Lord of the Nazgûl
MajorA shape black-mantled, huge and threatening. A crown of steel he bore, but between rim and robe naught was there to see, save only a deadly gleam of eyes. Tall and towering above others, he bent over like a cloud with glittering eyes. He wielded a great black mace, wore a hauberk beneath the mantle, and possessed a mighty frame as evidenced by the depth of the stab through sinew behind his knee. The mantle and armor concealed an otherwise invisible or bodiless form.
The Lord of the Nazgûl, chief of Sauron's nine Ringwraiths, emerges as the most fearsome embodiment of terror in The Lord of the Rings, his invisible form shrouded in a black mantle and crowned with steel, wielding a massive mace that crushes all opposition. In The Return of the King, he leads the assault on Minas Tirith with devastating sorcery and physical might, only to meet his prophesied doom at the hands of Éowyn and Merry during the Battle of the Pelennor Fields. His defeat marks a pivotal turning point, shattering the Witch-king's aura of invincibility and weakening Sauron's forces irrevocably.
Physical Description
A shape black-mantled, huge and threatening. A crown of steel he bore, but between rim and robe naught was there to see, save only a deadly gleam of eyes. Tall and towering above others, he bent over like a cloud with glittering eyes. He wielded a great black mace, wore a hauberk beneath the mantle, and possessed a mighty frame as evidenced by the depth of the stab through sinew behind his knee. The mantle and armor concealed an otherwise invisible or bodiless form.
Evolution
The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings
A shape black-mantled, huge and threatening. A crown of steel he bore, but between rim and robe naught was there to see, save only a deadly gleam of eyes. Tall and towering above others, he bent over like a cloud with glittering eyes. He wielded a great black mace, wore a hauberk beneath the mantle, and possessed a mighty frame as evidenced by the depth of the stab through sinew behind his knee. The mantle and armor concealed an otherwise invisible or bodiless form.
- Leads the aerial assault on Minas Tirith, shattering the city's gates with his sorcery and mace.
- Threatens Théoden during the Battle of the Pelennor Fields, proclaiming that no man can hinder him.
- Is stabbed in the knee by Merry with a Barrow-blade, disrupting his form and making him vulnerable.
- Confronts Éowyn, who beheads him after declaring herself no man, fulfilling the prophecy from Glorfindel.
- Dies with a cry that echoes across the battlefield, his bodiless form dissipating forever.
Book Appearances
The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings
First appears Ch 6