Dol Guldur

[Gordis]

Originally Posted by Ghazi

[Witch-King was] Numenorean? Show me.

Three of the nazgul were Numenorean Lords.
Even Sauron, when he had to choose a man for a high position, preferred Numenoreans (Mouth of Sauron)

The Witch-King was the tallest of the Nine - and Numenoreans, as we know, are normally very tall, taller than non-Numenoreans. Also in Tolkien's world (funny as it sounds) the taller, the nobler.

Also look how differently the nazgul speak Westron, which is derived from Numenorean Adunaic.
Khamul the Easterling spoke Westron haltingly, with foreign accent (the Gaffer:"It was one of the Big Folk from foreign parts. He spoke funny."). Khamul used simple sentences: “I come from yonder,” “Have you seen Baggins?” “Baggins has left,” “He is coming. He is not far away. I wish to find him. If he passes will you tell me? I will come back with gold.”

Now compare it to the Witch-Kings grand style: "Come not between the Nazgul and his prey! Or he will not slay thee in thy turn. He will bear thee away to the houses of lamentation, beyond all darkness, where thy flesh shall be devoured, and thy shrivelled mind be left naked to the Lidless Eye."
Here we have a native Adunaic-speaker.

In the LOTR drafts published in HOME 6-8, all the wizards were Men - of a "noble profession", but the Wizard-King was specifically said to be a Man from Numenor:

"Denetor and Faramir marvel at Gandalf's power over Nazgul. Gandalf says things are still not so bad - because the Wizard King has not yet appeared. He reveals that he is a renegade of his own order...from Numenor. 'So far I have saved myself from him only by flight'...""The War of the Ring" p.326.

But we don't really need assumptions anymore. There is new evidence published in Tolkien Reader's Companion p.20.

The name and origin of the Witch-king is not recorded, but he was probably (like the Lieutenant of Barad-dur) of Numenorean descent.
- Tolkien's manuscript of "Nomenclature"

Originally Posted by William Cloud Hicklin

You know, the events in this annal might not be unrelated. Could Numenorean Nazgul in fact have been acting as Sauronian agants in Numenor, leading to the said division?

That's what Alcuin's theory is about http://www.zarkanya.net/Tolkien/origins_of_Nazgul.htm
Other theories are discussed here: http://www.minastirith.com/cgi-bin/u...c;f=1;t=002315