The atrocity of the Akallabêth - The Barrow-Downs Discussion Forum

The 1,000 Reader · 02-23-2007, 12:24 AM

To break up your life-wasting arguements for a moment, I'm sharing my two cents.

Numenor was already far gone before Sauron got there. In my opinion, Sauron's actions at that time did no more than set him up as a scapegoat for the remaining Numenorians to assault.

Eru destroyed Numenor because it was far, far too corrupt and because even the youths were corrupted horribly. All of the faithful (Elendil and co.) survived, and I also think that Tar-Mirel being late was a spiritual failure, not one of leaving too late.

In short, Numenor screwed itself over long before any Dark Lords.

02-23-2007, 12:24 AM	#1
The 1,000 Reader Ghost Prince of Cardolan Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: I don't know. Eastern ME doesn't have maps. Posts: 527	To break up your life-wasting arguements for a moment, I'm sharing my two cents. Numenor was already far gone before Sauron got there. In my opinion, Sauron's actions at that time did no more than set him up as a scapegoat for the remaining Numenorians to assault. Eru destroyed Numenor because it was far, far too corrupt and because even the youths were corrupted horribly. All of the faithful (Elendil and co.) survived, and I also think that Tar-Mirel being late was a spiritual failure, not one of leaving too late. In short, Numenor screwed itself over long before any Dark Lords. __________________ "And forth went Morgoth, and he was halted by the elves. Then went Sauron, who was stopped by a dog and then aged men. Finally, there came the Witch-King, who destroyed Arnor, but nobody seems to remember that." -A History of Villains