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Guinevere · 07-28-2003, 01:54 PM

I think it must be as you suggested, Lyta.

In several places it is stated that in the 2nd age when Sauron came to the elves in Eregion, he could still take a beautiful shape. But after the downfall of Numenor
"...though he was robbed now of that shape in which he had wrought so great an evil, so that he could never again appear fair to the eyes of Men,yet his spirit arose out of the deep (......)There he took up again his great Ring in Barad-dûr, and dwelt there, dark and silent, until he wrought himself a new guise, an image of malice and hatred made visible (...)

07-28-2003, 01:54 PM	#12
Guinevere Banshee of Camelot Join Date: May 2002 Location: Switzerland Posts: 5,830	I think it must be as you suggested, Lyta. In several places it is stated that in the 2nd age when Sauron came to the elves in Eregion, he could still take a beautiful shape. But after the downfall of Numenor "...though he was robbed now of that shape in which he had wrought so great an evil, so that he could never again appear fair to the eyes of Men,yet his spirit arose out of the deep (......)There he took up again his great Ring in Barad-dûr, and dwelt there, dark and silent, until he wrought himself a new guise, an image of malice and hatred made visible (...) __________________ Yes! "wish-fulfilment dreams" we spin to cheat our timid hearts, and ugly Fact defeat!