Ring Quest IX: The Nine: The Witch-king of Angmar Traditional Cache
Hidden : 6/21/2014
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size: regular (regular)

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Ninth in the Ring Quest series

This is the ninth cache of Ring Quest, a twenty-cache series inspired by J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings.

Click here to watch a video about this series.

For more information about this series, see the description for the first cache:
Ring Quest I: The Nine: Black Riders.


Ring Quest IX: The Nine: The Witch-king of Angmar

The Witch-king of Angmar was the chief of the Nazgûl, King of Angmar, and Sauron’s great captain in his wars. A wraith, the Witch-king of Angmar was nearly indestructible, a terrible warrior, and a cunning strategist. Once a king of men, he was corrupted by one of the nine Rings of Power given to the lords of men and became an undead wraith in the service of Sauron. After the first defeat of Sauron in the War of the Last Alliance, the Witch-King fled to Angmar, a kingdom he ruled for thousands of years until he returned to Mordor to lead Sauron's armies in the War of the Ring. He was killed in the Battle of the Pelennor Fields by Meriadoc Brandybuck and Éowyn, niece of Théoden, at the end of the war. So the prophecy of Glorfindel was fulfilled, for the Witch-king did not fall at the hands of a man, but at the hands of a woman and a Hobbit. With his death, and the coming of Aragorn II in the black ships, the Battle of the Pelennor Fields was lost by Sauron.

Unlike the other eight cemetery caches in this series, this cache is an ammo can and requires some brush-hiking to reach. Your best bet is to park at the suggested parking coordinates and approach from the west. The log book contains the coordinates to a marker in the cemetery with information you’ll need to find the One Ring in the final cache of this series.

Final Cache Coordinate Information – Shadowfax

Shadowfax was a mighty horse of Rohan, tamed by the wizard Gandalf and reluctantly granted to him as a gift by King Théoden of the Rohirrim. No man could tame Shadowfax, who would not tolerate a bridle or saddle and only carried Gandalf by choice. At the coordinates contained in the cache logbook, you’ll see a bucking horse and the dates, Sept 1, 190S Feb 23, 19T0. Make note of the values of S and T, which you’ll need to find the One Ring.



The caches in this series are:

The Nine:
Ring Quest I: The Nine: Black Riders
Ring Quest II: The Nine: Nazgul
Ring Quest III: The Nine: Ringwraiths
Ring Quest IV: The Nine: The Shadows
Ring Quest V: The Nine: Ulari
Ring Quest VI: The Nine: Fell Riders
Ring Quest VII: The Nine: Shriekers
Ring Quest VIII: The Nine: Khamul
Ring Quest IX: The Nine: The Witch King of Angmar

The Seven:
Ring Quest X: The Seven: Ironfists
Ring Quest XI: The Seven: Broadbeams
Ring Quest XII: The Seven: Blacklocks
Ring Quest XIII: The Seven: Stonefoots
Ring Quest XIV: The Seven: Stiffbeards
Ring Quest XV: The Seven: Firebeards
Ring Quest XVI: The Seven: Longbeards

The Three:
Ring Quest XVII: The Three: Narya
Ring Quest XVIII: The Three: Nenya
Ring Quest XIX: The Three: Vilya

The One:
Ring Quest XX: The One Ring


Small prize for first-to-find.

Congratulations to rxab for First-to-Find!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

arne onfr bs gerr

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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