Middle-earth Mysteries

[Orome]

Originally Posted by alatar

Complete speculation, but I think that, like Sauron after the overthrow of Morgoth, he would hang low a bit and then eventually start the next cycle. It might not be MoS, per se, but one of his offspring that might become the next great evil (though dluted like everything else). As precedent I cite Wulf, Freca's son.

Does the Mouth of Sauron have actual powers though? IIRC he is a black Numenorean, and as such would not have the innate power that Sauron had. Also, I would assume from this his power is tied to Sauron, so he would not be able to "lie low" like Sauron did. My personal thought is that after Sauron was overthrown, the "greater evils" i.e. sauron melkor came to an end, and the despotism and innate evilness of people came to the fore.