Faceless beings of fear and dread, the nine Nazgûl, or Ringwraiths, were undead servants of the Dark Lord Sauron, enslaved by their Rings of Power. Once kings of Men, their identities were lost, subsumed by their masters inexorable will. When whisper of the One Ring came to Mordor, Sauron dispatched the Nine with orders to retrieve this mightiest of weapons. Borne on dark horses and shrouded in black robes, the Wraiths galloped over countless miles to the lands of the Shire in search of their quarry. Needing neither rest nor food, they were the ultimate hunters, ceaseless in their vigilance, drawn relentlessly by the call of the Ring. From beneath black rimmed cowls voices like knives scraped over stone repeated the same two words to any they crossed: ShireBaggins THE RINGWRAITH OF MORDOR One of the most chilling characters in The Fellowship of the Ring, captured in sculpture by Brigitte Wuest. Weve recreated the classic Ringwraith portrait at the scene of Bree, complete with