Posted: December 03, 1999 at 02:35:54: by The nazgul Lord
: : how was it that the Elves of the Second Age werent able to : : guess who Annatar really was?, Didn't they have a list of all : : the exiled Noldorin high lords and princes? Or a list of Elves : : with great power? I know that Sauron at that time still had the : : power to assume a fair form, but still the Elves should have : : cross-checked his background...why was it that only Gil-galad : : and Elrond thought suspicious of Annatar?: Good questions. : The only answers I know of are whatever people can imagine in reply. Tolkien doesn't seem to have addressed the issue. ::It's really no big deal,but i was just curious. I can't imagine the Elves to be so gullible...Thanks anyway...
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