Khamûl: Tolkien Named Only One Nazgûl
Who was Khamûl? Of the Nine Ringwraiths, he is the only one Tolkien ever named, and this deep dive traces that name to Unfinished Tales and the late notes of "The Hunt for the Ring," where he is the Shadow of the East, the Black Easterling, and the Second Chief beneath the Witch-king of Angmar.Khamul was one of six Ring-bearers who were not Númenórean, probably a man of Rhûn. From 2951 of the Third Age he held Dol Guldur in Mirkwood. In September 3018 he rode into the Shire, questioned Gaffer Gamgee, and hunted Frodo to the Bucklebury Ferry, keenest of the Nazgul at sensing the Ring, yet…
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