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You cannot so readily call writings from HoME (or Unfinished Tales, for that matter) canonical.
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I didn't called them canonical myself. I should have said that to me it was probable that they had an influence based on
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It kind of makes sense to me. Sauron would had a great deal of Men at his disposal in the East, probably greater than those in the West. There had to be something that prevented Sauron from using those vast forces to vanquish his enemies by force.
Yet, if we do not count Unfinished Tales as canon, we cannot say this either:
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Unfinished Tales: The Istari
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Among Men they were supposed (at first) by those that had dealings with them to be Men who had acquired lore and arts by long and secret study. They first appeared in Middle-earth about the year 1000 of the Third Age,
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Lotr: Appendix Tale of Years, they are speaking of the Third age
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When maybe a thousand years had passed, and the first shadow had fallen on Greenwood the Great, the Istari or Wizards appeared in Middle-earth.
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c. 1100 The Wise (the Istari and the chief Eldar) discover that an evil power has made a stronghold at Dol Guldur. It is thought to be one of the Nazgûl.
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Maybe a thousand years.
[ December 04, 2002: Message edited by: Maédhros ]