Melkor's depiction by artists: Flawed?

[Elrowen Tinúviel]

Originally Posted by Kuruharan

(They also usually make him too tall, but that is another story.)

How tall is Melko/Melkor supposed to be? I myself have always thought of him being unusually tall - mainly because of his battle with Fingolfin. That part always made me think of him as rather huge.

Originally Posted by Hookbill the Goomba

It is not unlikely that Melko (in his early days) would have appeared as a fair creature, as Sauron did in later days.

If I'm not mistaken... he did. He caused much trouble for the Elves in the First Age, and it was either he or Sauron (on Melkor's orders), that was instrumental in the Fall of Númenor. At least with the Elves, since they abhor evil and anything ugly, when Melko wanted to decieve them, he would have to appear fair. I forget where it's written (pretty sure it's in the Silmarillion), but it says that the Elves were on occasion lured by evil that appeared fair.

Well, there's my two cents that I always have to throw in.

-Elrowen