History Characters / MiddleEarthShadowOfMordorAntagonists

* NoIndoorVoice: [[BlackSpeech While you can never understand what he's saying]], he is always shouting it at the top of his..lungs?

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* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: An interesting twist on the Ringwraiths that is unique to this game, as AdaptionDeviation states above. Aside from a handful, or possibly only the Witch-King himself, despite Eltariel's claims of their immortality, the Nazgûl can in fact be permanently killed, however, every single time, another comes along and takes up the rings to become a new Nazgûl [[spoiler:as Talion did when he slew Isildur, and the two Sisters did in the past]].

* DropTheHammer: Wields a mace with a skeleton motif, said to be the same one that Sauron used against the Last Alliance. The fact that the Hammer's mace looks nothing like Sauron's and that Sauron himself retains the use of his mace calls this into question.

* DropTheHammer: Both in life and in death, he uses the hammer that gave him his name.

* {{Expy}}: The three named Nazgûl (Suladân, Helm Hammerhand, and Isildur) are comparable to ''Shadow of Mordor'''s Black Captains, as they're elite servants of Sauron who [[WasOnceAMan were once Men]] (one member of each trio is known to be a former Gondorian who participated in the War of the Last Alliance and was present at the FinalBattle against Sauron; ironically, the Hammer is the first Black Captain whom Talion fights in ''Mordor'', while Isildur is the last of the named Nazgûl whom he encounters in ''War''), and they appear together early in the story but are actually confronted individually as unique {{Boss Battle}}s. However, the Black Captains are {{Canon Foreigner}}s, while the Nazgûl come straight from the source material, the ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' books. (The Nazgûl's identities are also characters invented by Tolkien, although their histories are heavily altered -- for one thing, the three characters in this game were almost certainly ''not'' Nazgûl in the source material. Suladân is an exception; see his entry below for details.) Also, while the Black Captains are the only ones that we know of (possibly excepting the Mouth of Sauron, who only has a voice {{cameo}} in ''Mordor''), the named Nazgûl are known to be part of a larger group and even have a team leader in the Witch-king of Angmar. Furthermore, the Black Captains play a major role in Talion's BackStory (being the ones who ''killed him'' and all) while the named Nazgûl have no such history with him. Finally, Talion confronts each Black Captain on his own and defeats them in one battle each, while he has backup (usually Eltariel) during each fight with the named Nazgûl and his initial clashes with two of them (again, excepting Suladân) are inconclusive, necessitating rematches to take them down.

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* DualBoss: Baz and Gaz will likely show up to introduce themselves and fight you at the same time. Both of them also are Blood Brothers to themselves, which means one of them might show up to help the other.

* AdaptationalBadass: ''Vastly'' more powerful than in the original books, and notably because he lacks a canon handicap. In the events of the books, Eru deliberately takes away his ability to assume an attractive form after the Downfall of Númenor. In the games, he still has it, and is apparently able to project telepathic messages to unwilling recipients from hundreds of miles away, and possibly also teleport. That being said, the AssimilationBackfire listed below provides a handy explanation as to why he doesn't have those powers by the time ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' rolls around.
* AssimilationBackfire: A rather big one. [[spoiler:In the end, Sauron absorbs Celebrimbor, but they both end up fighting for control over their fusion and it puts them in ModeLock in the form of the Eye above Barad-dûr.]] This means he can't physically manifest and negates most of his best powers. The only thing he gets in exchange is some long range TrueSight, an immense downgrade from the threat he was.
* TheBadGuyWins: Sauron wins and triumphs over every opponent he meets face to face... [[PyrrhicVictory unfortunately for him, he's often loath to call them triumphs]]. [[spoiler:Talion was corrupted by Isildur's ring and becomes one of the Nazgûl, but manages to resist him long enough to keep Sauron's armies off-balance until Frodo gains the One Ring, thanks in no small part to his nifty new Ringwraith powers. Sauron can't interfere directly, since his defeat and forcible assimilation of Celebrimbor ends up stripping him of most of his powers and trapping him in the form of the Lidless Eye. And way, way in the future, the One Ring finally overtakes Frodo's mind right on the slopes of Mount Doom, almost guaranteeing that Sauron will retrieve the Ring with no trouble... then Gollum accidentally destroys it]].
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: ''Shadow of Mordor'' made it pretty clear that Sauron was hunting Celebrimbor in order to absorb his power. At the end of ''Shadow of War'', [[spoiler:Sauron succeeds in absorbing Celebrimbor into himself, but as a result ends up (seemingly involuntarily) turning into an immobile giant flaming eye for his trouble, losing many of his more useful powers.]]
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Averted spectacularly. Annatar is easily the prettiest character in the series, but has the blackest, most cruel of hearts.
* BerserkButton: He does ''not'' like people playing with the [[SoulJar One Ring]].

