sauron_the_faithful
September 21st,2003, 03:56 AM
Many of the fair people of this board have spoken ill of Sauron, that it was his indomitable lust for power and control of Middle earth that caused the multitude of woes that befell that resplendent land. Obviously this is not without merit, for this Tale paints a grim portrait of Gorthaur as a Deceiver, a Corruptor, a rancorous and malevolent Maia left over from the Old World, from an even older time.
That he deceived and beguiled, yea, is true. That he wanted to unite Middle earth under one glorious banner, yea, is also true. Most certainly his methods are questionable, but herein lies the rub: to what extent did Gorthaur exercise free will in the events that shaped that land, and to what extent was he truly a dupe of Morgoth, and a pawn in the elaborate Doom of Mandos? To what extent did Feanor damn all Middle earth with the Kinslaying of Alqualonde, Making Gorthaur but a tool to fulfill the designs of the Valar?
It was decreed by Mandos himself who stood tall, dark and menacing on a precipice high above. It was Mandos who pronounced the legacy that would rule the fates of many, that "to evil end shall all things turn that they begin well; and by treason of kin unto kin, and the fear of treason, shall this come to pass. The Dispossessed shall they be for ever..."
Was not Celebrimbor Noldor? And were not the Rings of Power his craftmanship? Was not Gil-galad and Galadriel bearers of the Three? Was it not their own pride and lust for power with these Rings their own making, and not Gorthaur's? Yea, they were deceived by the One, but were they not guilty of ambition, vanity and a ravenous appetite for mastery? And is that not only a further fulfillment of Mandos' prophecy-- the Will of the Valar-- that they be so deceived?
Yea, tis true that Gorthaur is responsible for much of the woe and wretchedness in Middle earth. But his fate was ruled long ago when Melkor, mightiest of the Valar, polluted the spirit of this once gentle Maia.
But Feanor made his own choice to slay his own kin at Alqualonde, to murder them with bright Noldorine swords, to throw their bodies into the water and turn the sea red with the blood of his brothers. Feanor made his own choice to burn the white ships of the Teleri and abandon Fingolfin, his own brother, and his people to suffer the icy hellish waste of the Helcaraxe.
How many died because of Feanor? How many lives were shattered, kingdoms crumbled, innocence lost, because of him and the Doom of the Noldor that he called upon them? The evil he wrought among his own people makes Gorthaur look paltry by comparison.
Nay, blame not Sauron for all the griefs of this age, for the anguish and affliction of the Third Age is but the final fallout of Feanor and the Fate of the Noldor. This also explains why Galadriel could "remain Galadriel" and return to the West. In her rejection of the One she also rejected her own Ring, and in doing this she passes a "test" if you will, and can now leave behind that which was begun by Noldor hands and had turned to evil. She will sail to Valinor and receive a blessing and absolution for which she long has looked.
Nay, blame not Sauron for the griefs of this age, for Feanor's burning pride blazed hotter than any evil, any deception, any artifice, that Sauron could ever conceive.
In Faith I Depart,
Sauron
That he deceived and beguiled, yea, is true. That he wanted to unite Middle earth under one glorious banner, yea, is also true. Most certainly his methods are questionable, but herein lies the rub: to what extent did Gorthaur exercise free will in the events that shaped that land, and to what extent was he truly a dupe of Morgoth, and a pawn in the elaborate Doom of Mandos? To what extent did Feanor damn all Middle earth with the Kinslaying of Alqualonde, Making Gorthaur but a tool to fulfill the designs of the Valar?
It was decreed by Mandos himself who stood tall, dark and menacing on a precipice high above. It was Mandos who pronounced the legacy that would rule the fates of many, that "to evil end shall all things turn that they begin well; and by treason of kin unto kin, and the fear of treason, shall this come to pass. The Dispossessed shall they be for ever..."
Was not Celebrimbor Noldor? And were not the Rings of Power his craftmanship? Was not Gil-galad and Galadriel bearers of the Three? Was it not their own pride and lust for power with these Rings their own making, and not Gorthaur's? Yea, they were deceived by the One, but were they not guilty of ambition, vanity and a ravenous appetite for mastery? And is that not only a further fulfillment of Mandos' prophecy-- the Will of the Valar-- that they be so deceived?
Yea, tis true that Gorthaur is responsible for much of the woe and wretchedness in Middle earth. But his fate was ruled long ago when Melkor, mightiest of the Valar, polluted the spirit of this once gentle Maia.
But Feanor made his own choice to slay his own kin at Alqualonde, to murder them with bright Noldorine swords, to throw their bodies into the water and turn the sea red with the blood of his brothers. Feanor made his own choice to burn the white ships of the Teleri and abandon Fingolfin, his own brother, and his people to suffer the icy hellish waste of the Helcaraxe.
How many died because of Feanor? How many lives were shattered, kingdoms crumbled, innocence lost, because of him and the Doom of the Noldor that he called upon them? The evil he wrought among his own people makes Gorthaur look paltry by comparison.
Nay, blame not Sauron for all the griefs of this age, for the anguish and affliction of the Third Age is but the final fallout of Feanor and the Fate of the Noldor. This also explains why Galadriel could "remain Galadriel" and return to the West. In her rejection of the One she also rejected her own Ring, and in doing this she passes a "test" if you will, and can now leave behind that which was begun by Noldor hands and had turned to evil. She will sail to Valinor and receive a blessing and absolution for which she long has looked.
Nay, blame not Sauron for the griefs of this age, for Feanor's burning pride blazed hotter than any evil, any deception, any artifice, that Sauron could ever conceive.
In Faith I Depart,
Sauron