The Nine Rings for Mortal Men

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The Nine Rings for Mortal Men are powerful Rings of Power in Tolkien's legendarium that Sauron used to corrupt human kings into the Nazgûl, his most feared servants.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Rings of Power
fictional magical objects
appearsIn The History of Middle-earth NERFINISHED
The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED
The Silmarillion NERFINISHED
Unfinished Tales NERFINISHED
associatedWith Nazgûl NERFINISHED
Sauron NERFINISHED
Second Age NERFINISHED
controlledBy Sauron NERFINISHED
The One Ring NERFINISHED
creator J. R. R. Tolkien
effect corrupt the wills of their bearers
draw bearers into the wraith-world
grant invisibility
grant long life
fate brought under Sauron’s dominion
forSpecies Men
genre high fantasy
givenTo Human kings
Mortal Men
inUniverseStatus lost or under Sauron’s control
languageOfName English
medium literature
mentionedIn Ring-verse
numberOfItems 9
opposedBy The Free Peoples of Middle-earth NERFINISHED
partOf Legendarium of Middle-earth NERFINISHED
Rings of Power NERFINISHED
purpose to corrupt mortal men
to enslave the bearers to Sauron
relatedTo The One Ring NERFINISHED
The Seven Rings for the Dwarf-lords NERFINISHED
The Three Rings for the Elven-kings NERFINISHED
resultedIn transformation of bearers into Nazgûl
setInUniverse Middle-earth NERFINISHED
symbolizes corruption of power
enslavement to evil
timeOfCreation Second Age of Middle-earth NERFINISHED
usedBy Sauron NERFINISHED
wieldedBy Nazgûl NERFINISHED

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Sauron creator The Nine Rings for Mortal Men