What happened to the Ringwraiths after the Ring was destroyed?

Sauron's necromantic sorcery, contained in the Nine Rings of Power, held them in an unspeakably evil existence long after their shriveled bodies should have crumbled into dust.
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What happened to the Nazgûl after the One Ring was destroyed?

The Nazgûl actually died before Sauron had finished his death throes, since they rushed towards Mount Doom when Sauron had finally realized his danger and were caught in the eruption and destroyed.
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What happened to Sauron after the Ring was destroyed?

With the Ring's destruction, Sauron was permanently robbed of his physical form, reducing him to a malevolent spirit that hovered above Mordor as a "huge shape of shadow, impenetrable, lightning-crowned, ...
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What happened to the Nazgûl at the river?

In the book, The Fellowship of the Ring (chapter 12 "Flight to the Ford"), all nine Nazgûl were swept away by the waters of the river Bruinen, and their horses drowned. They show up later in The Return of the King (chapter 6, "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields").
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Where did Ringwraiths go?

As The Silmarillion records: “They had, as it seemed, unending life, yet life became unendurable to them. … They entered into the realm of shadows. The Nazgul were they, the Ringwraiths, the Enemy's most terrible servants. Darkness went with them, and they cried with the voices of death.”
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Which Nazgûl is talion?

Talion becomes a Nazgul

His only option is to take Isildur's Ring, which he uses in the final fight against Sauron. He then uses the power to contain Sauron's forces in Mordor for as long as he can, but he eventually goes full-on Nazgul, which would make him one of the Ringwraiths that hunts Frodo.
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Is Galadriel stronger than Sauron?

Galadriel was the greatest and most powerful of all Elves in Middle Earth in the Third Age. Sauron the deceiver gave three Elves Rings of Power because he knew how strong they were, and he wanted to control them and have them on his side. Galadriel surpassed all other Elves in beauty, knowledge, and power.
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Is Morgoth still alive?

[edit] Legacy. Morgoth remains in the Void, watched by Eärendil and unable to return to Arda as long as the Valar maintain their power over it. However, the lies he put in the hearts of the Children of Ilúvatar still remain and will create their evil results till the end of days.
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Are the Ringwraiths undead?

Nazgûl or Ringwraiths: Formerly kings of Men, the nine Rings of Power given them by Sauron caused them to become ghost-like Wraiths. They could not see properly, were permanently invisible and relied on smell and hearing.
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Do the Nazgul still have their Rings?

Most of the evidence points to the opinion that Sauron himself held the rings. In the Fellowship of the Ring, Gandalf explains the history of the Rings to Frodo and tells him that: "So it is now; the Nine he had gathered to himself; the Seven also, or else they are destroyed. The Three are hidden still."
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Who Killed The Lord of the Nazgul?

From there, every Lord of the Rings fan knows what happened: The two engaged in a shield-splintering fight, and the warrior was nearly killed. Nevertheless, the Hobbit Merry Brandybuck stabbed the Nazgul in the back of the leg.
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Who is stronger than Morgoth?

The most powerful of the Valar other than Morgoth were Manwë (meaning “blessed one”), who became their king, and his wife, Varda (“sublime one”) who became queen. Manwë's area of dominion is the air and the winds, and the Great Eagles are his servants and messengers.
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Did Morgoth create dragons?

Dragons were ancient, intelligent, powerful creatures, as feared as they were admired in Middle-earth. Their exact origin is debated, though it was clearly stated that they were created by Morgoth in some sense, millennia before the events of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
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Who killed Morgoth?

After committing many evils across the First Age and preceding eras, such as the theft of the Silmarils, which resulted in his name Morgoth, and the destruction of the Two Lamps and the Two Trees of Valinor, Morgoth was defeated by the Host of Valinor in the War of Wrath.
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Will Peter Jackson return to Middle-earth?

Jackson returned to Middle-earth with his Hobbit trilogy, but the next chapter of the saga will be Amazon Prime Video's Lord of the Rings TV show. So far the plot is shrouded in secrecy, though we do know the series has a massive cast, and a huge budget.
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How old is Legolas?

Legolas was portrayed by Orlando Bloom. In the "official movie guide" for The Lord of the Rings, a birthdate for Legolas is set to 87 of the Third Age. This would make him 2931 years old at the time of the War of the Ring.
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How much did Elijah Wood make from Lord of the Rings?

Elijah Wood and Andy Serkis

Similar to Astin, Woods' starting salary was originally $250,000 for the first installment of LOTR. However, before the film trilogy came to end, that salary increased to $1 million.
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Why is Gandalf referred to as mithrandir?

Although Gandalf is his most commonly-used moniker, he went by several other names as well. In his origins as a Maiar spirit in Valinor, he was known as Olorin. In Gondor, he was known as Mithrandir, meaning Grey Pilgrim. The White Rider was his name to those who saw him on his great white horse, Shadowfax.
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What if Tom Bombadil took the Ring?

From that same discussion it mentions Bombadil having withdrawn himself into "a little land, within bounds he has set", and that "if he were given the Ring, he would soon forget it or most likely throw it away." He would not have left his "world", so would have been no use in destroying it, and would not have used the ...
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Is Tom Bombadil God?

Tom Bombadil Is God

Though he's not mentioned in The Lord of the Rings or The Hobbit, Tolkien's world is presided over by a God known as Eru. This primordial entity shares many traits with the monotheistic gods of the real world, and was responsible for creating all life with the help of his first children, the Ainur.
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What does Talions Ring say?

The inscription on Talion's ring reads: "I will Redeem the Land of Shadows" in Elvish.
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What happens to Celebrimbor's Ring?

In a final battle, Celebrimbor used the Ring's power to defeat Sauron. However the Ring wanted to return to the Dark Lord, and so it slipped off of Celebrimbor's finger and onto Sauron's, breaking Celebrimbor's control over his orc army.
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What was Talion's Ring?

Deciding to put his fate in his own hands, Talion dons Isildur's Ring of Power to preserve his own life. He then uses the power of Isildur's Ring to assault and seize Minas Morgul, defeating the Witch-king in the process.
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Is Tom Bombadil the most powerful?

More powerful than Gandalf and more ancient than Galadriel, Tom Bombadil is actually Lord of the Rings' most powerful being. When it comes to powerful beings in Lord of the Rings, characters such as Gandalf, Saruman, Galadriel and, of course, Sauron are discussed at great length.
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