I am sorry, but I know that the Silmarillion never called Ungoliant the maia of darkness. I only placed that adjective on her because of her Unlight, described in the Silmarillion, that was more than just abscense of light, but something that pierced the eye and broke your spirit...
And I said that about her because Morgoth sought her help out because of 3 reasons: her poison (that would kill the Trees), the webs (that could ease his transportation to Aman) and BECAUSE OF HER DARKNESS (a darkness that was able to resist Varda's glare, a darkness that broke Tulkas and Orome's spirit)...
For all that power, that's the reason why I characterized her as the maia of darkness, or the darkest ainu... Just as Olorin is the wisest of the maia...
[ 07:59 PM November 25, 2003: Message edited by: Iarhen ]
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"In place of a Dark Lord you will have a Queen! Not dark but beatiful and terrible as the Dawn! Treacherous as the sea! Stronger than the foundations of the Earth! All shall love me and despair!"
--- Galadriel when tempted by the One Ring.
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