Ringwraith

Ringwraiths, also known as Nazgûl or Black Riders, are minifigures from The Lord of the Rings released in May 2012. 
== Description ==
The Ringwraiths wear a black hood and a tattered cloak. They have a blank black head, and a black torso which printing has a robe design. The back of their torso features a continuation of his robe printing. Their legs, arms, and hands are also coloured in black.
== Background ==
The Ringwraiths were originally nine kings of Men, tempted one by one by the Dark Lord Sauron using his One Ring over their nine rings, through betrayal, greed, suppression, or alliance. Following the loss of the One Ring they scattered, but eventually reappeared during the Third Age. Led by the first Nazgûl, the Witch-king of Angmar, they assaulted the realm of Arnor and destroyed it. Eventually defeated, they were entombed in the High Fells of Rhuadar.
When Sauron, alias the Necromancer, took up residence in Dol Guldur, he summoned the Ringwraiths from their prisons. These would remain with him after the fortress was emptied of the Orc hosts that had gathered there. When Galadriel came to rescue a captured Gandalf, the Ringwraiths surrounded the pair. However, they were then confronted by the other members of the White Council, Elrond and Saruman. After a brief but intense struggle, Galadriel banished the Ringwraiths and their master.
The Ringwraiths made their way to Mordor, where they resided in the cursed fortress of Minas Morgul. They were eventually assigned to hunt down Frodo Baggins and reclaim the One Ring for their master Sauron. They tracked Frodo, Aragorn and company across the Shire, finally finding them at Weathertop where Aragorn defeated them using fire. However, not before the Witch-king stabbed Frodo with a cursed Morgul blade. Arwen, the daughter of Elrond, then took the fading Frodo to Rivendell to be saved be her father, and the Nazgûl steeds were swept away by the waters of Bruinen. After this the Nazgûl reverted to riding the dragon-like Fell Beasts. The Witch-king was later defeated by Éowyn at the Battle of the Pelennor Fields as justice for killing King Théoden. The remaining Nazgul were killed when the Ring was destroyed, caught in the fire storm of Mount Doom.
== LEGO.com Description ==
==Notes==
* Gollum's actor Andy Serkis provided the uncredited voice for Khamûl in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. In addition, Serkis also played Ulysses Klaue in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Supreme Leader Snoke in the Star Wars sequel trilogy and Alfred Pennyworth in The Batman.
** He also provided the voice of The Witch-King in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, but not in The Hobbit, the appearance the minifigure is based on.
* The Ringwraiths appeared with individualized ghostly appearances in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, but these were not produced-with the exception of the Witch-King-in either physical or video game form.
== Appearances ==
* 9472 Attack on Weathertop (2)
* 40693 The Lord of the Rings: Fell Beast
* 850517 LEGO The Lord of the Rings Magnet Set
=== Video Game Appearances === 
* LEGO The Lord of the Rings: The Video Game
== Gallery of Variants ==
== Gallery ==
Nazgul.png|CGI Rendering
RINGWRAITH_2.png|Another CGI Rendering
A Black Rider..png|A Ringwraith on his horse
NazgulBack.png|Back printing
4RingwraithCGI.jpg|CGI of four Ringwraiths
Ninehumanlotr.png|The Ringwraiths before they were corrupted.
Ringywraith.jpg
Nazgool.png
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== See Also ==
* Witch-king
*King of Men
Category:Minifigures introduced in 2012
Category:The Lord of The Rings minifigures