Nazgul
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Etymology
From nazgûl (“ringwraith”) in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional language Black Speech, a compound of nazg (“ring”) and gûl (“wraith; spirit”).
Noun
Nazgul (plural Nazgul)
- (fantasy) An evil force which heedlessly destroys everything in its path, and appears like a horseman dressed all in black.
- 2007, Glen Duncan, I, Lucifer, page 55:
- The West Hampstead studio flat looks like the Nazgul have just thundered through it […]
- 2011, Kristin Hannah, Night Road, page 282:
- The last thing she wanted was for Zach to come storming out of the house like a Nazgul, telling her to get the hell away from his daughter.
- 2012, Tom Holt, You Don't Have to Be Evil to Work Here, But it Helps, page 133:
- There's three blokes who look like the Nazgul in pinstripes, and a skinny hatchetfaced bird who keeps saying “Well?” at me every time she asks me a question and I don't answer her inside half a second.
Noun
Nazgul (plural Nazguls)
- (fantasy role-playing games) A type of demonic or undead creature.
- 1994, Chiaroscuro, “Re: ColdMUD, interesting career(class,guild)-systems, and thoughts about mudding”, in rec.games.mud.misc (Usenet):
- (On Lost Souls there is a Ringwraith guild; Nazguls are members at levels 26-29.)
- 1994, The Nowhere Man, “Re: Only 9 Nazguls? (was: Ascension (long))”, in rec.games.roguelike.nethack (Usenet):
- In the Touist quest, there was a polymorph trap on the first level, and one of the non-peaceful buggers polyed into a Nazgul (ugh!).
- 1999, Jonathan Ellis, “Re: unique version of moria”, in rec.games.roguelike.moria (Usenet):
- AFAIK Moria itself has never had uniques, though some variants do (Morgul has the nine Nazguls, for instance) or artifacts.
- 2001, Pat Gunn, “Re: YASD (#$# Nazguls)”, in rec.games.roguelike.angband (Usenet):
- Scrolls of mass genocide, scrolls of teleport, and a kick-ass bow generally are prerequisites for killing Nazguls in Pernband.
- 2000, Fuzzy, “AD: Dawn of Empires - mud.dawnofempires.com”, in rec.games.mud.misc (Usenet):
- Soulcrusher established his power in Valhalla itself where he trained the Nazguls and built a guardian to protect his privacy.
- 2002, Matthew Murray, “Short Bow of the Nazgul”, in rec.games.roguelike.angband (Usenet):
- While poking around on level 20, I came across an object I've never seen before, a Short Bow of the Nazgul (x2) (-7,-7) {cursed}.
