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My my, what a post! You have definetly put some thought into this, quite impressive I must say. Hail and well met Olorin.
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Mae govanen, Orofacion! I was inspiredby reading through this site's essay on where Olog-hai were in LotR, and decided I wanted to find out where Trolls came from in the first place.
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Morgoth's influence on Middle Earth was extremely strong. In fact, he put so much of himself, his evil, into the earth that lingers still after his captivity. We see this in disease, the Fell Winter, and such. I believe this also could apply for Trolls. Morgoth could have set their existence into motion, and even though he is no longer in direct, control over them, they still can function. It's like ripples in a pond I suppose.
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Interesting, could his lingering influence continue to give Trolls life? I don't know (would Tolkien have written that part if he hadn't emant that without Morgtoh the puppets would 'die'?), but would this be enough for the kind of behaviour exhibited in The Hobbit?
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As far as the Olog-Hai, that is obviously Sauron's doing, and like Tolkien stated. Their power is solely dependent on him so that takes care of that, so to speak. How he mixed troll with man is another thread in itself, but suffice it to say, with the power that Sauron had in the Third Age, a combination of the two is not unlikely. How did Sauruman mingle orc with man? I can't picture the two mating, so their has to be some other power behind it. But that is conjectural.
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Yep, they defiantely didn't mate, so amybe like I suggested a
fear 'transplant'? Or even a blending of stone and flesh
hroar (which would be almost as bad as mating, I think [img]smilies/frown.gif[/img])? Or something different altogether?
As for Saruman's half-Orcs...
"Finally, there is a cogent point, though horrible to relate. It became clear in time that undoubted Men could under the domination of Morgoth or his agents in a few generations be reduced almost to the Orc-level of mind and habits; and then they would or could be amde to mate with Orcs, producing new breeds, often larger and more cunning. There is no doubt that long afterwards, in the Third Age, Saruman rediscovered thsi, or learned of it in lore, and in his lust for mastery commited this, his wickedest deed: the interbreeding of Orcs and Men, producing both Men-orcs large and cunning, and Orc-men treacherous and vile."[HoMe X]
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I hope I haven't sounded too, well, ridiculous. Just throwing out some ideas. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
Amazing topic!
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[img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Thanks!