* BigBadEnsemble: With Shelob, Zog the Eternal and [[spoiler: Celebrimbor]] for ''Shadow of War''.
* BishonenLine: Almost literally when [[spoiler:he duels against Celebrimbor and Eltariel in his Annatar form during the first and third phase of the final BossBattle]].
* BitchInSheepsClothing: He presented himself as a friendly Elf who wanted to collaborate with Celebrimbor. Turns out he was actually using him for his own ends.
* CarryABigStick: He wields the black blade-flanged mace his film counterpart does. In-game, it also sends victims [[BlownAcrossTheRoom sailing quite a distance away]].

* ClippedWingAngel: It's strongly suggested that [[spoiler:fusing with Celebrimbor]] is what causes him to lose all the powers he demonstrated in '' Film/TheHobbit'' film trilogy and the two ''Shadow'' games, essentially [[ShapeshifterModeLock mode-locking]] him into the form of the giant flaming eye seen in ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings''.
* CombatPragmatist: Your opponent has the ability to brainwash you by pressing his hand to the side of your head. How do you counter that? Well, if you're Sauron, the answer is: grab his host's hand and cut off two of her fingers, thereby depriving Celebrimbor of his host and his ring.
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:Sauron's fight with Celebrimbor in the flashbacks doesn't last long after the One Ring returns to its master.]]
* DeathGlare: When Sauron snaps out of being Dominated by Celebrimbor/Eltariel, he gives a venomous one before cutting off Eltariel's ring finger.

** [[spoiler:Celebrimbor, who tried to steal the One Ring and use it against Sauron, was beaten to death with his own smithing hammer after being ForcedToWatch the murders of his wife and daughter.]]
** [[spoiler:Isildur, who took the One Ring as a trophy of victory over Sauron, was killed in an Orc ambush after the Ring betrayed him, after which his corpse was taken to Barad-dûr, where Sauron [[ReforgedIntoAMinion turned him into one of the Nazgûl]].]]

* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: According to Shelob, Sauron believes freedom is a detrimental chaos.
* EvilSoundsDeep: As befitting the Dark Lord of Mordor, he speaks in a notably deep voice. Inverted as Annatar, in which his voice becomes almost [[SoftspokenSadist disturbingly gentle]].
* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: [[spoiler:He basically pulped Celebrimbor's head with his own smithing hammer when he finally captured him, purely out of anger for taking the One Ring from him.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: His Annatar form is an idealized regal Elf, which he uses for [[SarcasmMode benevolent]] purposes as collaborating with [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom Celebrimbor]] and [[spoiler:sticking a Ring of Power on [[ReforgedIntoAMinion Helm Hammerhand]]]]. Even after he's exposed as an EvilOverlord, he still uses his Annatar guise on occasion, usually to [[IShallTauntYou mock Celebrimbor]].

** Of the ''Bright Lord'' DLC, without any ambiguity. It's you and your Warchiefs versus him and a big mob of Uruks.
** [[spoiler:PlayedWith in ''Shadow of War''. He is the final major storyline opponent you fight, but you still have to survive five fortress defenses after defeating him. All of the siege business aside Sauron serves as the final boss for Celebrimbor at the tail end of the two part final boss battle.]]
* FlunkyBoss: In his boss fight at the end of ''The Bright Lord'' [=DLC=], Uruk mooks constantly pour into the battlefield to attack you. As the fight progresses, he turns your Warchief flunkies against you too to spice things up further.
* ForTheEvulz: He took the form of Annatar while killing Celebrimbor, apparently only because he's a sadist.
* FusionDance: [[spoiler:He absorbs Celebrimbor's soul into himself, and the two are turned into the flaming red eye at the top of Barad-dûr]].
* GoodEyesEvilEyes: When he uses more attractive appearances like the Annatar form or [[spoiler: the Hand]], his eyes have an evil red glare to them. Flashbacks indicate that he could hide it with occasional GlamourFailure in his Annatar form.
* GreaterScopeVillain: For all the goings-on in Mordor. [[spoiler:Subverted in that he could secretly be the Black Hand.]]

