The Nazgûl, also known as Ringwraiths, were the nine most important servants of the Dark Lord Sauron. Some claimed that three of them might have been leaders of the Númenóreans, but no written records remained to substantiate this.
The most famous among them was the chief of the Nazgûl, also known as the Witch-king of Angmar, but his true name had not survived in the mortal world. In Allen's memory, only one had a name that could be traced with any certainty: Khamûl.
He had originally been born in the Rhûn Region. Already a chieftain when he received his ring, Khamûl soon gained greater strength, more wealth, and far more extensive power.
Yet Khamûl, who had grown up among the Easterlings, had never harbored any kindness. After receiving his ring, he was soon corrupted by darkness and forced to submit to Sauron, becoming a terrifying, enslaved minion. His glory had lasted only a short time during the Second Age.
Allen had always guessed that Sauron would send an army of Half-orcs out of Mordor, marching through the Brown Lands toward Dol Guldur, or simply attacking his human soldiers on the Mirkwood Road.
He had guessed the beginning correctly. When the Easterling army began invading Rhovanion, Sauron did indeed order Khamûl to lead an army of Half-orcs out of Morgulon. He had also returned the Ring of Power that had once belonged to Khamûl to his second-in-command.
In fact, during the Second Age, Sauron had already ceased to need the Nine Rings of Men to control these enslaved Ringwraiths. He had taken the rings back from his servants then, but the destruction of his physical form and the loss of the One Ring had ultimately weakened his power enormously.
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