Why didn't Morgoth act when he had the chance? - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

**The Saucepan Man** · 01-17-2003, 06:28 PM

Morgoth is still around making a nuisance of himself in Middle Earth when the Elves awaken. Though I take some of the points that have been made, I somehow get the impression that they wouldn't really have been a match for Morgoth and his Balrog chums at that stage.

Surely a good plan would have been to wipe them out, with the exception of the odd few to twist into Orcs (a twist of Elf goes a long way [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] ). Then, he would have controlled the only race at that time on Middle Earth and might have been better placed to resist the attack of the Valar when it came.

I like the witch king's theory. Maybe he was afraid of what Iluvatar would do. Is it likely that Iluvatar would have intervened if he had tried to carry out such a plan?

01-17-2003, 06:28 PM	#1
The Saucepan Man Corpus Cacophonous Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: A green and pleasant land Posts: 8,390	Morgoth is still around making a nuisance of himself in Middle Earth when the Elves awaken. Though I take some of the points that have been made, I somehow get the impression that they wouldn't really have been a match for Morgoth and his Balrog chums at that stage. Surely a good plan would have been to wipe them out, with the exception of the odd few to twist into Orcs (a twist of Elf goes a long way [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] ). Then, he would have controlled the only race at that time on Middle Earth and might have been better placed to resist the attack of the Valar when it came. I like the witch king's theory. Maybe he was afraid of what Iluvatar would do. Is it likely that Iluvatar would have intervened if he had tried to carry out such a plan? __________________ Do you mind? I'm busy doing the fishstick. It's a very delicate state of mind!