Cardolan was ravaged and its last prince slain the tower of Amon Sûl, held by the men of Arthedain, was placed under siege. Rhudaur in the east fell first, and most of the Dúnedain there were hunted down and slaughtered by sorcerers. He then struck at a time of great hostility among the three, in 1409. By 1349, the government of Rhudaur was controlled by men secretly in his service, and he secretly aided them in their wars against the other kingdoms. He played upon their opposition, sending in infiltrators and taking over the hearts of the men of that land. The Witch-king saw the North-kingdom of Arnor as more vulnerable than the South-kingdom of Gondor. They had divided into three kingdoms: Cardolan, Rhudaur and Arthedain, and were constantly at war with one another. In the north, disunity plagued the Dúnedain of Arnor. No one knew that he was actually a servant of the long-dormant Sauron and few that he was a wraith. He summoned men, orcs and other creatures of evil inclination to his banner. His capital was Carn Dûm, on the northernmost peak of the Misty Mountains. 1300 his Nazgûl also reappeared and the Witch-king established his realm, Angmar, in the north. 1050 of the Third Age, Sauron began to rebuild his power in Dol Guldur. 3441, the Nazgûl vanished into the shadows and were not heard of again for a long time. Being the most powerful of the Nazgûl, he became their chief and the most feared servant of his master Sauron. He first appeared in the histories as a Ringwraith in S.A. The one later known as the Witch-king was one of these, probably one of the unnamed three lords of Númenor to take the rings.

In the end, they all became the dreadful Ringwraiths. With the power of their rings, the Nine achieved glory and grew wealthy, but they eventually started hating life as they were slowly drawn under Sauron’s dominion. 1697 he gave nine of them to Mannish kings, sorcerers and other warriors. Some time after Sauron seized the Rings of Power in the Sack of Eregion, S.A. A wraith, the Witch-king of Angmar was nearly indestructible, a terrifying warrior, and a cunning strategist. The Witch-king of Angmar was the chief of the Nazgûl, King of Angmar and Sauron's great captain in his wars. In rode the Lord of the Nazgûl, under the archway that no enemy ever yet had passed, and all fled before his face.' ― The Return of the King, ' The Siege of Gondor' A great black shape against the fires beyond he loomed up, grown to a vast menace of despair. Morgul-knife Black Breath A great black mace Black Captain, Chief of the Nine, Dwimmerlaik

Witch king of angmar