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03-09-2007, 03:07 PM | #1 |
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Who were the Nazgul?
Who were the Nazgul?:-
- Which race of men did each come from? - How did each Nazgul rank to each other? - What were their names? - Did they have any descendants? - Why did they fear fire? |
03-09-2007, 03:29 PM | #2 | ||
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03-10-2007, 06:46 PM | #3 |
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Only wanted to add that, as far as their ranks are concerned, they are based on their link to the Ring, and not on their previous status in a certain society. For example it is said about the Witch-king that he was always most ready to sense the presence of the Ring. Second to him in this was Khamul, who was also the one to be most disturbed by sunlight. So clearly their qualities differed, perhaps creating a certain hierarchy.
About your descendants question...I don't know any answer either. Could be, but considering this shroud of mystery around them, I doubt that such things would have been known.
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Yes, I think TM quite got it. There is not much information about them apart from what was said here. Only to that fire thing,
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03-11-2007, 01:42 PM | #6 | |
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But in general - I think that the idea of "if the Nazgul ever encountered the balrog" would be most probably unimaginable in Middle-Earth. After all, Nazgul never encountered the Balrog and I think Tolkien didn't even want them to. He avoided things like this. We do not know enough about the Nazgul nor about the Balrog (do they have wings?) to decide such a thing, and the Professor didn't provide any such informations. As far as I now, that is.
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03-11-2007, 11:01 AM | #7 | |
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