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Old 05-11-2009, 01:17 AM   #3
Gordis
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Just a quick comment,

The Mouth's threats of Frodo's torture made me think of Hurin's torment by Morgoth (not necessarily, naturally, but maybe). Especially the plan to release him when 'changed and broken'.
It seems releasing broken prisoners from Angband was almost a usual practice. Sauron is certainly as faithful to traditions as the West is.


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Then the mysterious 'Houses of Lamentation' which seems to be some sort of spiritual torture. If Gordis' proposal is correct and Sauron can restrain the souls of mortals from 'The Gift' in some way, then does this not explain the 'Necromancer' tag?
Sauron was certainly a Necromancer as was the WK. The problem is we are not told that the Sorcerer of Dol Guldur (who was not yet identified as Sauron) did such sort of things. He must have meddled with the undead to get his title, but we are simply not told what exactly it was.
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