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Old 03-13-2007, 08:52 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by goldfinger
This Balrog thing has nothing to do with this thread, so get back to the subject Who Were the Nazgul?!
Classic thread drift!!

On the Nazgul, I have never quite understood how "Black Easterlings" could come to be called Numenorean, or vice versa. I guess it depends on the origin of ALL the people given the right to populate Numenor.

Or, was this a case of the Numenoreans taking over Umbar such that the Corsairs, or nearby peoples, became identified as being "Numenorean". The latter seems more likely to me.

The other question is when exactly 9 Nazgul were identified. One logical source of the Nazgul would be from the kingdom of Rhudaur, which was corrupted relatively early on in the 3rd Age. Unless there is some evidence that all 9 Nazgul were active before this time (i.e., before 1400 or so)...
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