Also, all Ringwraiths except the Witch-King wear sinister-looking masks covering the hollow darkness where their faces should be, with some individual Ringwraiths having masks uniquely designed to represent their origin. The wraiths' physical form have robes covering less of their arms and legs, which in are visibly clad in armor. The Nazgûl in the games thus far have been portrayed very similarly to the Peter Jackson's versions with some minor differences. The Witch-king was killed in the Battle of Pelennor Fields outside of Minas Tirith, while the rest of the Ringwraiths perished in the downfall of the Dark Lord when the One Ring was cast into the fires of Mount Doom, freed from his influence and able to finally rest in peace. Banishing the Nazgûl from the Dead City, he took up residence there and withstood the forces of Sauron for decades to come. In the end, Talion was corrupted and replaced Isildur as one of the Nine.ĭuring the War of the Ring, the Nazgûl led Sauron's Hunt for the Ring and campaign against Gondor. Wielding Isildur's Ring, Talion confronted the Witch-king in the inner chambers of Minas Morgul and defeated him in combat. The Nazgûl wrestle with Talion's will to dominate him Talion's interventions in the Chosen rituals and the stealing of the Haedir convinced the Witch-king he could be coerced into becoming a great servant of the Dark Lord and so he resolved to eventually make him join the Nine. Soon after, Sauron dispatched the Nine to steal the New Ring from Shelob, only to be forced to retreat by the might of the Light wielded by Eltariel the Elf Assassin. Manipulating General Castamir into handing over the Palantír and playing his part in the siege, the Nazgûl transformed the Gondorian citadel into their abode of Minas Morgul. To reclaim all of Mordor, the Witch-king was sent by the Dark Lord to orchestrate the assault against the city of Minas Ithil. The opposition from Talion and Celebrimbor did not go unnoticed by either the Dark Lord or the Witch-king. Driven out of his fortress in Mirkwood, Sauron and his Nazgûl returned to Mordor, hiding amidst the ruins of Barad-dûr, while the Black Captains oversaw the building of his legions. As his power grew in Dol Guldur, the "Necromancer" had the Witch-king direct the war against Gondor and Arnor, resulting in the former's destruction and the subsequent disappearance of King Eärnur. In the War of the Last Alliance they served as some of the generals of his armies, but fled after his apparent defeat.īy the time of Sauron's resurgence, some of the original Nazgûl had been replaced with other Ring-bearers who had shared their predecessors' fates. When the Dark Lord revealed himself and forged the One Ring, they were enslaved, bound for eternity to his will. Given the Rings of Power by Sauron (disguised in fair form as Annatar) which they accepted without any doubt they fell to the corruption of their gifts one by one. By being bonded with Celebrimbor, Talion has the ability to see into the wraith-world, and through him, Celebrimbor can temporarily enter the physical world to allow Talion to perform superhuman feats of speed, strength, and agility.The first Nazgûl were once the nine great Kings of Men. There, he met Celebrimbor, and the elf-wraith used his immense power to fashion a new body for Talion so that he could once again influence the physical world. Talion was executed by the Black Hand in a ritual of dark sorcery, which had the side-effect of sending him to the wraith-world. After dying, he came to inhabit the wraith-world, yet was still bound within the walls of Arda. Being an elf, he existed naturally in both the real world and the wraith-world simultaneously. The elf-lord, Celebrimbor was reduced to being a wraith by being tainted by the darkness of Sauron. Should he rebuild his power and be able to command this lost army of the dead he will be unstoppable. Wights, wraiths, and ghosts of terror, Sauron the Necromancer calls to them all within the borders of Mordor. There are many restless spirits within Middle-earth who have not been able to find peace in death. The most infamous wraiths in Middle-earth were the Nazgûl, or "Ringwraiths", who were the nine kings of men given the Nine Rings by Sauron. A Wraith is a being that has tasted death but lives on through dark sorcery or magic, or someone who died in dishonor or darkness.
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