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- From: maze@diku.dk (Mads Haahr)
- Newsgroups: alt.fan.tolkien
- Subject: The necromancer in The Hobbit
- Keywords: hobbit, necromancer
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.162951.13194@odin.diku.dk>
- Date: 1 Jan 93 16:29:51 GMT
- Sender: maze@embla.diku.dk
- Organization: Department of Computer Science, U of Copenhagen
- Lines: 15
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- I recall that when Gandalf left Bilbo and the dwarves on their way to
- Smaug, it was to drive away a necromancer from the southern part of
- Mirkwood.
-
- I was wondering if this character might be an early appearance of Sauron
- or one of his minions.
-
- Any comments on this?
-
- -- Mads
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- Mads Haahr maze@diku.dk
- Department of Computer Science - University of Copenhagen - Denmark
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