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the white orc in return of the king
Gothmog ( third Age ) - wikipedia Gothmog ( third Age ) <Th_colspan="2"> Gothmog Aliases Lieutenant of Minas Morgul <Th_colspan="2"> Information Book ( s ) The Return of the King Middle - earth portal Gothmog is a fictional character from Tolkien 's Legendarium . He appears briefly in The Return of the King , the third volume of The Lord of the Rings as originally printed . The only reference to Gothmog in The Lord of the Rings is one sentence in The Return of the King . He served in Sauron 's army during the War of the Ring as the lieutenant of Minas Morgul , second - in - command to the Witch - king of Angmar , lord of the nine Nazgûl . He took command of the forces of Morgul during the Battle of the Pelennor Fields after the Witch - king was slain by Éowyn and Meriadoc Brandybuck . In response to the arrival of the Rohirrim and the parallel attack from Minas Tirith , Gothmog throws all of his army 's reserves into the fray . His fate is not described , although Tolkien writes that almost all of the servants of Sauron who fought before the gates of Minas Tirith were killed . Tolkien writes nothing else about Gothmog -- not even what race he belonged to . In 1971 , it was suggested in The Complete Guide to Middle - earth that he was possibly the second highest Nazgûl , but in Unfinished Tales ( first published posthumously in 1980 ) , previously unpublished texts by Tolkien called that character Khamûl , `` the Black Easterling '' . Gothmog shares his name with another character , Gothmog , Lord of Balrogs , who is featured in The Silmarillion . In 1988 , a new species of Helferella beetles was named Helferella gothmogoides after Gothmog . Adaptations ( edit ) In the 1977 SPI board game War of the Ring , Gothmog is described as the second-most powerful Nazgûl and chief lieutenant of Minas Morgul . In Middle - earth Collectible Card Game by Iron Crown Enterprises Gothmog is depicted as a half - troll , wielding a flail . In Peter Jackson 's Return of the King , Gothmog is portrayed as an Orc leader . In Peter Jackson 's The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King film , Gothmog is portrayed by Lawrence Makoare ( who also portrays the Witch - king of Angmar and Lurtz ) and voiced by Craig Parker who played Haldir of Lorien . Here Gothmog 's role is significantly expanded to the point that he is one of the film 's main antagonists along with the Witch - king , Sauron , Denethor , and Gollum . Gothmog is interpreted as a deformed Orc general with a stunted arm . He prides himself on self - reliance ( brushing off a subordinate 's offer of help to dismount ) and leads courageously from the front - line . Gothmog is a cunning tactician who possesses a cruel sense of humour , evident when he gives orders for trebuchets to release the `` prisoners '' , and when he impales the dying Madril with a spear . According to Peter Jackson , Gothmog 's affliction is an elephantiasis - type disease ; he dubbed him `` the Elephant Man Orc '' . Jackson asked the Weta Workshop designers to make Gothmog look diseased . Knowing his penchant for outrageous creatures , they piled elephantiasis growths onto a model in such a way that they hoped even he would find it excessive . However , to their surprise , Jackson deemed it to be ' just about right ' , thus giving Gothmog his `` Elephant Man '' - type appearance . Jackson 's adaptation of Gothmog and Makoare 's makeup have been called `` the most extreme representation '' of the `` visual horror '' that is created by the general appearance of orcs in the film series . The extended edition of the film shows his death at the hands of Aragorn and Gimli as he moves to attack the wounded Éowyn . As revealed in the director 's commentary for The Hobbit : The Battle of the Five Armies , Gothmog was supposed to make a cameo appearance as a juvenile orc and one of Azog 's lieutenants during the titular battle . A design for him was even approved . However , due to time restrictions any scenes that he would have appeared in were not filmed . Gothmog is also a playable Mordor hero in Electronic Arts ' real - time strategy game The Lord of the Rings : The Battle for Middle - earth II : The Rise of the Witch - king , based on Jackson 's films as well as Tolkien 's writings ; Electronic Arts ' The Lord of the Rings : Tactics ; in the Evil Mode of Electronic Arts ' The Lord of the Rings : The Third Age ; in Guardians of Middle - earth , and in the 2nd downloadable upgrade for Lord of the Rings : Conquest . In the Fantasy Flight board game `` Middle - earth Quest '' , he is one of five minions of Sauron . In the ' Lords of Middle Earth ' Expansion Pack for the ' War of the Ring ' board game , he is added as ' minion ' of the forces of Sauron . The Lord of the Rings Online depicts Gothmog as the restored Mordirith , who is himself the wraith - form of Eärnur , last king of Gondor . References ( edit ) Notes Jump up ^ Tolkien , J.R.R. ( 1955 ) , The Return of the King , The Lord of the Rings , Boston : Houghton Mifflin ( published 1987 ) , `` The Battle of the Pelennor Fields '' , ISBN 0 - 395 - 08256 - 0 Jump up ^ Foster , p. 117 . Jump up ^ Foster , p. 184 . Jump up ^ Tolkien , J.R.R. ( 1980 ) , Christopher Tolkien , ed. , Unfinished Tales , Boston : Houghton Mifflin , Index , entry for Khamûl , ISBN 0 - 395 - 29917 - 9 Jump up ^ Williams , G.A. ; Weir , T.A. ( 1988 ) . `` Further new Species of Australian Mastogeniinae ( coleoptera : buprestidae ) '' . Australian Journal of Entomology. 27 ( 3 ) : 179 -- 181 . doi : 10.1111 / j. 1440 - 6055.1988. tb01518. x . The species name is derived from Gothmog , a commander within the evil host of Mordor , and oides , latin ( sic ) suffix signifying ' resembling ' Jump up ^ The Lord of the Rings : The Return of the King Special Extended DVD Edition Jump up ^ McLarty , Lianne ( 2006 ) . `` Masculinity , Whiteness , and Social Class in The Lord of the Rings '' . In Mathijs , Ernest ; Pomerance , Murray . From Hobbits to Hollywood : Essays on Peter Jackson 's Lord of the Rings . Rodopi Publishers . p. 185 . ISBN 90 - 420 - 1682 - 5 . Jump up ^ Lien , Tracey ( 9 November 2012 ) . `` Thrain and Gothmog revealed as the newest characters in Guardians of Middle Earth '' . Polygon . Retrieved 11 December 2012 . Works cited Foster , Robert ( 1978 ) ( 1971 ) . The Complete Guide to Middle - earth . Random House . ISBN 0 - 345 - 27547 - 0 . 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