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Originally Posted by Dark Lord
But, when you ask someone 'What was Sauron's weapon and what did it do?', most people would reply with the description of what showed in the movie, not say 'It wasn't stated'. - That's if they know much about LOTR.
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But if they know
more, they
are likely to say, “it wasn’t stated (in the book)”.
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Originally Posted by Alfirin
Your are correct that, again, as far as I know, there is no specific reference to what weapon Sauron used (if any) and any guess is speculation, but what else is the forum for? If the answer given to most questions asked here is never anything more than "Tolkien never said, so we should not guess or presume" then this would be a sparse forum indeed.
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Alfirin, of courseyou can think of Sauron as having whatever weapon you like– and as you say a mace is “as logical a weapon as any”. However, the OP asked whether it was true
“in the books”– and again, that does require specific evidence.
To put it another way: guessing is fine, presuming– to this extent– really isn’t.