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Khamûl was one of the nine Ringwraith s, second only to the Witch-king himself. He was the only Ringwraith whose name was given by Tolkien. He was called Sauron 's lieutenant, Shadow of the East, and '''the Black Easterling'''. He was a lord of Easterlings before being given one of the Nine Rings by Sauron and was thus enslaved to Sauron's will and became one of the wraiths known as the Nazgûl . The Nine first appeared as Nazgûl around the year 2251 of the Second Age. He was the Wraith who pursued the Hobbits to the Ferry at Buckleberry in The Shire , and who asked Hamfast Gamgee for "Baggins" just before Frodo Baggins left Hobbiton . He commanded the fortress of Dol Guldur after Sauron's return to Mordor. After the Witch-King's destruction he became leader and possibly lord of the Ringwraiths. Following the destruction of the One Ring , Khamûl perished with the rest of the Ringwraiths. Khamûl was one of the most powerful Nazgûl , second only to the Lord of the Nazgûl. He was readily able to sense the presence of the One Ring, although in daylight he became confused and diminished. He appears (unnamed) in The Lord Of The Rings and (named) in Unfinished Tales of Númenor and Middle-Earth. SOURCES
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