Tuvo the wizard king

[Formendacil]

Originally Posted by Lalwendë

Tu doesn't really strike me as having been evil though, and as Groin says, Tolkien struck out the possibility of this in one of his drafts - so could he really have been the genesis for Sauron???

Gives a whole new meaning to what Elrond says about Sauron:

Originally Posted by The Council of Elrond

For nothing is evil in the beginning. Even Sauron was not so.

Of course, I doubt Elrond meant it meta-textually.

[Lalwendë]

Originally Posted by Formendacil

Of course, I doubt Elrond meant it meta-textually.

Maybe Elrond is a keen Post-modernist?