In the Second Age of Middle-earth, the Dark Lord Sauron took a fair disguise and taught the Elves of Eregion the Art of Ringsmithy. After they had forged many Rings of Power, he forged for himself the One Ring, the master Ring to rule all the others. He razed Eregion and stole the Great Rings, and delivered some into the hands of evil Men, easily corrupted.

One of these Men was a great chieftain of the Easterlings. While his name has been forgotten by many, this king was a great tactician and conquered many of his neighbors. After receiving the Ring of Power from Sauron, he also became a sorcerer, second only in power to the Witch-king of Angmar. As the power of the Ring consumed him, he became one of the Nazgûl, the Nine Captains of the Dark Lord, and the Lieutenant of Dol Guldur, steward of Sauron’s fortress in Southern Mirkwood.



Fans of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings will better recognize the Lieutenant of Dol Guldur as the Nazgûl who pursued Frodo Baggins and his companions through the woods of the Shire. Players of The Lord of the Rings OnlineTM will have already encountered him in Shadows of AngmarTM as the Ringwraith pursued through the Trollshaws, weakened by his encounter with Elrond’s flood at the Ford of Bruinen.