# LOTR: Did the Nazgul still wear the rings of power Sauron gave them? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** middle-earth, books-writing-myths\ **Created:** [August 29, 2021, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-did-the-nazgul-still-wear-the-rings-of-power-sauron-gave-them/949703 "2021-08-29T01:12:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
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There was a thread on this earlier this year. > [@What happened to the Nine Rings?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-nine-rings/939868): > > Ok, we know Sauron made them in the Second age. Sauron stole them and gave them to Nine Mortal men. They became Ringwraiths when they died. However, at the end of the 2nd age Eru drowned Númenor, which was removed from the physical world, and destroyed Sauron’s body, with his ability to appear beautiful. Where was the one Ring then? Where were the Nine? Then at the end of the War of the Last Alliance Isildur cut the One Ring from Sauron’s hand, vanquishing Sauron, and taking the One ring for… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lotr-did-the-nazgul-still-wear-the-rings-of-power-sauron-gave-them/949703)._