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The Black Lieutenant · 11-08-2000, 07:15 AM

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Re: Man who fotgot his name

I'm glad I found this thread, because I've recently decided to write my Memoirs. Only trouble is, not only do I not remember my own name, I don't remember much of anything in connexion with my past. lol

Perhaps you erudite fellows can help me out. (Any suggestions will be credited in my credits page, and footnote links in the text of this piece of fan fiction will link to the credits page).

If you could, please elaborate on the two candidates you mentioned for being possible true identities of MoS, and why you think they are candidates. Also include references to specific books wherein I might read more about them.

Elsewhere it has been suggested that there were more than one Mouth of Sauron, and that was why he was rumoured to be of such great age. But if MoS was only in Sauron's service for 70 years it might make more sense to not take the line "he himself had forgotten it (his name)" so literally. Or perhaps it was forgotten as the result of a conscious effort, for any number of reasons. What do you think of these ideas?

In order to write these Memoirs I would also need more information about the Black Numenoreans. I have read the Silmarillion but not the HoME. Which books of the HoME would help me in this rather ambitious endeavour?

Finally, if what I am attempting has been done before, please let me know so that I can read what has already been written about MoS and incorporate it (if it is canon) or go a compleatly different route (if it is not; i.e., other fan fiction).

Thank you in advance for your aid in this monumental task. May the Lidless Eye look not unkindly upon you (but then, what are the chances of that, right?) Heh heh.

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11-08-2000, 07:15 AM	#47
The Black Lieutenant Pile O'Bones Join Date: Oct 2000 Posts: 17	<font face="Verdana"><table><TR><TD><FONT SIZE="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Newly Deceased Posts: 9</TD><TD><img src=http://www.geocities.com/mouth_of_sauron/sauron.gif WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=60></TD></TR></TABLE> Re: Man who fotgot his name I'm glad I found this thread, because I've recently decided to write my Memoirs. Only trouble is, not only do I not remember my own name, I don't remember much of anything in connexion with my past. lol Perhaps you erudite fellows can help me out. (Any suggestions will be credited in my credits page, and footnote links in the text of this piece of fan fiction will link to the credits page). If you could, please elaborate on the two candidates you mentioned for being possible true identities of MoS, and why you think they are candidates. Also include references to specific books wherein I might read more about them. Elsewhere it has been suggested that there were more than one Mouth of Sauron, and that was why he was rumoured to be of such great age. But if MoS was only in Sauron's service for 70 years it might make more sense to not take the line "he himself had forgotten it (his name)" so literally. Or perhaps it was forgotten as the result of a conscious effort, for any number of reasons. What do you think of these ideas? In order to write these Memoirs I would also need more information about the Black Numenoreans. I have read the Silmarillion but not the HoME. Which books of the HoME would help me in this rather ambitious endeavour? Finally, if what I am attempting has been done before, please let me know so that I can read what has already been written about MoS and incorporate it (if it is canon) or go a compleatly different route (if it is not; i.e., other fan fiction). Thank you in advance for your aid in this monumental task. May the Lidless Eye look not unkindly upon you (but then, what are the chances of that, right?) Heh heh. http://www.geocities.com/mouth_of_sauron/ </a> </img> I am the Lieutenant of <a href=http://pub28.ezboard.com/blugburz>Lugburz</a>, a member of the <a href=http://www.tolkienboards.cjb.net/>Tolkien EZBoard Network</a>. </p>Edited by: <A HREF=http://www.barrowdowns.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_profile&u=00000277>The Black Lieutenant</A> at: 11/8/00 8:18:33 am