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Originally Posted by Boromir88
The MOS either died in the fall of Barad-dur ...
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Given that he was Lieutenant of the Dark Tower and Sauron's ambassador, that initially seemed to me the most likely scenario. But would he have had time to return there following his parley with Aragorn and Gandalf? I suspect not.
So I envisage him having a slightly different fate, although no less terminal.
The fact that the Mouth of Sauron had forgotten his name would suggest that he had lived well beyond his natural lifespan. Assuming that was the case, such unnatural longetivity would no doubt have been the product of sorcerous power delegated to him by Sauron. Once the Ring was destroyed and Sauron defeated, such delegated power would no longer have been available to him. I suspect, therefore, that he aged alarmingly rapidly and was reduced to little more than dust in a matter of moments.
Much as Christopher Lee does at the end of most Dracula films.
(On the solid assumption that the Mouth will appear in the Extended Edition of the RotK film, I can see such a scenario appealing greatly to Jackson.
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