Gothmog????

[SamwiseGamgee]

Haha! Well, Ainur, let me begin...only funning. As I said it's an open-ended question. You rightly pointed out there's no evidence to support Gothmog being a Nazgul, but then there's none to say he's not. I think it was Saucepan Man in another thread said he'd always thought Gothmog a Nazgul because of an old LoTR board game he had! It just depends!
Legolas, I agree the Mouth of Sauron was no Nazgul:

...yet this was no ringwraith but a living man...

, that's fair enough, but I think the Witch King of Angmar would have perhaps felt more solidarity with his fello wraiths and chosen aone as lieutenant. Also, what you said about the troops not being terrified: why would WK care if his troops were terrified.
I just don't hold with the thought that the lieutenant of Minas Morgul must not have been a Nazgul simply because 'who would run the city when all the wraiths were away otherwise?' The orcs managed to run Cirith Ungol ok...well, kind of. Ahem. If Gothmog was an orc, though, why would other orcs fear or respect him? If Gothmog were a Nazgul, though, the fear of Sauron himself would be put into those orcs, and be he or the WK there or not, they would know they would have to answer to either the WK or his lieutenant- both Nazgul.
Frodo2968thewhite, while Gothmog was represented by an orc in the movie, that's not canon and we can't really rely on it. Also, if Gothmog were an orc, look at how he looked! Would you obey him? [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]