** In the ''Bright Lord'' [=DLC=], after being defeated by Celebrimbor, he simply summons the One Ring back to his hand and completely curbstomps the Elf-lord.
** [[spoiler:HistoryRepeats in ''Shadow of War'': Celebrimbor actually manages to subdue and dominate him, but Sauron resists long enough to cut off the fingers of his host Eltariel and then absorbs Celebrimbor into himself]].
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Three-fold:
** Via ForegoneConclusion, [[spoiler:the One Ring, investing so much of his very being into it that its loss cripples him and its destruction renders him into a harmless entity.]]
** [[spoiler:His FusionDance with Celebrimbor costs him much of his powers, rendering him into the lidless Eye and unable to do anything other than use his TrueSight.]]
** In a more roundabout way, [[spoiler:the murder of Celebrimbor, Talion, and their families not only sets the former two on a RoaringRampageofRevenge, but through their bond they could easily take control of the Orcs. Even though Sauron still ends up victorious at the end of ''Shadow of War'', Talion and Celebrimbor’s efforts kept Sauron from attacking and overrunning the rest of Middle-earth, and Gondor in particular, long enough for the One Ring to be destroyed.]]
* HumanoidAbomination: Sauron is a [[FallenAngel corrupted Maia]] who -- when able to manifest a physical body -- takes the form of a towering humanoid figure clad in spiny black armor. He can change shape at will and in the past often assumed the form of a Vanyar Elf named Annatar, [[spoiler:and ''Shadow of Mordor''[='=]s final boss fight indicates he either possessed or ''was'' the Black Hand]].
* ISurrenderSuckers: Referencing [[Literature/TheSilmarillion the Downfall of Númenor]], Sauron capitulates to Suladân's invading army rather than bothering to fight. He offers a Ring of Power as a token of his surrender...
* IWasQuiteALooker: In flashbacks, he looks like a handsome young Elf with [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]]. [[spoiler:By the end of ''Shadow of War'', he is a horrifying, gigantic flaming eye.]]

** In a flashback, he does this [[spoiler:to Celebrimbor by holding the One Ring in front of him and chanting "Ash nazg durbatulûk, ash nazg gimbatul, Ash nazg thrakatulûk agh burzum-ishi krimpatul." until Celebrimbor breaks and joins in.]].
** Inverted in his boss fight in the ''Bright Lord'' DLC, where he delivers your Warchiefs from their brainwashing.

* {{Necromancer}}: ''The'' Necromancer, as a matter of fact. And he shows it off in his ''Bright Lord'' boss fight by resurrecting his dead Warchiefs after you kill them once.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Unleashes one on a major character in a flashback. [[spoiler:To be specific, he beats Celebrimbor to death with a smithing hammer for stealing the One Ring.]]
* NoSell: In his boss fight at the end of the ''Bright Lord'' DLC, it's actually possible to try and combat-brand Sauron. He just throws you off, though, but it must take balls to even consider the idea. It's shown in ''Shadow of War'' that [[spoiler:he is able to resist being dominated when Celebrimbor tries to dominate him, long enough to separate Eltariel from the New Ring]].
* ObsessivelyOrganized: Shelob's narration implies Sauron has this to some degree. She states he finds nature to be terrifying and has an overwhelming need for order in all things. She also speculates that this is why he chose [[TinTyrant a shell of metal]] as his physical avatar.
* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:Absorbing Celebrimbor into himself turned him into an immobile giant eye, and it took decades of throwing his best warriors against Talion before the latter finally succumbed to his power -- by which point Middle-earth had long recovered from his first invasion and Frodo inherited the One Ring.]]
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: Has a talent for this, he did this to the Nazgûl, [[spoiler:then to Isildur, and then to Celebrimbor, and finally Talion. Everyone who opposed him has finally been conquered, bent, and corrupted by him]].
* TinTyrant: He sports his armoured look from [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings the films]].
* UnholyMatrimony: Its revealed that [[spoiler:he took Shelob as his bride, before he decided to leave her to be killed by Suladân's men]].
* VoiceOfTheLegion: Sauron, in both his Annatar and armoured forms, possesses a deep, echoing voice. This is made particularly apparent when [[spoiler:Celebrimbor and Eltariel confront him atop Barad-dûr after betraying Talion.]]
* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: In his final boss fight in "The Bright Lord" DLC for ''Shadow of Mordor'', Sauron is limited to heavy attacks with his mace and occasionally countering you with a grab attack if you try to melee him. He has no ranged attacks or any magical attacks at all; even the Hammer could use a SwordBeam, use Force Push, and had an [=AOE=] spell attack in addition to smashing with his mace. However, his heavy attacks have massive [=AOE=] of their own (just like in the prologue to the films), so he doesn't really need it for close combat. He still has no defense against being sniped from the rooftops other than having an insane amount of health, though.
* WouldHitAGirl: [[spoiler:Murders Celebrimbor's wife and daughter in front of him for daring to steal the One Ring. He also doesn't hold back against Eltariel, nor does he hesitate to slice off her fingers]].
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:As mentioned above, he murdered Celebrimbor's daughter]].

