<P> They were by far the most powerful of his servants, and the most suitable for such a mission, since they were entirely enslaved to their Nine Rings, which he now himself held ...--Unfinished Tales, p. 338 </P> <P> The Nazgûl are called Úlairi (a plural) in Tolkien's invented language of Quenya . </P> <P> They are also called the Fell Riders and the Black Wings (when they ride the fell beasts), as well as the Shadows, the Servants of Sauron, and the Nine Servants of the Lord of the Rings . The Orcs of the Tower of Cirith Ungol call them Shriekers . </P> <P> In her duel with the Witch - king, Éowyn calls him a "dwimmerlaik". This is intended to be a word in Rohirric, the speech of Rohan, translated into Anglo - Saxon, that Tolkien glosses in the index as a "work of necromancy", a "spectre". It derives from Anglo - Saxon (ge) dwimor, "phantom, illusion" and - leikr, the Old Norse ending corresponding to Anglo - Saxon - lac, meaning "a state or act". </P>

What are the dragons that the nazgul ride