5/10/2023 0 Comments The new shadow tolkien![]() ![]() ![]() Borlas is half-convinced that Saelon intends to kill him for speaking out against the group earlier, but he decides to go anyway, to remind these young men of how terrible the war that happened before they were born had been and why they must try to preserve peace. Saelon will pass by later that evening, and Borlas can come with Saelon to a meeting if he wants to. ![]() Herumor is mentioned in The Silmarillion, where he and other renegade Númenoreans are described as “mighty and evil,” and the Haradrim as “a great and cruel people.” Even long-lived Númenoreans do not live quite that long, so whether Tolkien intended this to be the same Herumor, who had extended his life through unnatural means, or a new character by the same name, is unknown.Īt the end of the draft, Saelon tells Borlas that if he wants to know more about this secret society, he must dress all in black and wait by the gate behind his house. It becomes clear that Saelon is a member of a secretive group of men who are followers of Herumor, a rebellious Númenorean who went over to the Haradrim, the Southrons, before the Last Alliance centuries earlier. Borlas is working in his garden when his neighbor Saelon, who used to steal apples from the garden when he was a young boy, wanders over for a chat. ![]()
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