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Originally Posted by Ang
Well, I think if we are dealing with the latter days of Numenor, then the captives almost certainly were sacrificed in Sauron's cult, offerings to Melkor, the Giver of Freedom...
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Of the timing of the story it's only said:
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Originally Posted by Cristopher Tolkien in the short intro for the story
. . . it must recount the coming of the Númenóreans (Elf-friends) before the Downfall, and represent their choice of permanent havens.
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Now, I'm not sure how to interpret these words by CT. Is he implying that the Ship of the Dark -episode could have taken place at any time before the Downfall and thus it could be in the latter days of Númenor and Anguirel would probably be right? Or does that "and represent their choice of permanent havens" actually imply that the story is set to the times of the earliest Númenóreans coming to Middle-Earth?
Lal, I guess the black wings refer to the sails, since the passage continues as:
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The foul wings of the Sea-men have not been seen in these waters for many a year; but remembering the shadow of fear in the past I cried out, and cry again: is not our life hard enough without the vision of a black wing upon the shining sea?
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