Gandalf held firm, ready to do battle — but before they could clash the horns of Rohan sounded, signalling the belated arrival of aid to Minas Tirith. The Ringwraith then withdrew to order the forces of Mordor's defence against this new threat. The Lord of Morgul mounted his winged fellbeast and rallied his troops against the furious charge of the Rohirrim.
Flying on the back of his beast he drove down upon the king, and the surrounding Rohirrim horses panicked as his beast attacked. Leave the dead in peace! 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 shriveled mind be left naked to the Lidless Eye.
Thou fool. No living man may hinder me! You look upon a woman. You stand between me and my lord and kin. Be gone, if you be not deathless! For living or dark undead, I will smite you, if you touch him. The Wraith-king arose, and giving a cry of hatred he shattered her shield and broke her left arm with a single blow of his mace. But as he towered over her, preparing to deliver the final blow, Merry stabbed his sword — an enchanted Barrow-blade , one of the few weapons that could have penetrated his defences — from behind into the sinew of his knee, breaking the spell binding his undead flesh to his will.
The prophecy made by Glorfindel at the Battle of Fornost so many centuries before had thus come to pass.
For not by the hand of [a] man had he fallen, but by those of a Hobbit and a woman. Now, with his death, the tide of the battle had changed, and ultimately the outcome of the War. The Dark Lord's growing awareness that he was facing the Heir of Isildur in Aragorn, the shock loss of the Battle of the Pelennor Fields , and the fall of his single most powerful servant, all made him more likely to throw his entire remaining strength at whatever force Gondor and Rohan challenged him with in an attempt to annihilate them once and for all — thus giving Frodo and Sam their one slender chance to pass unhindered through Mordor and convey the One Ring to Mount Doom :.
Gandalf : [Sauron] studies the signs: the Sword that robbed him of his treasure remade ; the winds of fortune turning in our favour, and the defeat unlooked-for of his first assault; the fall of his great Captain. His doubt will be growing, even as we speak here. His Eye is now straining towards us, blind almost to all else that is moving. So we must keep it.
This counsel proved correct, and no more than ten days later, Sauron himself was finally defeated when the Ring was unmade in the Cracks of Doom. The remaining Ringwraiths perished in the cataclysmic eruption of the mountain. He was surrounded by an aura of fear, enough to make trained soldiers run in terror. This was so severe that it was worse than a blow from his mace. The Witch-king — as the title suggests — was also a feared sorcerer, having powers over the physical world, breaking Frodo's sword with just a move of his hand and weakening the Gates of Minas Tirith allowing the battering ram Grond to break them.
The spell he used to weaken it also caused it to explode in a flash of lightning. He could light objects with sorcerous fire. He was stronger at night time. It was claimed that he could create or thaw ice at his whim. The former, however, was more likely an inspiration for Tolkien, as he fancied and studied northern mythologies much more than southern mythologies Greek, Roman, etc. Other honorifics such as the Black Captain are applied to his role as leader of the forces of Morgul during the siege of Minas Tirith.
The perhaps more distinctive moniker Witch-king or Witch King is however used frequently on merchandise and other supplementary materials derived from the Lord of the Rings film trilogy , contributing to its higher profile in the present day — including the title of this page. In the Angband computer game he was listed as Murazor, the Witch-king of Angmar. Ben Price portrays him in human form in flashbacks. He is voiced by Andy Serkis. He is shown briefly as a king of men in the prologue, and serves as one of the primary antagonists throughout the film alongside the other Ringwraiths.
His presence causes Frodo to once more feel the wound dealt by him at Weathertop, as later confirmed in the next film.
He is now identified by a distinctive helmet and armour, and wields a giant flail and flaming sword in battle. The Witch-king first appears in an introductory scene via Gandalf's description, and is later seen by Frodo , Sam and Gollum leaving Minas Morgul with a massive army. He serves as Sauron's commander at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields , giving orders to the orc lieutenant Gothmog.
During the battle itself, the Witch-king joins the other Ringwraiths in destroying various buildings and material inside Minas Tirith while the orc army besieges the city. In an extended scene, he confronts Gandalf and breaks the wizard's staff using dark magic. Since joining the Screen Rant fold, Craig has been involved in breaking news stories and mildly controversial ranking lists, but now works predominantly as a features writer.
By Craig Elvy Published Aug 29, Share Share Tweet Email 0. Related Topics SR Originals lord of the rings. Craig Elvy Articles Published Craig first began contributing to Screen Rant in , several years after graduating college, and has been ranting ever since, mostly to himself in a darkened room.
They did not like fire, water, or light. They could be hurt and killed. At the beginning of the story, Saruman is more powerful than Gandalf. Although this is never explicitly stated, Galadriel alluded to the Fact that Gandalf, even in his grey form is more powerful than Saruman. Once he returned Gandalf and Sauron did actually faced off. Gandalf had an upper hand all throughout the fight. The Morgul-knife was a short blade carried by the Witch-king of Angmar during the Third Age, and used to stab Frodo Baggins at the ancient watch-tower of Weathertop.
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