Black Riders

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Nazgûl Ringwraiths fictional group servants of Sauron undead beings

The Black Riders are the terrifying, undead servants of Sauron in J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth legendarium, who relentlessly hunt the One Ring.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Nine Riders	1

Statements (62)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nazgûl ⓘ Ringwraiths ⓘ fictional group ⓘ servants of Sauron ⓘ undead beings ⓘ
ability	enhanced senses for detecting the One Ring ⓘ instilling fear ⓘ
affiliation	Mordor NERFINISHED ⓘ Sauron NERFINISHED ⓘ
allegiance	Sauron NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Nazgûl NERFINISHED ⓘ Nine Riders NERFINISHED ⓘ Nine Servants of the Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED ⓘ Ringwraiths NERFINISHED ⓘ
appearsIn	The Fellowship of the Ring NERFINISHED ⓘ The Lord of the Rings NERFINISHED ⓘ The Return of the King NERFINISHED ⓘ The Silmarillion (appendices and references) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Two Towers NERFINISHED ⓘ Unfinished Tales ⓘ
baseOfOperations	Barad-dûr NERFINISHED ⓘ Minas Morgul NERFINISHED ⓘ Mordor NERFINISHED ⓘ
characteristic	cloaked in black ⓘ invisible in the physical world ⓘ terrifying presence ⓘ
corruptedBy	Nine Rings of Power NERFINISHED ⓘ Sauron NERFINISHED ⓘ
creator	J. R. R. Tolkien ⓘ
currentStatus	undead ⓘ wraiths ⓘ
enemyOf	Aragorn NERFINISHED ⓘ Frodo Baggins NERFINISHED ⓘ Gandalf NERFINISHED ⓘ the Fellowship of the Ring NERFINISHED ⓘ the Free Peoples of Middle-earth NERFINISHED ⓘ
fate	destroyed when the One Ring is destroyed ⓘ
fictionalUniverse	Middle-earth ⓘ
firstAppearance	The Fellowship of the Ring NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerStatus	mortal kings of Men ⓘ
languageSpoken	Black Speech NERFINISHED ⓘ
leader	Witch-king of Angmar NERFINISHED ⓘ
loyalty	absolute loyalty to Sauron ⓘ
notableAction	assault on Minas Tirith ⓘ attack on Weathertop ⓘ pursuit of Frodo from the Shire to Rivendell ⓘ
notableMember	Khamûl NERFINISHED ⓘ Witch-king of Angmar NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfMembers	9 ⓘ
powerSource	Nine Rings of Power NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryGoal	to find the One Ring ⓘ to return the One Ring to Sauron ⓘ
race	Men ⓘ
secondInCommand	Khamûl NERFINISHED ⓘ
serve	the One Ring NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod	Second Age NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Age ⓘ
transport	black horses ⓘ fell beasts ⓘ
weakness	Elvish weapons ⓘ fire ⓘ the river at the Ford of Bruinen NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Nazgûl → alsoKnownAs → Black Riders ⓘ

this entity surface form: Nine Riders