He first appeared in the histories as a Ringwraith in S. All nine of the Nazgul were at first men, powerful ones in fact, they were each individually corrupted by the rings Sauron gave them. Those who used the Nine Rings became mighty in their day, kings, sorcerers, and warriors of old. They obtained glory and great wealth, yet it turned to their undoing.
Some texts say that three of them were great Lords of Numenor the Witch King being one of these. After becoming corrupted they each were completely under the will of Sauron. Specifically, the Witch King was just considered the mightiest of the Nazgul as well as the lieutenant of Sauron. Sign up to join this community.
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Create a free Team What is Teams? Learn more. What exactly is the Witch-king of Angmar? The line about the nine rings is the third in the famed stanza. It reads "Nine for Mortal Men doomed to die". He was caught and tortured by Sauron, and revealed the locations of all the rings of power save the Three, before dying. However, he died in Gondor and was buried together with Merry, alongside Aragorn. Meriadoc "Merry" Brandybuck was not only considered to be the smartest among the hobbits, but rather literary.
Upon the completion of his adventures, he settled down and wrote a series of books, including The Reckoning of Years, Old Words and Names in the Shire , and Herblore of the Shire. Though unexplored in the films, Samwise Gamgee was allowed passage to the Undying Lands, years after Frodo and Gandalf departed.
He could cause enemies to flee, or paralyze them with fear so that they couldn't move. Whenever we see him near a battlefield, soldiers cower in terror and lose morale, making them easier prey for evil forces. In the Unfinished Tales collection, we learn that Grima Wormtongue was captured by the Nazgul for information, and the fear he felt during that encounter was so great it almost killed him.
Few beings can resist this; Aragorn and Gandalf in the Fellowship could, as well as Glorfindel during his time, but for the most part no living thing had a chance to stand against him. The Witch-King is feared for many reasons, not the least of which was his combat prowess.
Wielding a broadsword and great mace simultaneously, he could take on dozens of fighters alone. However, it might surprise some to know he had an array of magical abilities as well. He emits an aura called Black Shadow, which can cause everything from unconsciousness to death, depending on exposure.
He is also capable of Black Speech, and uses incantations to power Grond, which then breaks the gates of Minas Tirith. While he was the King of Angmar, he could control ice by either freezing or thawing things. He could also use mind control on lesser beings. While the human identity of the Witch-King is unknown, it is known that the Ringwraiths first appeared in the Second Age - SA exactly.
The Witch-King as a human would have been one of the Great Lords in this timeframe. Melkor, also known as Morgoth, was by far the most powerful force of evil in the history of Middle-earth. He rebelled against the supreme deity of Arda himself, and makes Sauron look like a puppy in comparison.
He was defeated and banished, but his most powerful servant, Sauron, continued his ways. His servants were completely controlled by him, and if he wished them to believe he was Melkor come again, they would have no will to deny it.
Since the Witch-King was enslaved in the Second Age, that means Sauron had thousands of years to erode the will of his lieutenant, and by the time of the series the Witch-King was completely an extension of whatever Sauron willed and believed. Glorfindel was a great Elvish hero who was strong enough to kill a Balrog in single combat. Its effects can range from unconsciousness to fatality, and in the films, Frodo is overcome with the Black Breath on a number of occasions.
Otherwise, avoiding this plague would be as easy as plugging one's nose. To better distinguish him from his fellow Nazgul, the Witch-king was given additional armor and a large, pointed helm. In a high fantasy tale like The Lord of the Rings , it only makes sense that the leader of the Nazgul would also be the most physically imposing. In the novels, the Witch-king is often described as the tallest and the most powerful of the Ringwraiths, which is also more than a little apparent on screen.
In fact, he almost seems to grow in height as the trilogy progresses. In The Fellowship of the Ring , he is largely indistinguishable from his fellow Nazgul. By the third film, he towers over most other characters. For a character who is concealed behind a cloak throughout the entirety of the film series, it wouldn't make much of a difference who the actor behind the mantel actually was. It makes even less of a difference considering the Nazgul are invisible without their black robes.
Therefore, the Witch-king was portrayed by various actors throughout the trilogy. Ben Price, a member of Weta Workshop-- which provided the costumes and effects for the films-- portrayed the character when he was in his human form in The Fellowship of the Ring. Ever since his portrayal as Gollum in The Lord of the Rings , Andy Serkis has been the go-to actor when it comes to computer-generated characters. Not only does he perfectly embody characters like King Kong, Caesar, and Supreme Leader Snoke, his voice-work is also something to be marveled over.
This was on full display with his portrayal of the former ring-bearer. Serkis actually voiced multiple characters in the trilogy. These included the orc Snaga, the Uruk Mauhur, as well as the Witch-king of Angmar — which brings the total up to at least four actors portraying the Black Captain in the Jackson movies. Serkis also voiced the leader of the Nazgul in the follow-up video game for The Return of the King. While Eowyn does deliver the final blow, it is actually Merry who breaks the magic that protects the Witch-king.
He does so with a blade that he first acquired in the Barrow-downs outside of the Shire. However, the blade had been created much further west, where it was forged specifically to defeat a creature like the Witch-king.
However, some have speculated that because the being is neither alive or deceased, the Witch-king might be immune to total defeat. Even Tolkien himself said that the Witch-king was never heard from again during that age or part of the world.
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