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</table>Éowynhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Nazg%C3%BBl&diff=380780&oldid=prevNotJesper: /* Origins */2023-09-28T11:47:45Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Origins</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The bearers of the rings gained great wealth and prestige and became "''mighty in their day, kings, sorcerers, and warriors of old''". Their lives were prolonged so they seemed unending, but life became unendurable to them. <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The rings enabled them to turn invisible and see the [[Unseen]]. But over </del>time, depending on their native strength and their initial good or evil will, they succumbed to the powers of the rings and the domination of the [[The One Ring|One Ring]]. Their bodily forms faded until they became permanently invisible and turned into [[wraiths]].<ref name=Rings/></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The bearers of the rings gained great wealth and prestige and became "''mighty in their day, kings, sorcerers, and warriors of old''"<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. The rings enabled them to turn invisible and see the [[Unseen]]</ins>. Their lives were prolonged so they seemed unending, but life became unendurable to them. <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Over </ins>time, depending on their native strength and their initial good or evil will, they succumbed to the powers of the rings and the domination of the [[The One Ring|One Ring]]. Their bodily forms faded until they became permanently invisible and turned into [[wraiths]].<ref name=Rings/></div></td></tr>
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</table>NotJesperhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Nazg%C3%BBl&diff=380758&oldid=prevSage: /* Early Third Age */2023-09-27T09:36:30Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Early Third Age</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Known as the Nazgûl, they first appeared around {{SA|2251}}<ref name=AppB1/> and were soon established as Sauron's principal servants. However, the circumstances of this appearance are unknown, as are their actions during the [[Dark Years]], during Sauron's capture to [[Númenor]], and in the [[War of the Last Alliance]]. When Sauron was overthrown in {{SA|3441}} at the hands of the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men|Last Alliance]], the wraiths faded into the shadows.<ref name="AppB1">{{App|B1}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Known as the Nazgûl, they first appeared around {{SA|2251}}<ref name=AppB1/> and were soon established as Sauron's principal servants. However, the circumstances of this appearance are unknown, as are their actions during the [[Dark Years]], during Sauron's capture to [[Númenor]], and in the [[War of the Last Alliance]]. When Sauron was overthrown in {{SA|3441}} at the hands of the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men|Last Alliance]], the wraiths faded into the shadows.<ref name="AppB1">{{App|B1}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The One Ring which dominated the Nazgûl was taken from Sauron and then it was lost in [[Anduin]] for the following centuries; both Sauron and the wraiths lost their powers and remained hidden.<ref name=Rings/> However around {{TA|1050|n}} of the [[Third Age]] Sauron returned in the form of a shadow in [[Mirkwood|Greenwood the Great]], triggering also the return of his servants. [[Third Age 1100|About 50 years later]] [[the Wise]] of that Age discovered the [[shadow]] of [[Dol Guldur]] and theorized that it was one of the Nazgûl.<ref name=AppB2/> </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The One Ring which dominated the Nazgûl was taken from Sauron and then it was lost in [[Anduin]] for the following centuries; both Sauron and the wraiths lost their powers and remained hidden.<ref name=Rings/> However around {{TA|1050|n}} of the [[Third Age]] Sauron returned in the form of a shadow in [[Mirkwood|Greenwood the Great]], triggering also the return of his servants. [[Third Age 1100|About 50 years later]] [[the Wise]] of that Age discovered the [[shadow]] of [[Dol Guldur]] and theorized that it was one of the Nazgûl.<ref name=AppB2/> </div></td></tr>
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</table>Sagehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Nazg%C3%BBl&diff=380757&oldid=prevSage: /* Early Third Age */2023-09-27T04:52:11Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">Early Third Age</span></span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However around {{TA|1050|n}} of the [[Third Age]] Sauron returned in the form of a shadow in [[Mirkwood|Greenwood the Great]], triggering also the return of his servants. [[Third Age 1100|About 50 years later]] [[the Wise]] of that Age discovered the [[shadow]] of [[Dol Guldur]] and theorized that it was one of the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"> </del>Nazgûl.<ref name=AppB2/> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">The One Ring which dominated the Nazgûl was taken from Sauron and then it was lost in [[Anduin]] for the following centuries; both Sauron and the wraiths lost their powers and remained hidden.<ref name=Rings/> </ins>However around {{TA|1050|n}} of the [[Third Age]] Sauron returned in the form of a shadow in [[Mirkwood|Greenwood the Great]], triggering also the return of his servants. [[Third Age 1100|About 50 years later]] [[the Wise]] of that Age discovered the [[shadow]] of [[Dol Guldur]] and theorized that it was one of the Nazgûl.<ref name=AppB2/> </div></td></tr>
