Quote:
Originally Posted by Urwen
Hey,anybody knows why Gorlim did what he did? Everybody knows Sauron is a BIG liar,so why Gorlim trusted him at all?
|
The Silmarillion gives the answer. Torture, and the love and longing for his vanished wife, Eilinel, induced Gorlim to disregard his suspicion and resistance to Sauron.
Quote:
|
Then they promised [Gorlim] that he should be released and restored to Eilinel, if he would yield; and being worn with pain, and yearning for his wife, he faltered.
|
Of Beren and Lúthien