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Old 03-22-2007, 09:52 AM   #8
Raynor
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he didn't consciously create her, or corrupt her like the Balrogs
The text implies that he actually did corrupt her as he did with the balrogs
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Originally Posted by Of the darkening of Valinor, Silmarillion
The Eldar knew not whence she came; but some have said that in ages long before she descended from the darkness that lies about Arda, when Melkor first looked down in envy upon the Kingdom of Manwe, and that in the beginning she was one of those that he corrupted to his service.
A similar statement is given in the Annals of Aman version.
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Originally Posted by Entry for the year of the trees 1492
It may well be that Melkor, if none other, knew of her, being and her abode, and that she was in the beginning one of those that he had corrupted to his service.
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