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</table>Sagehttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Nazg%C3%BBl&diff=380756&oldid=prevNotJesper: /* History */ Reworded redundancies2023-09-27T03:55:34Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">History: </span> Reworded redundancies</span></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The bearers of the rings gained great wealth and prestige and became "''mighty in their day, kings, sorcerers, and warriors of old''". <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Although the rings </del>prolonged <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">their lives </del>so <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that </del>they seemed <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to have </del>unending <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">lives</del>, life became unendurable <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">for </del>them. The rings <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">turned </del>them invisible and <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">enabled them to </del>see <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">things of </del>the [[Unseen]]. But over time depending on their native strength and their initial good or evil will they succumbed to the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">domination </del>of <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">their </del>rings and the <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">rule </del>of [[The One Ring|One Ring]] <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">that was worn by Sauron and their </del>bodily forms faded until they became permanently invisible and turned into [[wraiths]].<ref name=Rings/<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">></del></div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The bearers of the rings gained great wealth and prestige and became "''mighty in their day, kings, sorcerers, and warriors of old''". <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Their lives were </ins>prolonged so they seemed unending, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">but </ins>life became unendurable <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to </ins>them. The rings <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">enabled </ins>them <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">to turn </ins>invisible and see the [[Unseen]]. But over time<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>depending on their native strength and their initial good or evil will<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>they succumbed to the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">powers </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>rings and the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">domination </ins>of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the </ins>[[The One Ring|One Ring]]<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. Their </ins>bodily forms faded until they became permanently invisible and turned into [[wraiths]].<ref name=Rings/></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Their actions during the [[War of the Last Alliance]] are also unknown, but when Sauron was overthrown in {{SA|3441}} at the hands of the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men]], the wraiths faded into the shadows.<ref name=AppB1>{{App|B1}}</ref</del>> </div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Known as the Nazgûl, they first appeared around {{SA|2251}}<ref name=AppB1/> and were soon established as Sauron's principal servants. However, the circumstances of this appearance are unknown, as are their actions during the [[Dark Years]], during Sauron's capture to [[Númenor]], and in the [[War of the Last Alliance]]. When Sauron was overthrown in {{SA|3441}} at the hands of the [[Last Alliance of Elves and Men|Last Alliance]], the wraiths faded into the shadows.<ref name="AppB1">{{App|B1}}</ref></ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However around {{TA|1050|n}} of the [[Third Age]] Sauron returned in the form of a shadow in [[Mirkwood|Greenwood the Great]], triggering also the return of his servants. [[Third Age 1100|About 50 years later]] [[the Wise]] of that Age discovered the [[shadow]] of [[Dol Guldur]] and theorized that it was one of the Nazgûl.<ref name=AppB2/> </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>However around {{TA|1050|n}} of the [[Third Age]] Sauron returned in the form of a shadow in [[Mirkwood|Greenwood the Great]], triggering also the return of his servants. [[Third Age 1100|About 50 years later]] [[the Wise]] of that Age discovered the [[shadow]] of [[Dol Guldur]] and theorized that it was one of the Nazgûl.<ref name=AppB2/> </div></td></tr>
