The Great Alliance of Elves and Men stood in defiance of Sauron for long years of siege, but even their greatest heroes came to fear his deadliest servants. These were the Nazgûl, and their number was Nine.
The Great Alliance of Elves and Men stood in defiance of Sauron for long years of siege, but even their bravest heroes came to fear his deadliest servants. These were the Nazgûl, and their number was Nine. They stalked the battlefield of Mordor Besieged, and were its most dangerous scourges.
Once he was a great king in lands far to the east, accustomed to rule and unwilling to bend the knee to any other. But then came a giver of gifts and a promiser of power, and upon accepting these lures, the great king changed. No longer did he rule his lands with mercy, and neither did he remain in his own kingdom. He became Rhûn's bane, and by that name came he to be known as the Bane of Rhûn, and elsewhere.
Once he was a great king in lands far to the east, accustomed to rule and unwilling to bend the knee to any other. But then came a giver of gifts and a promiser of power, and upon accepting these lures, the great king changed. No longer did he rule his lands with mercy, and neither did he remain in his own kingdom. He became Rhûn's bane, and by that name came he to be known as the Bane of Rhûn, and elsewhere.
Once he was a great king in lands far to the east, accustomed to rule and unwilling to bend the knee to any other. But then came a giver of gifts and a promiser of power, and upon accepting these lures, the great king changed. No longer did he rule his lands with mercy, and neither did he remain in his own kingdom. He became Rhûn's bane, and by that name came he to be known as the Bane of Rhûn, and elsewhere.
Once he was a great king in lands far to the east, accustomed to rule and unwilling to bend the knee to any other. But then came a giver of gifts and a promiser of power, and upon accepting these lures, the great king changed. No longer did he rule his lands with mercy, and neither did he remain in his own kingdom. He became Rhûn's bane, and by that name came he to be known as the Bane of Rhûn, and elsewhere.