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Hmm? snoopcester Send a noteboard - 31/01/2012 10:10:22 PM
Allow me to show off my Tolkien fanboy-hood by pointing out that at least one of the Nazgul (and the only one whose origin we know, afaik) was not, in fact, a white man, but is explicitly called an Easterling. And the Witch-King of Angmar was already a Nazgul at the time he ruled Angmar, so it's not a given that he's actually from that area, either. About the rest, I think we just don't know.



According to Wikipedia, Tolkien said the following -

"Yet Sauron was ever guileful, and it is said that among those whom he ensnared with the Nine Rings three were great lords of Númenórean race."

and

"the name and origin of the Witch-king is not recorded, but he was probably of Númenórean descent."

Just sayin'
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The racist elements in Tolkien's writing - 29/01/2012 01:31:02 PM 2569 Views
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Hmm? - 31/01/2012 10:10:22 PM 1277 Views
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