Gothmog: the poll

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Originally Posted by Lhunardawen

Seriously, though, I'm quite undecided whether he is a Black Númenorean or an Orc chieftain. He being a Nazgûl is out of the question - at least for me - since it doesn't seem to make sense for the Witch-King to have another second-in-command other than Khamûl.

Ah, but it says that Khamûl was the Nazgûl in charge of Dol Guldur- whereas Gothmog is the "Lieutenant of Morgul". And the chain of command might be such that the army would follow the orders of the second Morgul Nazgûl before following the orders of the second Nazgûl.

~As always, the Devil's Advocate -

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