* AdaptationDeviation: In [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings the books]], they do not wear their rings. Sauron keeps the Nine (and the surviving Seven) in his own possession. Because of this, their roles cannot be usurped, and the existing Nazgûl are still the original nine bearers. That being said, were they actually wearing them, it would likely work as it does in the game, with the rings ensnaring anyone foolish enough to claim them.
* AdaptationExpansion: Their roles, personalities, powers and backstories come up more than they did in the films.
* AdaptationNameChange: A variation, as their identities differ from the source material.

* EarlyBirdCameo: Of a sort. Talion and Celebrimbor briefly discuss them shortly after the latter [[GhostAmnesia recovers the memory of his name]], revealing that they're both aware of the Nazgûl and their origins -- but Talion assumes that they were destroyed, which (as he discovers in ''Shadow of War'') is unfortunately incorrect.

* {{Expy}}: The three named Nazgûl (Suladân, Helm Hammerhand, and Isildur) are comparable to ''Shadow of Mordor'''s Black Captains, as they're elite servants of Sauron who [[WasOnceAMan were once Men]] (one member of each trio is known to be a former Gondorian who participated in the War of the Last Alliance and was present at the FinalBattle against Sauron; ironically, the Hammer is the first Black Captain whom Talion fights in ''Mordor'', while Isildur is the last of the named Nazgûl whom he encounters in ''War''), and they appear together early in the story but are actually confronted individually as unique {{Boss Battle}}s. However, the Black Captains are {{Canon Foreigner}}s, while the Nazgûl come straight from ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''. (The Nazgûl's identities are also characters invented by Tolkien, although their histories are heavily altered -- for one thing, those characters were almost certainly ''not'' Nazgûl in the source material. Suladân is an exception; see his entry below for details.) Also, while the Black Captains are only ones that we know of (possibly excepting the Mouth of Sauron, who only has a voice {{cameo}} in ''Mordor''), the named Nazgûl are known to be part of a larger group and even have a team leader in the Witch-king. Furthermore, the Black Captains play a major role in Talion's BackStory (being the ones who ''killed him'' and all) while the named Nazgûl have no such history with him. Finally, Talion confronts each Black Captain on his own and defeats them in one battle each, while he has backup (usually Eltariel) during each fight with the named Nazgûl and his initial clashes with two of them (again, excepting Suladân) are inconclusive, necessitating rematches to take them down.
* TheFaceless: Not only are their faces covered by their hoods, they also now have metal masks covering them. The masks likely exist so we could tell them apart.
* FallenHero: Several of them were great warriors who stood against Sauron, but succumbed to his influence and now are his most powerful minions.

* FlatCharacter: The unnamed Nazgûl. They aren't really important to the story, have only a handful of lines, and have the same basic mask design (seen in the image above).

* InTheHood: They all wear black hoods.
* KlingonPromotion: If one actually dies, whoever puts on the ring they drop takes their place.
* LegacyCharacter: In this version of Middle-earth, several have actually been killed. However, their rings seem to always end on someone else's hand.

* ResurrectiveImmortality: As long as they still have their rings on them when they die, they simply wake up in Barad-dûr some time later. As [[spoiler:Isildur's]] flashback shows, this also applies retroactively.

