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Regal Dwarven Shade
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
Join Date: Aug 2012
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Did they even know that their 'god' was personally directing their campaign against Gondor? One thing I think this raises is the issue of how the Men of Darkness conceived of their 'god'. Did they think of their 'god' as a person who lived at the top of the tower in the Dark Land, or as some more nebulous force, or as something else entirely?
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I think by the time of the Third Age Sauron was The Red Eye: an abstract, remote power that could not be denied, and would reward those who aided it.
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Ghost Prince of Cardolan
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Yes, I suppose the "king and god" aspect covers that. Sauron wanted both temporal power and divine worship, so it would make sense for him to clearly occupy the simultaneous positions of deity and overlord in their cultures.
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