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Originally Posted by Puddleglum
Are you sure? I know of a reference (Siege of Gondor) where there were five ringwraiths flying against Faramir when he returned from Henneth Annun - but that was a few days before the battle.
Later, I only see references to "the nazgul", without being specific how many (five, eight, or whatever).
The WK rode to (and in) the battle on a horse - but had his winged beast available (as he used it when Theoden arrived) ... so he was "probably" not flying around buzzing the city during the battle like other ring wraiths (leaving eight or fewer in the air) - but even that is only conjecture (even if rational).
I've missed references before which is why I ask. If I've missed something here please point me to it.
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No, I'm not sure. But I assumed that was the part the wiki was referencing, rather than the chapter "The Battle of the Pelennor Fields"- I believe it's the only thing that would fit the description. Compare "mounted on his fell beast and killing Gondor's soldiers" to "out of the dim sky fell the winged shadows, the Nazgul stooping to the kill". That is, I think there's been some conflation- I could have been clearer about that, I guess.
Anyway, the main point is I don't believe there's any way of telling whether Khamul was there or not. Later- well, since *all* the Nazgul were at the Morannon, and *all* perished with the Ring, and since, by inference, Khamul would have been in charge at this point, I can't say the wiki is factually incorrect here... yet, it seems to me to give a false impression. You would think, just from this, that Tolkien had left a fairly detailed account of what this particular Nazgul did right up to the end. If there is one, it's not in the references given.