* SpikesOfVillainy: While not as spiky as Sauron's, their armor still sports them.
* SuperEmpowering: {{Implied|Trope}}. After taking Minas Ithil, some of the Nazgûl perform rituals all over Mordor to turn selected Orc captains into "Chosen." It's unclear exactly what distinguishes the Chosen from normal captains, since Talion and Eltariel violently disrupt any ritual that they come across.
* TragicVillain: Sauron deceived them into becoming monsters. None of them asked to become what they are now. [[spoiler: Except Talion, and the fact that he chose to become a Nazgûl is a tragedy in itself.]]
* VoiceOfTheLegion: Their voices echo when they talk.
* WalkingSpoiler: Their identities and backstories, which are largely unmarked below. Especially one of them, [[spoiler:the ranger Talion]], who only appears in Acts III and IV.

* WorfHadTheFlu: Their absence from ''Shadow of Mordor'' is explained [[AllThereInTheManual in the Black Captains' Appendices entry]] as them still recovering from [[CallBack their whipping by the ]][[Film/TheHobbitTheBattleOfTheFiveArmies White Council at Dol Guldur]]. Unfortunately for our heroes, they've recovered by the time of ''Shadow of War''.
* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: An interesting twist on the Ringwraiths that is unique to this game. Aside from a handful, or possibly only the Witch-King himself, the Nazgûl are occasionally killed and their rings go to new hosts. Examples are Talion and the Nazgûl Sisters.

* ContraltoOfDanger: They definitely sound just like the other Nazgûl in the game, but are distinctive enough to tell they are female.

* WhipItGood: Uses a flaming whip as a weapon. He also swings it around to fling {{Fireball}}s.

* TheBadGuyWins: Sauron wins and triumphs over every opponent he meets face to face...[[PyrrhicVictory unfortunately for him, he's often loath to call them triumphs]]. [[spoiler:Talion was corrupted by Isildur's ring and becomes one of the Nazgûl, but manages to resist him long enough to keep Sauron's armies off-balance until Frodo gains the One Ring, thanks in no small part to his nifty new Ringwraith powers. Sauron can't interfere directly, since his defeat and forcible assimilation of Celebrimbor ends up stripping him of most of his powers and trapping him in the form of the Lidless Eye. And way, way in the future, the One Ring finally overtakes Frodo's mind right on the slopes of Mount Doom, almost guaranteeing that Sauron will retrieve the Ring with no trouble...then Gollum accidentally destroys it]].

* FaceHeelTurn: He started out, long long ago, as a stretcher-bearer, trying his best to save the lives of Gondorian soldiers...until he picked up the mace.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: The Tower bellows that [[RelativeButton Talion will never see his family again]] in their final confrontation...and in doing so, [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge goads Talion to throw off the Tower's sorcery, knock him down and start shanking him]].]]

* EvilPowerVacuum: With the Witch-king diminished by his defeat, Sauron locked in a eternal duel with Celebrimbor's spirit on top of Barad-dûr, and Talion waging all-out civil war throughout Mordor, the Nazgûl sisters swoop in to fill the gap...and hopefully go up from there.

* NationalWeapon: {{Averted|Trope}}. As a Tribeless orc, he's the only Nemesis Uruk in the game to not possess a tribal weapon. So...good going with that Lawless shtick, Ratak.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Zhója is a CutsceneBoss who is [[TheUnfought never fought directly]] (since he ''only'' appears in said cutscenes), has maybe thirty seconds screen time tops, and is [[MonsterOfTheWeek only relevant to a single quest]] (although he gets a throwaway mention in the next quest) -- but he still gets his own article in the Appendices...''in the Main Characters section''.

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Despite being arguably more important to the plot than Zhója (he's certainly more of a direct threat, at any rate), Ûshak doesn't even get his own entry in the Appendices; all of his backstory can be found in the Circus entry...''in the Locations category''.

* SuperOCD: Shelob's narration implies Sauron has this to some degree. She states he finds nature to be terrifying and has an overwhelming need for order in all things. She also speculates that this is why he chose [[TinTyrant a shell of metal]] as his physical avatar.

* KinslayingIsASpecialFormOfEvil: They killed their father and took the throne from him, which shows that their newly-obtained rings had corrupted them.

