Gothmog (Third Age)
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Gothmog is a fictional character from J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth fictional universe.
He was the lieutenant of Minas Morgul, second-in-command to the Witch-king of Angmar, lord of the Nazgûl. He commanded the forces of Morgul during the Battle of the Pelennor Fields until Angmar appeared. Almost nothing is known of Gothmog — not even what race of beings he belonged to. Tolkienists speculate that he might have been one of the Nazgûl, an Orc or a Man (in that case probably a Black Númenórean like the Mouth of Sauron).
In Peter Jackson's The Return of the King movie, Gothmog is an Orc with a misshapen face, and is played by Lawrence Makoare, a New Zealand actor. It is also possible that he was in fact a Boldog (a fallen Maia in Orc form).
In the Special Extended Edition of Return of the King Aragorn and Gimli kill an injured Gothmog while he is heading towards Éowyn with the intention of killing her, after she has been injured fighting the Witch King.
Gothmog shares his name with a much earlier character, Gothmog, Lord of Balrogs.
External link
- Encyclopedia of Arda (http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/g/gothmog2.html)