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Middle-Earth => Bag End => Topic started by: Haszor on June 14, 2011, 09:57:35 PM

Title: The nine...
Post by: Haszor on June 14, 2011, 09:57:35 PM
So my sister and I were wondering, where the nine ever named for sure?  Neither of us can remember.  Thanks
Title: Re: The nine...
Post by: Elessar's Socks on June 14, 2011, 10:26:57 PM
Khamûl seems to be the only one named by Tolkien, corresponding to Ulaire Attea, The Easterling (article on the names here (http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/faq/nazgul.html)).
Title: Re: The nine...
Post by: macheteman on June 15, 2011, 06:00:15 AM
of course they were named:

frodo
sam
merry
pippin
gandalf
legolas
gimli
boromir
aragorn
Title: Re: The nine...
Post by: Haszor on June 15, 2011, 08:02:58 AM
of course they were named:

frodo
sam
merry
pippin
gandalf
legolas
gimli
boromir
aragorn
Not what I was talking about.  But thanks anyways
Title: Re: The nine...
Post by: macheteman on June 15, 2011, 12:55:28 PM
oh, and the Pot Roast. kudos to anyone who knows the reference
Title: Re: The nine...
Post by: Yanko Markovic on June 15, 2011, 01:50:36 PM
Nope, they were never named except for Khamul. Though MERP and MECCG did a nice job at inventing names for them, like Er-Murazor (the witch-king), Akhorahil, Adûnaphel and Indur.
Title: Re: The nine...
Post by: Ringbearer on June 16, 2011, 05:04:32 AM
The MECCG names:

Adunaphel
Akhorahil
Dwar of War
Indur Dawndeath
Hoamurath of Dir
Khamul the Easterling
Uvatha the HorseMan
Ren the Unclean
The Witch-King

Courtesy of a MECCG player.
Title: Re: The nine...
Post by: Elessar's Socks on June 16, 2011, 09:40:39 AM
Wonder if this Ren fellow minded being called "the Unclean."
Title: Re: The nine...
Post by: FM on June 16, 2011, 12:08:18 PM
Wonder if this Ren fellow minded being called "the Unclean."

He's dead, what's he gonna care about? :P
I'm more curious to that Horseman guy, was he a centaur of sorts?
Title: Re: The nine...
Post by: Yanko Markovic on June 16, 2011, 01:31:37 PM
So let's just all make fun of MECCG! why not? naah just kidding. But I do find the game awesome.

And Ringbearer, awesome you play this. Oh, and I'm pretty sure it's Dwar of Waw, not War.
Title: Re: The nine...
Post by: Ringbearer on June 16, 2011, 02:45:57 PM
So let's just all make fun of MECCG! why not? naah just kidding. But I do find the game awesome.

And Ringbearer, awesome you play this. Oh, and I'm pretty sure it's Dwar of Waw, not War.

You're right.

Uvatha the Horseman was called like that cause he hailed from the horsepeople of Khand.
Title: Re: The nine...
Post by: Narij on July 06, 2011, 02:52:53 PM
Decipher had an article on the naming convention early in the Fellowship days.  It basically boiled down to: creating a name would require approval from the franchise, and borrowing a name could have trademark problems, so they settled by naming all non-Witch King Nazguls as "Nazgul One" "Nazgul Two" etc.  Afterwards they converted them to Elvish so they didn't sound so silly.