![]() 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. The first Nazgûl were once the nine great Kings of Men. ![]()
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