Cloning and such

[doug*platypus]

Well, the title certainly grabbed my attention.

So how did Morgoth make a ‘clone’ of Amlach?

How did Morgoth extract DNA from Amlach, and produce a new organism of exactly the same genetic pattern? ARE YOU KIDDING?

My assumption was always that Morgoth had not lost the ability to clothe himself in different forms at this point (I could be wrong). He may have even been a master of this - didn't Sauron have to return to Morgoth to be granted another body, after being destroyed at Tol-in-Gaurhoth?

If not a true taking on of Amlach's form, I would say he used his powers to temporarily alter his form to resemble that of Amlach in the eyes of those present. Gandalf credits Saruman with such ability in his cautionary words to Gimli at Isengard (despite the fact that Saruman is incarnate as an Istar), and both Sauron and Morgoth are more powerful.