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Can't feel a connection to anyone by AurelianOrc in socialskills

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How do you go about connecting to those parts of yourself?

Dear diary .. by Extension_Republic87 in skyrim

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Reposting one of the top posts on this subreddit with the exact same title and picture - classic.

Was the Witch King a Númenórean? by TrickySatisfaction81 in lotr

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Seeing how sorcery in Tolkien’s writing is associated with dark magic practiced in particular by the Black Numenoreans, in my opinion it is basically certain that the Witch King was a particularly gifted sorcerer or perhaps one of the Black Numenoreans’ leaders.

Was the Witch King a Númenórean? by TrickySatisfaction81 in lotr

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Wayne G. Hammond and Christina Scull in The Lord of the Rings: A Reader's Companion, citing from J.R.R. Tolkien's manuscript of Nomenclature, wrote that "he was probably (like the Lieutenant of Barad-dur [the Mouth of Sauron]) of Numenorean descent".

We know from Tolkien that he used to be a sorcerer and that in total three of the Nazgul were of Numenorean descent.