<P> His fate is not described, although Tolkien writes that almost all of the servants of Sauron who fought before the gates of Minas Tirith were killed . Tolkien writes nothing else about Gothmog--not even what race he belonged to . In 1971, it was suggested in The Complete Guide to Middle - earth that he was possibly the second highest Nazgûl, but in Unfinished Tales (first published posthumously in 1980), previously unpublished texts by Tolkien called that character Khamûl, "the Black Easterling". </P> <P> Gothmog shares his name with another character, Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs, who is featured in The Silmarillion . </P> <P> In 1988, a new species of Helferella beetles was named Helferella gothmogoides after Gothmog . </P> <P> In the 1977 SPI board game War of the Ring, Gothmog is described as the second-most powerful Nazgûl and chief lieutenant of Minas Morgul . </P>

The white orc in return of the king