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Finwe · 01-01-2004, 05:10 PM

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Let me rephrase that. We're never really given a word-for-word description of what Sauron looks like, but we have a general idea of his form:

First Age: possibly a "fairer" form, Gorthaur the Cruel (black, clawed, etc. VERY SCARY)
Second Age: Annatar/Aulendil (perhaps Elvish looking, but with a strange glint in his eyes, which was what probably tipped off Gil-galad and Galadriel)
Third Age: merely a presence, though some claim that he manifested himself as a giant, flaming eyeball

That is the general information that we have.

01-01-2004, 05:10 PM	#50
Finwe Deathless Sun Join Date: May 2003 Location: The Royal Suite in the Halls of Mandos Posts: 2,609	Lord of Angmar! Don't frighten the newbies! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Let me rephrase that. We're never really given a word-for-word description of what Sauron looks like, but we have a general idea of his form: First Age: possibly a "fairer" form, Gorthaur the Cruel (black, clawed, etc. VERY SCARY) Second Age: Annatar/Aulendil (perhaps Elvish looking, but with a strange glint in his eyes, which was what probably tipped off Gil-galad and Galadriel) Third Age: merely a presence, though some claim that he manifested himself as a giant, flaming eyeball That is the general information that we have. __________________ But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.