Khamûl

Khamûl is a Nazgûl, one of nine, and was in fact second-in-command of the group behind the Witch-King of Angmar. He became the next Lord of the Nazgûl after the Witch-King's death.

History

In life, he was a king of the Easterlings during the Second Age, and now serves Sauron dutifully after being corrupted by one of the nine rings of power Sauron offered to the great kings of men. It is he who goes to the Shire and the surrounding areas looking for the One Ring and the "Baggins" who possess it. He fails to acquire the Ring however, and he and his fellow Nazgûl are redirected through the efforts of Aragorn and Glorfindel (or Arwen, in the movies).

Like his fellow Nazgûl, he aided Sauron's Orc and mannish hordes in their efforts against the kingdom of Gondor, and was along with the other Nazgûl destroyed when Sauron and the One Ring were (though Gandalf believes they were sucked into the Void with him, meaning they may return for the final battle of Dagor Dagorath).

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Trivia

• It is said that, of all the Nazgûl, he was most weakened and disoriented by daylight. But on the other hand, he was second only to the Witch-King in perceiving the presence of the One Ring. 
• His being king of Easterlings in life is perhaps darkly fitting, as the Easterlings traditionally hate Gondor and revere Sauron.

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Dark Armies Leaders: Morgoth | Sauron† | Saruman Nazgûl: Witch-King of Angmar† | Khamûl† | Helm Hammerhand | Suladan | Nazgûl Sisters Balrogs: Durin's Bane† | Gothmog† | Tar-Goroth† Dragons: Smaug† | Ancalagon† | Scatha† | Drogoth the Dragon Lord† | Glaurung† Great Spiders: Shelob | Ungoliant Werewolves: Carcharoth† Goblins/Orcs: Gorkil the Goblin King† | Great Goblin† | Azog† | Bolg† | Yazneg† | Grishnákh† | Gothmog† | Gorbag† | Zog the Eternal† Uruk-hai: Ugluk† | Lurtz† | Shagrat Black Númenóreans: Mouth of Sauron† | Agandaur† | Black Hand of Sauron† | Hammer of Sauron† | Tower of Sauron† Olog-Hai: Brûz the Chopper Men of Darkness: Ar-Pharazôn | Gríma Wormtongue† | Bill Ferny | Lheu Brenin† | Easterlings | Corsairs of Umbar | Dunlendings | Haradrim Various Creatures: Barrow Wights | Trolls† | Wargs | Fellbeasts | Gûlavhar | Watcher in the Water Corrupted Elves Fëanor† | Celegorm† | Caranthir† | Curufin† | Maeglin† | Celebrimbor† Corrupted Hobbits Gollum† | Lotho Sackville-Baggins† | Ted Sandyman Other Alfrid Lickspittle† | Master of Laketown† | Old Man Willow