In their early forays, they ride on black horses later they ride flying monsters, which Tolkien described as ' pterodactylic'. At the end of the Third Age, their main stronghold was the city of Minas Morgul at the entrance to Sauron's realm, Mordor.
Their leader, known as the Lord of the Nazgûl or the Witch-king of Angmar, had once been the King of Angmar in the north of Eriador. The Lord of the Rings calls them Sauron's 'most terrible servants'. They were nine Men who had succumbed to Sauron's power through wearing Rings of Power, which gave them immortality but reduced them to invisible wraiths, servants bound to the power of the One Ring and completely under Sauron's control. The Nazgûl (from Black Speech nazg, 'ring', and gûl, 'wraith, spirit'), introduced as Black Riders and also called Ringwraiths, Dark Riders, the Nine Riders, or simply the Nine, are fictional characters in J. For other uses, see Nazgul (disambiguation). For the American hardcore band, see Black Breath (band). For the supervillain team, see Dark Riders (comics). For the black power political organization, see Black Riders Liberation Party. 'Black Breath', 'Dark Riders', and 'Black Riders' redirect here.
