“But he that sows lies in the end shall not lack of a harvest, and soon he may rest from toil indeed, while others reap and sow in his stead.”
Of old there was Sauron the Maia, whom the Sindar in Beleriand named Gorthaur. In the beginning of Arda Melkor seduced him to his allegiance, and he became the greatest and most trusted of the servants of the Enemy, and the most perilous, for he could assume many forms, and for long if he willed he could still appear noble and beautiful, so as to deceive all but the most wary.
so i just started reading the silmarillion and let me tell you, i was not expecting this much drama. the very first chapter is about ilúvatar and the creation of arda and it honestly just reads like a bunch of students arguing over who gets credit for the group project
“fuck off melkor you didn’t even help with the powerpoint”
melkor, honey, no offense but do you wanna maybe…calm down…..just a tad
just so we’re clear, i now fully intend to blame everything that goes even slightly wrong on melkor. train gets cancelled? melkor’s fault. late for class? melkor’s fault. stuck in a rainstorm with no coat on? no one knows where melkor is or what he’s doing, but it’s probably his fault somehow
update: am now halfway through the silmarillion, and everything is still mostly melkor’s fault, but occasionally he lets fëanor have a turn
The most truthful thing regarding the silmarillion I’ve ever read
Among those of his servants that have names the greatest was that spirit whom the Eldar called Sauron, or Gorthaur the Cruel. In his beginning he was of the Maiar of Aulë, and he remained mighty in the lore of that people. In all the deeds of Melkor the Morgoth upon Arda, in his vast works and in the deceits of his cunning, Sauron had a part, and was only less evil than his master in that for long he served another and not himself. But in after years he rose like a shadow of Morgoth and a ghost of his malice, and walked behind him on the same ruinous path down into the Void.
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