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Bill Ferny · 11-06-2002, 09:19 AM

It very well might! However, I don't think we know enough about "necromancy" or what was meant by calling Sauron "The Necromancer" from the canon to draw any hard conclusions.

Because of these holes, I'm now leaning very heavily toward the notion of inter-breeding, the more genetic approach, to use a rather natural scientific term. There's just not enough evidence from the primary sources to indicate that the uruk-hai were the result of sorcery.

11-06-2002, 09:19 AM	#23
Bill Ferny Shade of Carn Dûm Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Bree Posts: 390	It very well might! However, I don't think we know enough about "necromancy" or what was meant by calling Sauron "The Necromancer" from the canon to draw any hard conclusions. Because of these holes, I'm now leaning very heavily toward the notion of inter-breeding, the more genetic approach, to use a rather natural scientific term. There's just not enough evidence from the primary sources to indicate that the uruk-hai were the result of sorcery. __________________ I prefer Gillaume d’Férny, connoisseur of fine fruit.