Ringwraiths names?

[Hisham]

Does anyone know the names of all the Nine? I'm quite sure one of them is named Murazor... what about the others? If anyone has the corresponding sourcebook for the old 80s' Middle Earth Role Playing (MERP) books by Iron Crown Enterprise are they listed there?

[Elessar]

Hello, would just like to share this for the mutual viewing pleasure of fellow Tolkien-ites. Dont c the need to open a new thread just for this. Hope you guyz dont mind. This is the entrance to my home theatre, which has a Middle Earth theme inside. Enjoy, fellow Edains.

[Estelle]

Elessar said:

Hello, would just like to share this for the mutual viewing pleasure of fellow Tolkien-ites. Dont c the need to open a new thread just for this. Hope you guyz dont mind. This is the entrance to my home theatre, which has a Middle Earth theme inside. Enjoy, fellow Edains.

WOW!! That is SO cool! Does it require a password to enter? ;D

[Elessar]

well estelle, if its starts to open by itself once someone sez 'mellon'; frankly i'll be moving out.

[Haldir]

Hisham said:

Does anyone know the names of all the Nine? I'm quite sure one of them is named Murazor... what about the others? If anyone has the corresponding sourcebook for the old 80s' Middle Earth Role Playing (MERP) books by Iron Crown Enterprise are they listed there?

I got the "list" from the Decipher Cards (i.e. Movie Based) tho' that of Khamûl (aka Ringwraith No. 2 ;D ) doesn't match the card.

Will post it after I find the list somewhere in my Blog entries as I listed it out months ago.

EDIT:
- Úlairë Nelya, Lieutenant of Morgul
- Úlairë Enquëa, Lieutenant of Morgul
- Úlairë Attëa, The Easterling
- Úlairë Otsëa, Ringwraith in Twilight
- Úlairë Lemenya, Lieutenant of Morgul
- Úlairë Toldëa, Messenger of Morgul
- Úlairë Cantëa, Lieutenant of Dol Guldur
- Úlairë Nertëa, Ninth of the Nine Riders

[Hisham]

Wow thanks. I did some digging and also turned up with here.

One of them, the second in rank after the Lord of the Nazgûl himself, was named Khamûl, and also known as the Black Easterling. This is the only one of the nine Nazgûl explicitly named by Tolkien.

This may come as a surprise if you've come across one of the many sources that list a set of names of the other eight: Murazor (the Witch-king himself), Dwar, Ji Indur, Akhorahil, Hoarmurath, Adunaphel, Ren and Uvatha. These names are common across the Web, and often have detailed biographies to go with them. They're also consistent with what Tolkien had to say about the origins of the Nazgûl: in the Akallabêth it is stated '...among those whom he ensnared with the Nine Rings three were great lords of Númenórean race', and indeed three of these names are Númenórean in form: Murazor, Akhorahil and Adunaphel.

None of these eight names, though, have their origins in Tolkien's own work. Instead, they come from a series of role-playing and trading card games produced by Iron Crown Enterprises. The names of Murazor, Dwar and the rest emerged from the unavoidable need for these games to develop and expand Tolkien's universe to meet the needs of the gaming fraternity. The games' popularity accounts for the regular appearance of the names, to the extent that they're now frequently presented as the 'true' names of the remaining eight Nazgûl.

So I guess I was wrong. Only Khamûl was named by Tolkien and the rest are created by other sources.

I do have a way to reconcile the differences though: Decipher's list seem to be Quenya names, while the ICE names are from everywhere, including Númenórean, like Murazor. We could deduce that Noldor named Khamûl as Úlairë Nelya, et al, as opposed to the rest of Middle-Earth.

Too bad Decipher lost the licence because of sitting on their a** too long with the material last year. I saw the RPG book at Popular Book in Ikano yesterday.

[The SITH OverLORD]

A simple question to the LOTRien Ringwraith experts here at MySciFiFan :

1) What is the NAME of this particular RINGWRAITH in the picture below :




2) ...and the NAME of the broad sword this RINGWRAITH is holding onto.


Thanks! ;D

[Haldir]

A simple question to the LOTRien Ringwraith experts here at MySciFiFan :

1) What is the NAME of this particular RINGWRAITH in the picture below :



Haahaa, that you'll have to ask Reno.

I booked Ringwraith No. 2 in my LOTR Group but that was in the days before Reno made his Ringwraith costume (Dec 2003). And strangly, No. 2 is holding the Witchking Sword!

on 28.02.2005 at 11:30:31, The SITH OverLORD wrote:2) ...and the NAME of the broad sword this RINGWRAITH is holding onto.



Regular Standed Issued Ringwraith Long Sword (Broadsword will be a shorter one as displayed at the LOTR Exhibition).
« Last Edit: 01.03.2005 at 02:54:38 by Haldir » <br>

[The SITH OverLORD]

Haldir said:

Haahaa, that you'll have to ask Reno.

So that's Lord Tyrrano inside that Ringwraith costume holding on the Witchking Sword?!

[Haldir]

I'm not too sure as when I was around, his cousin is the one wearing it.