</table>NotJesperhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Nazg%C3%BBl&diff=375039&oldid=prevDausuul: Frodo has not left the Shire on the day Khamul questions the Gaffer; he is in fact still in Hobbiton, close enough to overhear the conversation! Also, when the Witch-King is confronting Gandalf, the text says "**The** red fires shone" between crown and shoulders; the word "the" suggests that Tolkien is talking about the fires of the battlefield (which would be behind the Witch-King from Gandalf's point of view), rather than fire being part of the Witch-King's face.2023-06-10T21:56:30Z<p>Frodo has not left the Shire on the day Khamul questions the Gaffer; he is in fact still in Hobbiton, close enough to overhear the conversation! Also, when the Witch-King is confronting Gandalf, the text says "**The** red fires shone" between crown and shoulders; the word "the" suggests that Tolkien is talking about the fires of the battlefield (which would be behind the Witch-King from Gandalf's point of view), rather than fire being part of the Witch-King's face.</p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Nazgûl were given black horses (stolen from [[Rohan]]) for transportation and set off to find "[[the Shire]]", on their way learning from a [[Squint-eyed southerner]] that [[Saruman]] was not a true ally of Sauron. Failing to find it, they returned to the [[Wold]] empty-handed; messengers from Sauron sent them to [[Isengard]]. There they encountered [[Gríma Wormtongue]], who told them of the location of the Shire.<Ref name=hunt/> </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The Nazgûl were given black horses (stolen from [[Rohan]]) for transportation and set off to find "[[the Shire]]", on their way learning from a [[Squint-eyed southerner]] that [[Saruman]] was not a true ally of Sauron. Failing to find it, they returned to the [[Wold]] empty-handed; messengers from Sauron sent them to [[Isengard]]. There they encountered [[Gríma Wormtongue]], who told them of the location of the Shire.<Ref name=hunt/> </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Crossing the [[Fords of Isen]], they reached [[Sarn Ford]] at evening and drove off the guard of [[Rangers of the North]] and five pursued the Rangers eastward, then returned to guard the [[Greenway]]. The other four entered the Shire before the dawn of [[23 September]]; at nightfall [[Khamûl]] came to [[Hobbiton]] and interrogated [[Hamfast Gamgee]] asking for "[[Baggins]]", not knowing that [[Frodo Baggins]], the [[Ring-bearer]], had left <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">the Shire </del>that day.<ref name=b3/> </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Crossing the [[Fords of Isen]], they reached [[Sarn Ford]] at evening and drove off the guard of [[Rangers of the North]] and five pursued the Rangers eastward, then returned to guard the [[Greenway]]. The other four entered the Shire before the dawn of [[23 September]]; at nightfall [[Khamûl]] came to [[Hobbiton]] and interrogated [[Hamfast Gamgee]] asking for "[[Baggins]]", not knowing that [[Frodo Baggins]], the [[Ring-bearer]], had left <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Bag End on his way out of Hobbiton </ins>that <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">same </ins>day.<ref name=b3/> </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On [[24 September]] a Rider approached Frodo and his companions near the [[Woody End]], when a [[Wandering Companies|Wandering Company]] of [[Elves]] approached from [[Emyn Beraid]], chanting the name of "[[Elbereth]]", and the rider fled away.<Ref name=Three>{{FR|Three}}</ref>{{rp|78-9}} The [[25 September|next day]] a Rider came to [[Bamfurlong]] and approached [[Farmer Maggot]], asking about Baggins. The farmer directed him to Hobbiton. The Rider said that the individual had already left Hobbiton and offered Maggot gold if he would inform the rider if he saw Baggins. The farmer felt chill and was enraged by his trespassing and threatened him with his [[dogs]], which, however, yelped and ran. The Rider, infuriated by his defiance, hissed and rode away.<ref>{{FR|I4}}</ref></div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>On [[24 September]] a Rider approached Frodo and his companions near the [[Woody End]], when a [[Wandering Companies|Wandering Company]] of [[Elves]] approached from [[Emyn Beraid]], chanting the name of "[[Elbereth]]", and the rider fled away.<Ref name=Three>{{FR|Three}}</ref>{{rp|78-9}} The [[25 September|next day]] a Rider came to [[Bamfurlong]] and approached [[Farmer Maggot]], asking about Baggins. The farmer directed him to Hobbiton. The Rider said that the individual had already left Hobbiton and offered Maggot gold if he would inform the rider if he saw Baggins. The farmer felt chill and was enraged by his trespassing and threatened him with his [[dogs]], which, however, yelped and ran. The Rider, infuriated by his defiance, hissed and rode away.<ref>{{FR|I4}}</ref></div></td></tr>
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</table>Dausuulhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Nazg%C3%BBl&diff=374915&oldid=prevHyarion: Updating infobox image2023-06-08T01:08:17Z<p>Updating infobox image</p>
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</table>Hyarionhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Nazg%C3%BBl&diff=369382&oldid=prevΓιάννης Ευαγγελίου: /* See also */2023-03-02T00:02:07Z<p><span dir="auto"><span class="autocomment">See also</span></span></p>
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</table>Γιάννης Ευαγγελίουhttps://tolkiengateway.net/w/index.php?title=Nazg%C3%BBl&diff=369363&oldid=prevDour1234: Undo revision 369360 by 172.70.193.133 (talk)2023-03-01T16:25:28Z<p>Undo revision 369360 by <a href="/wiki/Special:Contributions/172.70.193.133" title="Special:Contributions/172.70.193.133">172.70.193.133</a> (<a href="/w/index.php?title=User_talk:172.70.193.133&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="User talk:172.70.193.133 (page does not exist)">talk</a>)</p>
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