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Old 01-26-2004, 07:59 PM   #15
Keeper of Dol Guldur
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Not too shabby, and obviously not canon - the sack of Minas Ithil didn't happen until years after the battle of the Last Alliance and the death of Isildur, it happened in the dark years when Sauron was thought gone, and all operations were thought to be carried out by his Nine Ringwraiths. The Witch-King had waged his private war in the north, Khamul prepared Dol Goldur for the return of his master in the form of the great eye, and only after Angmar fell did the King Ringwraith flee south and take up abode in the newly christened Minas Morgul. Sauron may have captured Minas Ithil and had it in his control from S.A. 3429 to S.A. 3434, but there's no evidence that the Nazgul had even quite become wraithes yet, Aragorn seemed to think that it took many, many years after the rings were given to them before the Nine Lords of Men finally wholly succumbed, last of all the Witch-King, who was the key in finally utterly storming Ithil and changin it in T.A. 2002, basically 2002 years after Sauron lost control of Minas Ithil after the Last Alliance overthrew him. But then, can't be too nitpicky, it's fanfic and pretty damn good fanfic. Too bad it didn't mention the thought of Isengard and Orthanc, and MoS becoming the 'new king'.

My favorite part; the bit about him having been one of Sauron's pupils since the Temple was built on the Meneltarma. Sauron escaped Numenor secretly; after having been destroyed in the downfall, and lost his gift of shapeshifting, but who knows how many of the Black Numenoreans he actually personally sent to Middle Earth to set up camp?
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