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Gruesome Spectre
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Bio-warfare In Middle-earth
I started thinking about this after re-reading ROTK Appendix A.
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Two epidemics of deadly disease, each apparently deliberately introduced. The first, Morgoth's seems to mainly have been a terror weapon intended to weaken the will of the Men of Dor-lómin prior to the Nirnaeth, as it had an especially terrible effect on their children. Sauron's use of the plague was more tactical: he wanted to re-occupy Mordor, and could not do so while it was constantly guarded by Gondor. Here's the issue: the use of plagues could have brought great mortality to Sauron's foes in the years leading up to the War of the Ring, or during the War itself. Certainly his own armies would likely be affected, but still: it seems to me the sacrifice might have been worth it. Why didn't Sauron attempt to set another plague on the West after his return to Mordor?
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