards, he sought for the Ring-bearer with his fellow Nazgûl, and later led a force to the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. It had been prophesied that he could not be slain by the hand of man, and this proved true in the end: he was slain by a woman, Éowyn of Rohan, with the aid of the Hobbit Meriadoc Brandybuck.
Battle of the Pelennor Fields, Captain of Sauron, High Nazgûl
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