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Cúdae · 02-21-2003, 08:02 PM

First: Poor Maedhros.
Second: Morgoth probably would have him humiliated. Humiliation doesn't seem to be something that the Elves relished. Possibly Morgoth kept him alive as both physical and mental torture. The physical torture, of course, would be the obvious hanging from the cliff part. The mental torture, I would assume, would be inflicted by the fact that he was 1)hanging from a cliff, 2)humiliated, 3)without any outside contact, and 4)the belief that everyone who would care enough to rescue him either wouldn't dare the place or thought him quite dead.
I actually have no idea. I'm a little rusty on my knowledge of torture.

02-21-2003, 08:02 PM	#4
Cúdae Wight Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Boston, Massachusetts Posts: 160	First: Poor Maedhros. Second: Morgoth probably would have him humiliated. Humiliation doesn't seem to be something that the Elves relished. Possibly Morgoth kept him alive as both physical and mental torture. The physical torture, of course, would be the obvious hanging from the cliff part. The mental torture, I would assume, would be inflicted by the fact that he was 1)hanging from a cliff, 2)humiliated, 3)without any outside contact, and 4)the belief that everyone who would care enough to rescue him either wouldn't dare the place or thought him quite dead. I actually have no idea. I'm a little rusty on my knowledge of torture. __________________ "And if you listen very hard/ The tune will come to you at last/ When all are one and one is all/ To be a rock and not to roll." --Led Zeppelin "Stairway to Heaven"