* HoistbyHisOwnPetard: Three-fold:

* UniqueEnemy: His moveset and fighting style are unique to him, and he's also the only straight boss fight in the main game; the Tower is a PuzzleBoss and the Hand ends up being a CutsceneBoss. Sauron himself serves as a FinalBoss in the game's final [=DLC=] campaign.

** {{Inverted|Trope}} with Akoth the Vile and Ûshak Fear Eater: not only are their names in both games' Nemesis name pools, but they also [[NamesTheSame share them]] with notable orcs Akoth Slayer of the Dead (from the ''Blade of Galadriel'' DLC) and Ûshak the Ringmaster (from the ''Desolation of Mordor'' DLC) respectively. [[invoked]]

* DualWielding: As a Savage, he's armed with two giant cursed [[AnAxeToGrind axes]].

* AnAxeToGrind: Wields a big axe decorated with a skull.

* AffablyEvil: He's very polite and precise in his speech, but still clearly evil.
* BodyHorror: He's continually growing in armour that's increasingly too small for him.

* FacialHorror: His lower jaw looks downright necrotic.

* EvilSoundsDeep: Very much so.

* FourStarBadass: All Warchiefs are this by definition, but these guys take it UpToEleven. While they need to be drawn out like other Warchiefs, they're notably more hands-on with their lackeys' activities and/or boast unique personal achievements:

** Taken UpToEleven by Ûgakûga Graug Rider, who ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as his title suggests]]) rides into battle on a ''Wretched Graug''. Not only is he the only Uruk across the games to ride a Graug, he's also the only ''person'' who's known to have performed this feat without supernatural assistance -- not even Torvin can claim this accomplishment.

** Taken UpToEleven by Shagflak Ghûl Keeper, who displays a disturbing level of affection for his Ghûls, commonly referring to them as "my lovelies."

* NightOfTheLivingMooks: His game plan in a nutshell: raise an army of dead orcs (and a Balrog) to conquer Mordor. Taken UpToEleven in the final mission in his quest line, which occurs in the AlwaysNight city of Minas Morgul and features several undead captains [[spoiler:-- including Zog himself --]] alongside the undead grunts.

* ThemeNaming: Taken UpToEleven in that their titles, tribal affiliations, and appearances are all uniform depending on their native region; for instance, all of the Fallen Blades captains in Cirith Ungol belong to the Machine tribe, wear yellow war paint, and sport anti-Shelob/anti-spider titles like Web-Breaker, the Deep Delver, and the Wasp. Ironically, their names are pretty much the only thing about them that ''aren't'' themed.

* CutsceneBoss: Taken UpToEleven in that he ''only'' shows up in cutscenes, never in the actual game.

* MonsterOfTheWeek: By the end of the quest that introduces him, he's dragged off to be executed. Taken UpToEleven in that [[CutsceneBoss he only shows up in said quest's intro and outro cutscenes]], and slightly {{downplayed|Trope}} as Serka mentions him in a throwaway comment during the next quest.

* AllThereInTheManual: Par for the course, all of Ûshak's backstory is only found in the Appendices. Taken UpToEleven in that he actually doesn't have his own Appendix entry.

* OneSteveLimit: His title is unique to him. Taken UpToEleven in that [[MeaningfulRename his former title]], Flame Suitor, is ''also'' unique to him.

* ThemeNaming: Their titles are related to beasts -- well, almost all of them, anyway: Beast Butcher, Beast Tamer, Graug Rider, Ghûl Keeper, and...''[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Smuggler]]''.

* NotSoDifferent: Before [[spoiler: Talion kills him, the Hammer mockingly infers that the darkness the Ranger seeks to destroy has already begun to claim him]].

* CombatPragmatist: The first encounter with him ends this way -- after taking a pounding from Carnán and Talion, he tricks them into a point where he can ambush them by giving Carnán's Graug form a headbutt and slinking off while she regenerates. In the second, it uses its own flaming trail of footprints as a trap, doubling back when it enters an ice cave and trapping Talion inside when he goes in to follow them.

!!Sauron

** {{Inverted|Trope}} with Akoth the Vile and Ûshak Fear Eater: not only are their names in both games' Nemesis name pools, but they also [[NamesTheSame share them]] with notable orcs Akoth Slayer of the Dead (from the ''Blade of Galadriel'' DLC) and Ûshak the Ringmaster (from the ''Desolation of Mordor'' DLC) respectively.