The Complete Travels of the Ringwraiths (Nazgûl) | Tolkien Explained

The Nazgûl are the greatest of Sauron's servants. Today, we track their lives and travels from their time as mortal men to their downfall with their master. Their actions before and during the War of the Ring affect many in Middle-earth. Everywhere they go, they strike fear and dread into the hearts of mortals.

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The Witch King - Alan Lee
Servant of Death - Amir Salehi
The Nazgul Attack - Anke Eißmann
Nazgul at Bree - Arnaud Sohyer Budow
Eowyn and the Nazgul - David Demaret
Eowyn and the Lord of the Nazgul - Donato Giancola
The Nazgul - Kenneth Sofia
Nine - Kimberly80
Nazgul - Margaux Valonia
Eowyn and the Nazgul - Matt Stewart
The Horn of Boromir - Matt Stewart
Minas Morgul - Matthew Burton
The Black Captain - Melissa Hitchcock
Nazgul - Nick Deligaris
The Witch King of Angmar - Rob Alexander
The Wizard's River Horses - Rob Alexander
Sauron Defeated - Roger Garland
The Keeper of the Nine - Steamey
Gaffer and the Black Rider - Stephen Hickman
A Sudden Call to Mount Doom - Ted Nasmith
Nazgul at the Walls - Ted Nasmith
Thus Came Aragorn - Ted Nasmith
Eowyn vs the Nazgul - Adam Schumpert
The Witch King - Alejandro Arevalo
Minas Tirith Besieged - Alvaro C Escudero
Witch King of Angmar - Alvaro Fernandez Gonzalez
The Witch King - Anato Finnstark
The Nine - Anato Finnstark
Witch King on Fell Beast - Anato Finnstark
Weathertop - Anato Finnstark
Eowyn vs the Witch King - Anato Finnstark
The Eagles attack the Nazgul - Anato Finnstark
The Witch King with Fell Beast - Andrea Guardino
Nazgul - Andrea Guardino
Minas Ithil - Anthony Lampa
I am no man - Diego Cunha
Sniffing - Diego Gisbert Llorens
Nazgul - Gabriel Gomez
Witch King - Gavin Wynford
Minas Ithil Destruction - George Rushing
Nazgul - Kenny Gonzalo
Nazgul - Inessa Khanenko
Frodo and the Witch King - James Owen
Mist Over the Barrow Downs - Jan Rozanski
Nazgul - Juha Keranen
And in the darkness bind them - Luma Barbizam
Nazgul - Ochi Zla
Khamul the Easterling - Sam Lamont
Shortcut to Mushrooms - Vincent Tanguay
Minas Ithil & Minas Morgul - Wardenlight Studio
Athelas - Anke Eißmann
Black Riders in Bree - Kathryn Szarko
Black Breath - Gandzel Art
Aragorn attacks the Nazgul - Angus McBride
Gandalf and the Witch King - Angus McBride
Grima Wormtongue - Harold Shull
Healing Faramir - Anke Eißmann
The Fellowship - JB Casacop
The Shire - Liam Tart
Mumakil - Gellihana Art
Murder at the Prancing Pony - Dimitry Prosvirnin
Wraith World - Paul Lasaine
Pippin Looks in the Palantir - Peter Xavier Price
Tar-Mairon - Sauron in Numenor - Efelidi
The Nazgul - Istrandar
The Witch King - Meli Hitchcock

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[NerdoftheRings]

Well, everyone, I'm finally on the mend and able to bring you this video I'm very excited about! What do you think about possibly seeing the Ringwraiths in LOTRonPrime? Could be cool! Enjoy the video and thank you all for your thoughts and prayers as I got well!

[jakert]

May we all have the obstinacy of Farmer Maggot, who just told a Nazgul to go away.

[filipvadas]

This really makes you appreciate how INSANELY lucky Frodo and Sam were at the beginning of the story. The Nazgùl came close to catching them on multiple occasions

[milojones]

Black riders
Maggot "Go AwAy!"
Black Rider "understandable, have a nice day"

[saltedllama]

The sheer depth of the world Tolkien created is crazy. No other fantasy setting comes anywhere close.

[ClassicHarleyQuinn]

"There is only one Lord of the ring and he does not share power"

Underrated line from the movie.

[kedarraman]

The fact that they just couldn't find the shire the first time is just utterly hilarious to me

[bobankrsmanovic]

One of my favorite Sauron strategies is starting wars with Gondor and Thranduil, only to make a diversion, so he can hide his 9 servants, that are searching for the ring.
It's barely mentioned anywhere (thankfully, it is in this video), and it shows how Sauron was smart, and not to be underestimated.
As Gollum said: "He only have 4 fingers, but they are enough".
Great video bro :)

[dylanredford]

Probably an awkward conversation when the other Nazgul told Sauron about the Witch King’s death

[BParker]

"A black rider comes to farmer Maggots farm who tells the rider to go away." 🤣

[ninji]

These are, by far, the most entertaining and engaging lotr videos on youtube (or anywhere really). The extensive use of the maps and innovative but simple use of the character tokens does wonders to help make sense of a very deep and often confusing world. There are so many "aha" moments when you can connect the history of a place or structure to the events in the movies. it gives smaller moments welcomed gravitas and almost has a mental 3d effect in the sense that a scene set in field or near a ruin carries more weight because I now know what happened there 2 or 300 (or thousand) yrs prior. I've watched most of these videos multiple time as if I'm studying for a test and it is not time wasted, outstanding work!!!!

[tubeyhamster]

I knew Glorfindel was cool from the Fellowship of the Ring, but after watching a bunch of your videos, in which he keeps cropping up, I am convinced that he was a total badass.

[cerberus]

I can just see the Wraiths preparing Mordor for Sauron. "Ok, so we need loads of black granite! And who is good at carving it into crazy points? Oh, and have we got the contracts signed on all the steel and iron for torture we'll need? And Sauron will want a big separate meeting room with us. You know, he doesn't like his robes smelling of Black Breath".

[Maclean]

There is something sad about the wraiths fleeing back to Mordor after the witch king is slain.

[GeekZoneMT]

I'm glad you're feeling better man, it's good to have your terrific weekly content back 😄

[AlbertChalmers]

The Hunt for the Ring was my favourite part of Unfinished Tales. Almost felt essential to fully understanding the first book in the Lord of the Rings.

[J-]

Man, I bet you absolutely DESTROYED any presentation or show-and-tell in school

[huntercool]

Imagine literally traveling all the way across Middle Earth on a multiple month journey from the Far East to the Far. And after multiple dead ends you finally find the place you’ve been searching for all this time. You then question someone about the one called “Baggins” and the location of the ring, just for them to tell you that the person who has the ring you seek just left that very morning and is no longer there. I’d be so mad bro! 💀💀

[ryangrider]

In my opinion, the single greatest achievement of any character in the entire series is Eowyn slaying the Witch King! Of course Master Brandybuck deserves a hearty and well earned assist. Brave little hobbit, well done!

[rhorynotmylastname]

How the Ringwraiths are described: Terrifying spirits, servants of the dark lord

How the Ringwraiths act: Monty Python and the Holy Grail esque adventures asking for directions and getting told off by random farmers.