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Originally Posted by Galadriel55
There was a detail - that Sauron put Celebrimbor's body on a stick like a banner after killing him - that touched deep. I don't remember which source it was from, though, but since I couldn't find it in The Sil or the Appendices I assume it's in UT (though maybe I just missed it).
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Yes, that tale is in this chapter. I suppose it shouldn't surprise the reader after the accounts of using heads as cannonballs in Minas Tirith, but its gruesomeness makes me shiver.
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PS: Esty, a new avvie! You like changing them too much.
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Actually, I just recycle my avatars - this one is in honour of the upcoming Tolkien Reading Day later this month.
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'Mercy!' cried Gandalf. 'If the giving of information is to be the cure of your inquisitiveness, I shall spend all the rest of my days in answering you. What more do you want to know?' 'The whole history of Middle-earth..
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