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The following link provides a little bio on each of the Nazgul. It's an interesting read but no more than that. These bios are not canon so don't waste your breath bitching to me about that!

*Warning: one of the nine has been cast as a Numenorian female**

Whoa!

Cool!

IG-88E wrote:Whoa!

Cool!

It is. I think that the Witch-King and Khamul were actual names of two of the Nazgul. I'm hoping that someone with a little more knowledge on this subject will step forward.

When I saw bios I thought BIOS for the computer.

Witch-King looks alright, never heard of the other eight's name before (though I've heard Khamul before somewhere)

Balrog wrote:Witch-King looks alright, never heard of the other eight's name before (though I've heard Khamul before somewhere)

Khamul checks out in the encyclopedia of Arda; the other names do not.

Next of Kin wrote:It is. I think that the Witch-King and Khamul were actual names of two of the Nazgul. I'm hoping that someone with a little more knowledge on this subject will step forward.

Well one title and one name. The Witch King was not called that until he established Angmar. And it fell out of general use after he had destroyed the Arnorian kingdoms and relocated to Minas Morgul.

Khamul is the only actual name Tolkien ever applied to any of the Nazgul. And here is the sum total we know about him (all of this is from Unfinished Tales).

"Now at that time, the Chieftain of the Ringwraiths dwelt in Minas Morgul with six companions, while the second to the Chief, Khamul the Shadow of the East, abode in Dol Guldur... it was Khamul who came to Hobbiton and spoke to Gaffer Gamgee, who followed the Hobbits along the road to Stock, and who narrowly missed them at the Bucklebury Ferry."

He is also refered to once as "The Black Easterling." As a note this almost certainly means evil (Black Captain, Black Gate, etc.) rather than dark skinned.


All of the other names, titles and histories were made up by Iron Crown Enterprises when they had the publishing rights to the Middle Earth RolePlaying (MERP) game.

Yeah, since that junk comes from a RPG and not Tolkien, it's totally non-canon and unacceptable.

Heh, when I saw this, I thought of some weird online dating service ...

"He enjoys long rides through the countryside at night, has traveled all over the world and to top it off, he's royalty! He's currently employed by the Dark Lord Sauron and gets a company house and car. Get ready to meet Murazor, the Witch Kiiiiiiing!"

The Witch-King is always called that, and Khamul is the only other nazgul named. The rest of the names were, afaik, created for the Middle-Earth: The Wizards collectible card game (which kicked ass, by the way).

Edi

heh...I still have some of those Middle-Earth cards. Never figured out how to play the game; too complex for me at the time, and I'm too lazy now. I still have an Iron Crown, Favor of the Valar, and Uvatha the Horseman. Didn't get my hands on The One Ring, though .

I've got loads of them, a near-perfect set, meaning that I've one of every unique card and three of nearly everything else, and at least two of everything. Of the first two expansion sets, I've got complete sets. Interest fell after The Lidless Eye came out, because it was too much of a reproduction of the original but for the baddies, there wasn't enough new stuff, and the three following expansions just failed because they came out too late. The game wasn't all that complex, though the learning threshold was rather high at the very beginning. The region cards were the single most confusing thing, it got better when they made a map that showed what moves were allowed.

Edi

Next of Kin wrote:

IG-88E wrote:Whoa!

Cool!

It is. I think that the Witch-King and Khamul were actual names of two of the Nazgul. I'm hoping that someone with a little more knowledge on this subject will step forward.

Yes, true.
The rest though are made up.
But still cool.